Algernon Lee Butler papers, 1928-1978 [manuscript].

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Algernon Lee Butler papers, 1928-1978 [manuscript].

Judicial files, correspondence, and other material of Algernon Lee Butler. Pre-judicial papers, 1928-1959, include political correspondence and printed material, mostly related to Republican Party business; legal correspondence, briefs, and transcripts; correspondence and printed material regarding Butler's duties for the Clinton city schools and Sampson County government; a wide variety of writings and speeches that Butler produced on political, educational, and civic topics; and limited personal correspondence. Judicial papers, 1959-1978, include case files, handwritten notes, legal briefs and orders, correspondence, copies of opinions, clippings, and other papers. Materials relating to school desegregation cases, civil rights cases, and the case of Jeffrey MacDonald are included.

90,000 items (100.5 linear ft.).

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Butler, Algernon Lee, 1905-1978.

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Algernon Lee Butler, attorney in Sampson County, N.C., 1931-1959; active member of the Republican Party; and U.S. District Judge for Eastern North Carolina, 1959-1978. From the description of Algernon Lee Butler papers, 1928-1978 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25465983 Algernon Lee Butler was born on 2 August 1905 in Clinton, Sampson County, N.C. The son of George Butler and Eva Lee, Algernon had two brothers, Edwin and Mossette, and one sister, Francis. Geor...

United States. District Court (North Carolina : Eastern District)

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Republican Party (N.C.)

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MacDonald, Jeffrey R., 1943-

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