Records of the Office of Attorney General, Legal Division, 1919-1963.

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Records of the Office of Attorney General, Legal Division, 1919-1963.

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RG 69-28 consists of records of the Michigan Office of Attorney General, Legal Division for the years 1919-1963. Includes: Selected investigations (1945-1962); Removal proceedings relating to Orville Hubbard, mayor of Dearborn (1953-1954); and General administrative correspondence (1962). The investigation files include documentation about Jackson Prison in 1946, 1952 (riot); death of Senator Warren Hopper, 1945-1948, and Senate rackets committee (McClellan Committee) relating to Jimmy Hoffa, 1955-1961. General topics: consumer fraud, sales taxes, gambling, civil actions against State troopers, conduct of county officers, condemnation of county jails, election irregularities, and discriminatory practices in housing and in advertising by owners of tourist and resort facilities.

55 mss. boxes (23 cu. ft.)

State Archive of Michigan

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State Archive of Michigan

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Hubbard, Orville Liscum, 1903-1982

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Mayor of Dearborn, Mich. From the description of Papers, 1948-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70949386 ...

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America

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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters was formed in 1903 from the merger of two teamsters unions to form one large union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. One of the largest and most powerful unions in the country, the Teamsters have been notoriously plagued by corrupt leadership throughout its history. In December 1957, the AFL-CIO ejected the Teamsters from the federation for non-compliance with newly enacted corruption rules. In 1964, Teamsters' president James Hoffa succ...

Hooper, Warren G.

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Michigan. Dept. of Attorney General.

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State Prison of Southern Michigan

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Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-

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Jimmy Hoffa a U.S. union and labor leader. He was born in Brazil, Indiana in 1913 and began his work as a union organizer with Detroit's Local 299 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1932. By December, 1946 he was president of Local 299. In 1952 he was elected international vice president of the Teamsters Union, and in 1957 he became international president. Under his leadership, the Teamsters negotiated the National Master Freight Agreement, the first nationwide collective bargaini...

Michigan. Legal Division.

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