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Arthur Garfield Hays Papers

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Call Number:
MC072
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers
Extent:
  • 42 boxes
  • 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur Garfield Hays Papers, Box and Folder Number; Public Policy Papers, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1915-1955 (inclusive)
Creator:
Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954
Form:
Legal correspondence., Legal documents., Manuscripts., Photographs, Original., and Scrapbooks.
Abstract:
The Arthur Garfield Hays Papers consist of correspondence, case files, speeches, articles, books, news clippings, and photos which document his career as a New York City lawyer and general counsel for the ACLU.

Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954

Arthur Garfield Hays was born in Rochester, New York on December 12, 1881. His father and mother, both of German descent, belonged to prospering families in the clothing manufacturing industry. After graduating from City College of New York in 1902 and going on to receive his law degree from Columbia in 1905, Hays formed a law firm with two of his former classmates that gained prominence representing German interests in World War I.

Hays was active in civil liberties issues before becoming general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. From this point one can recognize the emergence of what many have called Hays's "dual personality," in which he became a wealthy lawyer who represented the interests of power and fame (his more prominent clients ranged from Wall Street brokers and best-selling authors to notorious gamblers and the Dionne quintuplets)--while at the same time rigorously defending the individual liberty of victims of discriminatory laws.

The list of famous cases in which Hays took part is lengthy, including the Scopes trial (often called the "monkey trial") in 1925 in which a school teacher in Tennessee was tried for teaching evolution; the Sacco and Vanzetti case in which two Italian anarchists in Boston were put to death in 1927 for a murder they denied committing; and the Scottsboro case where eight black men from Alabama were condemned to die in 1931 for allegedly attacking two white women. Hays also attended the Reichstag trial in Berlin on behalf of Georgi Dmitrov, a Bulgarian Communist tried by Nazis in 1933 for burning the Reichstag.

In addition to his work as a lawyer, Hays wrote an astounding number of books and articles. As a gifted writer and eloquent debater, he added his perspective to virtually every individual rights issue of his day. His autobiography, entitled City Lawyer: the Autobiography of a Law Practice (1942), provides a colorful account of his more noteworthy cases, and his articles and book reviews demonstrate his wide-ranging knowledge of a nation and a world experiencing dramatic change in the way individual rights were perceived.

Hays married Blanche Marks in 1908 and divorced her in 1924. They had one daughter, Mrs. Lora Spindell. He married Aline Davis Fleisher in 1924, who died in 1944. They also had a daughter, Mrs. Jane Butler. After more than four decades at the center of the individual rights debate, Hays died of a heart attack on December 14, 1954.

Consists of correspondence, case files, speeches, articles, books, news clippings, and photographs which document Hays's career as a New York City lawyer and general counsel for the ACLU beginning in 1920. Case files comprise the single largest series of this collection and include correspondence, court papers, legal briefs, and other items related to particular court cases in which Hays was a participant. The bulk of this material concerns the numerous legal motions filed in many high-profile cases involving Hays, such as labor disputes in the coal mining districts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia (1922-1935), including the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1922; right to strike cases taken against Jersey City, NJ, mayor Frank "Boss" Hague; John Strachey's deportation case; the Emerson Jennings vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conspiracy case; the Jehovah's Witnesses and the right not to salute the American flag; the case of Stanley E. Faithful vs. the DAILY MIRROR and other newspapers on charges of libel conerning the circumstances of his daughter's death (much of the material collected by Hays's brother Alan); and cases relating to communism and sedition in the 1940s.

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This collection was processed by Clement C. Doyle and Shawn O'Neil (members of Princeton's Class of 1995) during the 1994-1995 academic year. Finding aid written by Clement C. Doyle and Shawn O'Neil (members of Princeton's Class of 1995) during the 1994-1995 academic year.

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Publisher
Public Policy Papers
Finding Aid Author
Clement C. Doyle; Shawn O'Neil
Finding Aid Date
1997
Sponsor
These papers were processed with the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.
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Collection is open for research use.

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Collection Inventory

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 1, Correspondence, 1915-1955, is arranged chronologically and primarily documents the scheduling (and not content) of Hays's speaking engagements and housekeeping details related to his writings. There are occasional letters to editors and other memoranda regarding issues of substance. The most significant segment of this series are those files identified as relating to Hays's involvment with the ACLU.

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16 boxes

Misc., circa 1920 and undated, circa 1920. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU Misc, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-W, 1915-1917. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Tucker, Goltz Case, 1916. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1918. 1 folder.
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1 folder

West Virginia & ACLU, 1924. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1926. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-J, 1927. 1 folder.
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1 folder

K-Z, 1927. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Brown University, Information on, 1926-1929. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Printed Material (Misc.), 1927-1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Material on Arthur G. Hays, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-K, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

L-Z, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Daughters of the American Revolution & Related Material, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-J, 1929. 1 folder.
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1 folder

K-Z, 1929. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cuba, Information on, 1929. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1930. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU Injunctions, 1930-1932. 2 folders.
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2 folders

A-Z, 1931. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Books, 1931-1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1932-1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1932. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Banking Bill, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

German Inquiry & Related Material, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1935-1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1935-1936. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Germany Inquiry & Related Material, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - American Friends of Spanish Democracy, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Maverick Civil Rights Bill, 1936-1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Leon Trotsky, concerning, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Books, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Speeches, 1937. 2 folders.
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2 folders

ACLU - Dies Committee, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1938 January-May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1938 June-December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mailings, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - National Labor Relations Board, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Books, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-W, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Speeches, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Viereck, George Sylvester, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1939. 2 folders.
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2 folders

ACLU - Dies Committee, 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mailings, 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Book, 1939. 3 folders.
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3 folders

A-Y, 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Speeches, 1939. 2 folders.
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2 folders

ACLU, 1940. 3 folders.
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3 folders

ACLU - Dies Committees, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mailings, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Plotkin, Norman, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Wiener, Arthur, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Book, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-Z, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Speeches, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1941. 3 folders.
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3 folders

ACLU Mailings, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Minneapolis Case, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Wiener, Arthur, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Work Projects Administration, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Books, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-C, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

D-H, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

I-M, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

N-R, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

S-Z, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Speeches, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Chicago Communist Case, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1942 January-May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1942. 4 folders.
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4 folders

ACLU - Lever v. McIntyre, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mississippi Power Investigation, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Removal of Citizens from Military Areas, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Sedition Cases, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - War Cases - Christians, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Wiener, Arthur, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Biographical Sketches of Arthur G. Hays, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A-L, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

M-W, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Books, 1942 January-October. 8 folders.
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8 folders

Books, 1942 November-December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - ACLU v. Casey, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1943. 2 folders.
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2 folders

ACLU - Mailings, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - B, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

C - K, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

L - O, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

P - Z, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1944. 2 folders.
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2 folders

ACLU - Labor Committee, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mailings, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

American Economic Foundation, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - K, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

L - W, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1945. 2 folders.
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2 folders

ACLU - DeMille, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Johnson, Ralph, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mailings, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - H, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

I - Y, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Amnesty Committee, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Canadian Spy Case, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1946. 2 folders.
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2 folders

ACLU - Mailings, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Petrillo, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Physicians Committee against Discrimination, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - W, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Johnson, William, 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mailings, 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - National Labor Relations Bill, 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Shanks Village, 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1947. 2 folders.
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2 folders

A - Z, 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - Mailings, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hays, Arthur G, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU - University of Puerto Rico, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - L, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

M - W, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Peoples Platform, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - D, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

E - H, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

I - W, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - H, 1950. 1 folder.
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1 folder

H - W, 1950. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Oursler, Fulton, 1950. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - G, 1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

H - Z, 1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU, 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - G, 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

H - N, 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

O - Z, 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - F, 1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

G - O, 1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

P - Z, 1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A - L, 1954. 1 folder.
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1 folder

M - Z, 1954. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Funeral of Arthur G. Hays, 1954 December-1955 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 2, Case Files, 1921-1956, is arranged alphabetically by case name and includes correspondence, court papers, legal briefs, and other items related to particular court cases in which Hays was a participant. The bulk of this series consists of material regarding the numerous legal motions filed in many high-profile cases involving Hays such as labor disputes in the coal mining districts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia (1922-1935), including the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1922 and right to strike cases taken against Jersey City, NJ mayor Frank "Boss" Hague; John Strachey's deportation case; the Emerson Jennings vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conspiracy case; the Jehovah's Witnesses and the right not to salute the American flag; the case of Stanley E. Faithful vs. the Daily Mirror and other newspapers on charges of libel concerning the circumstances of his daughter's death; and cases relating to communism and sedition in the 1940s. Hays work in various organizations is also represented in this series, including his service on the Mayor's Commission on Conditions in Harlem (formed after police killed a Harlem man under suspicious conditions) and the Committee for Fair Play to Puerto Rico (organized to investigate civil liberties after the Ponce massacre of 1937 in which police killed fifty demonstrating civilians). The general and miscellaneous portions of this series contain printed materials such as briefs, motions, appeals, and petitions for various cases.

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16 boxes

ACLU v. American Mercury - Correspondence, 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU v. American Mercury - Documents, 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU v. Casey - Correspondence, 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU v. Casey - Documents, 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ACLU v. Casey - Transcript of Record, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The American League of the Friends of New Germany v. Eastmead, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Arrowhead Press v. Frank C. Walter - Client's Paper, 1942-1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Arrowhead v. Frank C. Walter - Correspondence, 1943-1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Arrowhead Press v. Frank C. Walker - Documents, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bell et al v. United States - Documents, 1945-1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pedro Albizu Campos v. United States, 1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chicago Communist Case, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings -- Analysis of Testimony, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Documents, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Confessions, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Correspondence, 1935-1936. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Correspondence, 1937-1939. 7 folders.
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7 folders

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Documents, 1935. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Documents, 1936-1938. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Exhibits, 1935-1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Hearings, 1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Miscellaneous, 1936-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Points of Charge, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Preliminary Hearing, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Report by Lora Hays, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Stenographer's Record, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Testimony, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Testimony, 1935. 7 folders.
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7 folders

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Testimony, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings - Testimony of New Trial, 1935. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Davidowitz v. Hines - Documents, 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Doyle et al v. Atwell - Miscellaneous, 1921-1922. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Edmondson Case - Documents, 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Eitingon Estate - Correspondence, 1922-1924. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Louis Espinosa, et al v. P.R. Price - Documents, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Esquire v. Frank C. Walker - Documents, 1943-1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Esquire v. Frank C. Walker - Miscellaneous, 1943-1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ferguson Brothers - Miscellaneous, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Free French Case - Documents Regarding Deportation Proceedings, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Free French Case - Correspondence, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Free French Case - Miscellaneous, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fuchs, Max Case, 1943-1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gallaher v. American Legion - Documents, 1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gastonia Case - Documents, 1929. 1 folder.
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1 folder

General - Court Papers, 1922-1939. 5 folders.
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5 folders

General - Court Papers, 1940-1947. 5 folders.
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5 folders

Gibalowski v. Uhl - Miscellaneous, 1950-1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment Cases - Correspondence, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment Cases - Lawons v. Housing Authority of Milwaukee, WI, 1954-1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment Cases - Miscellaneous, 1954-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Barkin, 1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment Cases - New York City Housing Authority v. Bubuld, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Bodden, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Eisenberg, 1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Exler, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Garcia, 1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Levine, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Clarence Schmidt, 1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - New York City Housing Authority v. Sichel, 1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - Rebecca Peters, v. New York City Housing Authority, 1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gwinn Amendment - Weixel v. New York City Housing Authority, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hague Cases - Documents, 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hague Cases - Correspondence, 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hague Cases - Miscellaneous, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hannegan v. Esquire - Documents, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - Miscellaneous, 1934-1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - Correspondence, 1935-1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - Correspondence, Court Cases, 1936-1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - Notes, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - Reports, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - "Slumbering Fires in Harlem", 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - Testimony, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harlem, Mayor's Commission on Conditions in - Transcripts, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Hering v. State Board of Education, New Jersey - Documents, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Igantius v. Week - Documents, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Immigration - Correspondence, 1923-1932. 2 folders.
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2 folders

James v. Marchinship Corporation - Documents, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Jehovah's Witnesses - Correspondence, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Jehovah's Witnesses - Correspondence, 1938-1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Jehovah's Witnesses - Documents, 1936-1943. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Jehovah's Witnesses - Drafts, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Jehovah's Witnesses - Miscellaneous, 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kahanamoku v. Duncan - Documents, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Larus & Brothers Co., Inc. - Documents, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lawrence Dennis Case (Sedition) - Miscellaneous, 1943-1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Liverright v. Banton - Documents, 1927. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Machine Workers v. MacFeezy - Documents, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Minneapolis Case (Sedition) - "News from ... trial", 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Cases - Documents, 1923-1944. 7 folders.
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7 folders

Miscellaneous Cases - Documents, 1945-1952. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Mooney v. Holohan - Documents & Printed Material, 1934-1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

New York State Communist Case - Documents, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

New York v. E. M. Fuller - Miscellaneous, 1922. 1 folder.
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1 folder

National Labor Relations Board v. Ford Motor Co. - Miscellaneous, 1937-1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Norman Plotkin Case - Documents, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Northwestern Banks of Shoshone Indians v. United States - Documents, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

People of New York v. Brady et al - Miscellaneous, 1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Peters v. New York City Housing Authority - Documents, 1954-1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Prize Cases - Miscellaneous, 1915. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Brief of the A.C.L.U. as Amicus Curiae, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Correspondence, 1937 March-June. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Puerto Rico - Correspondence, 1937-1940. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Puerto Rico - Documents, 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Minutes, Committee for Fair Play to, 1938-1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Miscellaneous, 1934-1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Newspaper Clippings, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Political Cartoons, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Reports, 1937. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Puerto Rico - Stenographic Record, 1937. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

From title page: At the Commission to Investigate the Massacre of Ponce, Puerto Pico, the 21st of March 1937, re: Investigation of the Affairs Happened in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the 21st of March, 1937 Between Members of the Nationalist Party and Members of the Puerto Rican Insular Police - Stenographic Record, 471 Pages

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1 folder

Puerto Rico, University of - Miscellaneous, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Quinn v. Industries Development Corp. - Documents, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Quinn v. Industries Development Corp. - Correspondence, 1941-1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Railway Mail Association. v. Corsi - Documents, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Reiss Cases - Correspondence, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Reiss Cases - Documents, 1954-1956. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sacco Trust - Miscellaneous, 1928-1943. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sanctuary v. Eicher (Sedition) - Petition for Leave to Appear as Amicius Curiae, 1944. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scopes Trial - Miscellaneous, 1925-1927. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sedition Cases - Correspondence, 1943-1947. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Senn v. The Lawyers Protective Union - Brief, 1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Shanks Village - Documents, 1947. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Shanks Village - Orders to Show Cause, 1947. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Snyder v. City of Milwaukee - Documents, 1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

State of California v. Chamber et al - Documents, 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Strachey Case - Correspondence, 1935-1940. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Strachey Case - Documents, 1938-1939. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Strachey Case - Exhibits, 1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Strachey Case - Manuscript, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Strachey Case - Miscellaneous, 1934-1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Terzani Case - Miscellaneous, 1933-1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Trent v. Hunt - Documents, 1941. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

United States of America v. Lehmitz & deSpretter (Sedition) - Miscellaneous, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

United States v. McWilliams (Sedition) - Documents, 1946. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

United States v. Pelley et al - Miscellaneous, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

United States v. Winrod et al (Sedition) - Miscellaneous, 1942-1944. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Vintondale - Miscellaneous, 1922. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Welsh et al v. Vinton Colleries Co. et al - Documents, 1922. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wilkes-Barre Case - Correspondence, 1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wilkes-Barre - Documents, 1930. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Works Progress Administration - Worker's Dismissal, 1941-1942. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 3, Speeches, 1923-1954, is arranged alphabetically by speech and contains the text of various speeches that Hays delivered. Subject matter of speeches is as wide-ranging as the cases he worked on, but are colored with personal anecdotes, human history, and current events. Topics include prejudice, strike breaking, the Reichstag Fire, war and civil liberties, fascism, the Dies Committee, politics and political races, and the status of working women.

Physical Description

more than 6 folders

Speeches A-F, 1934-1954. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Speeches H-P, 1932-1947. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Speeches R-S, 1939-1945. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Speeches W-Y, 1935-1945. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Speeches, Untitled, 1923-1952. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Speeches - Materials, 1934-1950. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 4, Articles, 1915-1952, is arranged alphabetically by title and consists of numerous articles and book reviews written by Hays. Several items are original manuscripts and are not dated, nor is there any indication whether they were ever published. The articles pertain to scores of civil liberties issues and demonstrate Hays's persistent willingness to have his liberal perspective made known to the public. Topics include civil liberties, religious freedom, the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, loyalty laws, the Ku Klux Klan, the Scottsboro Seven Trial, the Rosenberg Case, and anti-communism.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Articles - A, 1945. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - B, 1927. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - C, 1927-1944. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - D, 1937-1945. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - E, 1915-1916. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - F, 1922-1949. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - G, 1929. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - H, 1928-1947. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - I, 1928-1942. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - J-K, 1930s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - L, 1926-1929. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - M, 1924-1950. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - N, 1940. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - O, 1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - P, 1916-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - R, 1925-1950. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - S, 1916-1952. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - T, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - U and Untitled, 1922-1948. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - V, 1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - W, 1918-1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles - Y-Z, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 5, Books, 1925-1942, is arranged alphabetically by title, and contains final drafts of manuscripts for Hays' books. Included are Let Freedom Ring (an account of civil liberties cases of the twenties), This Talk of Capitalism (which warns against treading upon democracy in the name of America's increasingly popular economic system), Democracy Works (a defense of America's system of government, 1939), and City Lawyer (described above, 1942).

Physical Description

2 boxes

City Lawyer, circa 1942. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

City Lawyer, Reviews, Congratulations etc., 1942. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Democracy Works, circa 1942. 6 folders.
Physical Description

6 folders

Democracy Works, Misc. & News Clippings, 1938-1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Let Freedom Ring, circa 1925-1929. 11 folders.
Physical Description

11 folders

Let Freedom Ring, Forward chapters 2-4 - New Edition, circa 1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Let Freedom Ring Reviews, 1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

This Talk of Capitalism, undated. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 6, News Clippings, 1927-1954, is arranged alphabetically by subject, and details famous cases in which Hays was involved (Scopes, Sacco and Vanzetti, Scottsboro, and others). These clippings are taken from several different media sources, many of which were compiled in scrapbooks by Hays or his staff. The material often features reporting that compares Hays to other contemporary commentators.

Physical Description

more than 14 folders

Free Press, Free Speech, 1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Harlem Riot, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hays, Arthur Garfield - death, 1954. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Jennings Case, 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Kentucky Case, 1932. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

La Follette's Presidential Campaign, 1932. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mencken, H.L., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mikhailovich Case, 1946. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1944-1953. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Reichstag Trial, 1933. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sacco-Vanzetti Case, 1927. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scopes Trial, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Strachey Case, 1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Trial by Prejudice Reviews, 1933. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 7, Alan Hays Material, 1930-1941, arranged alphabetically by case name, contains the casework done by Arthur Garfield Hays's brother Alan in the case of Stanley E. Faithful v. The Daily Mirror in which Faithful sued several newspapers for libel regarding the suspicious nature of his daughter's death.

Physical Description

4 boxes

Correspondence of Alan Hays, 1939-1941. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Miscellaneous, 1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Court Papers, 1933-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Boston Herald & Traveler - Drafts, 1933. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Correspondence, 1933-1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Court Papers, 1932-1935. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Correspondence, 1936-1940. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Court Papers, 1933-1938. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Drafts & Proofs, 1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Miscellaneous, 1933-1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Record on Appeal, 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily Mirror - Witnesses, 1933-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily News - Correspondence, 1932-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily News - Court Papers, 1932-1933. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Daily News - Court Papers, 1932-1935. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Faithful v. Globe Newspaper Co. - Court Papers, 1933. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. New York American - Court Paper & Misc., 1933-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. New York Evening Journal - Court Paper, 1933-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. New York Times - Correspondence, 1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. New York Times - Court Papers, 1933-1935. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Faithful v. New York Times - Drafts & Miscellaneous, 1933-1940. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. New York Tribune - Court Papers, 1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. News Syndicate Co. - Drafts, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. News Syndicate Co. - Miscellaneous, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Sun Printing - Court Papers, 1933-1936. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Faithful v. Sun Printing Co. - Drafts, 1933-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Sun Printing Co. - Miscellaneous, 1933-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. Sun Printing Co. & World Telegram - Drafts, 1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. World Telegram - Correspondence, 1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. World Telegram - Court Papers, 1933-1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. World Telegram - Court Papers, 1935-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful v. World Telegram - Miscellaneous, 1933-1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful Cases - Exhibits, 1930-1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faithful Cases - Miscellaneous, 1931-1932. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Series 8, Photos, 1925-1935, arranged topically includes photographs of Hays, and people and places related to certain cases in which he was involved, including the Scopes Trial.

Physical Description

1 box

General portraits, circa 1920-1950. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Emerson Jennings, 1935. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

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Faithful case photos, circa 1935. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Puerto Rico (armed clash) photos, 1937. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Scopes Trial photos, 1925-1927. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Physical Description

extent not available

Poster with caricatures of the Scopes Trial participants, 1925.
Physical Description

extent not available

One U.S. map annotated by Hays, dates not examined.
Physical Description

extent not available

Print, Suggest