Collection Inventory for the Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers MSS.006

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1 Collection Inventory for the Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers MSS.006 Finding aid prepared by Laura Bedard This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit March 26, 2014 Manuscripts Collection 6/28/91 Georgetown University Law Library 111 G. Street NW Washington, D.C.,

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biography... 4 Description... 4 Arrangement...4 Administrative Information...5 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 6 Series I - U.S. vs. Corn Products Refining Co., et. al... 6 Series II - Opinions Series III - Correspondence...16 Series IV - Minimum Wage Board Correspondence Series V - Other Cases...19 Series VI - Career materials and writings...21 Series VII - Duplicates Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Manuscripts Collection Creator - Creator Adkins, Jesse Corcoran Title Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers Date [inclusive] Extent 2.8 Linear feet (6 archival document boxes) Language English Preferred Citation Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers. Georgetown University Law Library Manuscripts Collection. - Page 3 -

4 Biography Jesse Corcoran Adkins attend Georgetown s night law program and received his bachelor of laws degree in 1899 and then in 1900 he received his masters of law. He was a part of the Georgetown Law faculty from His areas of focus were equity, constitutional law and corporations. From he was an assistant United States attorney and in 1912 he was elevated to Assistant Attorney General. He prosecuted anti-trust cases notably Corn Products Refining Co. and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Grand Trunk Railroads. He became the president of the District Bar Association in He was appointed by Herbert Hoover and served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from As a part of the Minimum Wage Board he was active in several cases, notably the Children s Hospital vs. Jesse C. Adkins with Felix Frankfurter as of counsel. Description Correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, opinions of Jesse C. Adkins, who served as Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. and as judge on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia during his 40-year judicial career. There are also circulation record books from GULL and a roll book from GULC. Adkins relationship to GULL is unclear from these materials. 25% of the collection deals with the case, U.S. vs. Corn Products Refining Co., which addressed possible violations of the Sherman Act. Arrangement This collection is arranged into seven series. 1 Series I - U.S. vs. Corn Products Refining Co. et. al. 2 Series II - Opinions 3 Series III - Correspondence 4 Series IV - Minimum Wage Board Correspondence 5 Series V - Other Cases 6 Series VI - Career materials and writings 7 Series VII - Duplicates - Page 4 -

5 Administrative Information Publication Information Manuscripts Collection 6/28/91 Access Note This collection does contain some materials that are not open to the public. Rights All rights reserved by Georgetown University Law Library unless otherwise noted. Processing Special Collections is processing these materials: i.e. removing acidic folders and replacing with acid-free folders, removing staples and clips, flattening creased documents, and recording each folder content on inventory list. Controlled Access Headings Personal Name(s) Decker, Charles, General Frankfurter, Felix, Page 5 -

6 Series I - U.S. vs. Corn Products Refining Co., et. al. Collection Inventory for the Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers MSS.006 Collection Inventory Series I - U.S. vs. Corn Products Refining Co., et. al. Sub-series - Correspondence (arranged by name) Adams, A.B Items 3 38 Allen, F.W., 1915 March-November 12.0 Items 2 14 Baley, L.J., Items 3 31 Bielaski, A. Bruce, Items 3 30 Blanford, E.M., Items 3 33 Bliss Syrup Refining Co., Items 3 28 Bowen, J.M., Items 3 32 Brennan, Edward, Items 3 34 Brown, Sol, item Page 6 -

7 Clabaugh, Hinton G. Bryon, Wm. R., Items 3 29 Clabaugh, Hinton G Items Items Items Items Clinton Sugar Refining Co., Items 3 21 Cole, J. Herbert, Items 3 19 Corn Products Refining Co., Items 3 22 Eberstein, (Mr.), item 3 27 Furbershaw, W.L., Items 3 15 Harding, Abner C., Items 3 3 Hollingsworth, A., Items Page 7 -

8 Lindsley, V.S. Howard, John C., Items 3 7 J.C. Hubinger Bros. Co., Items 3 8 Lindsley, V.S March 9.0 Items February 8.0 Items January 7.0 Items December 17.0 Items November 27.0 Items September-October 10.0 Items August 13.0 Items July 9.0 Items May-June 9.0 Items April 16.0 Items Page 8 -

9 Lindsley, V.S March 11.0 Items February 10.0 Items January 20.0 Items December Items November 14.0 Items August-October 11.0 Items June 14.0 Items May 7.0 Items April 15.0 Items March 9.0 Items February 11.0 Items January 3.0 Items November-December 11.0 Items September-October 9.0 Items Page 9 -

10 Lindsley, V.S July-August 7.0 Items Marshall, T.S., 1915 February-April 3.0 Items 2 12 Mauro, Philip, 1915 January copies 2 13 McElveen, 1915 March-April 3.0 Items 2 7 Moore, C.C., 1915 July-November 3.0 Items 2 11 Pendleton, Forest C Items 3 25 Penick & Ford, Ltd., Items 3 23 Piel Bros. Starch Co., Items 3 24 Pray, Charles P., Items 3 26 Rathbun, Don S., 1915 October-1914 March 20.0 Items 2 10 Rutter, Frank R., 1915 November 1.0 item 2 9 Spencer, W.B., 1914 December-1915 May 23.0 Items 2 16 Staley, A.E., 1914 November-1915 April 10.0 Items Page 10 -

11 Sub-series - General correspondence Collection Inventory for the Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers MSS.006 Sterling, C.W., 1915 October item 2 5 Sterling, C.W., 1915 February 3.0 Items 2 8 Todd, Honorable G. Carroll, Items 3 18 Sub-series - General correspondence 1914 November Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Page 11 -

12 Series II - Opinions Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items 3 42 Paper on New England trade by V.S. Lindsley 1915[?] 2.0 copies 2 4 Series II - Opinions Items Items Items Page 12 -

13 Series II - Opinions Items Items Items Items Items 5 37 (Index A-E) 1.0 item Items Items Items Items Items Items Items 5 29 Opinions (including newspaper), Items Page 13 -

14 Series II - Opinions Correspondence, Items Items Items 5 26 United States of America on behalf of James A. Flynn vs. Cuther H. Reichelderfer June 4, 1932 (with Memorandum November 11, 1932) 1.0 item 5 25 United States of America vs. Myrtle C. Flowers January 12, item 5 24 Ethel E. Fisher vs. Earl H Pendell et al. March 2, 1936 (with Memorandum July, 1936) 1.0 item 5 23 Opinions-First National Bank of Colorado Springs(George G. Chalk) vs. United States of America March 26, item 5 22 Dozier and the Paraffine Companies vs. Coe March 26, Items Items Items Items Items Page 14 -

15 Series II - Opinions Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Items Page 15 -

16 Series III - Correspondence item Items 5 12 Series III - Correspondence Correspondence primarily with John Davis, Items 6 30 Correspondence with John Davis, Items 6 29 Correspondence, Items 6 28 Correspondence, Items 6 27 Correspondence, Items 6 26 Correspondence, Items 6 25 Correspondence with James A. Fowler, Items 6 23 Correspondence (including H. Truman Letter), Items 6 24 Correspondence, Resignation from Department of Justice, Items 6 22 Correspondence, Resignation from Department of Justice, Items Page 16 -

17 Series III - Correspondence Correspondence, Appointments, Items 6 18 Correspondence, Appointments, Items 6 16 Correspondence, Resignation from Department of Justice, Items 6 20 Correspondence, Appointments (including clippings), Items 6 17 Correspondence (including Proceedings of the Judicial Section, ABA), Items 6 11 Correspondence, Appointments, Items 6 15 Correspondence, Appointments (from Charles Bonaparte), Items 6 14 Correspondence, Items 6 13 Correspondence, Items 6 8 Correspondence, Items 6 9 Correspondence, Items 6 7 Correspondence, Items Page 17 -

18 Series III - Correspondence Correspondence, item 6 3 Correspondence, Items 6 1 Correspondence, Items 6 6 Correspondence, Items 6 2 Misc. Correspondence, Items 2 1 Correspondence-Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., 1927 March- November 8.0 Items 1 10 Correspondence-Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., 1928 March-1930 September 30.0 Items 1 9 Library Loan Organization-Treasury Dept.-Correspondence, Items 1 4 Almon C. Kellogg materials/correspondence on Schlemmer vs. Hammacher settlement, Items 1 8 Hammacher-Schlemmer-Assets and stock information, Items 1 7 Council of National Defense-Field Division-Correspondence, Items Page 18 -

19 Series IV - Minimum Wage Board Correspondence Collection Inventory for the Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers MSS.006 Committee on Public Information-Division of Four Minute Men- Correspondence, Items 1 5 Series IV - Minimum Wage Board Correspondence Minimum Wage (3 duplicates), Items 6 31 Minimum Wage Board Correspondence, Items 6 32 Minimum Wage Board Correspondence, Items 6 33 Minimum Wage Board Correspondence, Items 6 34 Minimum Wage Board Correspondence (including clippings), Items 6 35 Minimum Wage Board Correspondence, Items 6 36 Series V - Other Cases Douglas Co. vs. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway et al. (Interstate Commerce Commission)-Direct examination by Mr. Humberg for the Illinois Central 2.0 copies Page 19 -

20 Series V - Other Cases National Labor Relations Board vs. Otis Elevator Co.-Brief for Respondent, item 4 1 Motorola, Inc. vs. NLRB-Petition for Review of an Order of the NLRB, 1951 June item 4 5 NLRB vs. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449, Brief for American Trucking Association, Inc., 1956 November item 4 5 Claire Furnace Co., et al. vs. Federal Trade Commission-Argument of Mr. Jesse C. Adkins, The Constitutional Question, Brief Statement 2.0 Items 1 14 Claire Furnace Co., et al. vs. Federal Trade Commission-Arguments on Motion to Strike Out Answer, item 1 13 Claire Furnace Co., et al. vs. Maynard Coal Co. Correspondence, Items Claire Furnace Co., et al. vs. Maynard Coal Co. Correspondence, Items Claire Furnace Co., et al. vs. Maynard Coal Co. Correspondence, Items Claire Furnace Co., et al. vs. Maynard Coal Co. Correspondence, Items 1 12 Claire Furnace Co., et al. vs. Federal Trade Commission 1.0 item Page 20 -

21 Series VI - Career materials and writings Collection Inventory for the Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers MSS.006 Decree with mss note-district Court of U.S.-U.S.A. vs. NY, New Haven & Hartford RR Co. et. al. 2.0 Items 1 3 Heany Litigation Newspaper Clippings 1908, item 1 17 Series VI - Career materials and writings Miscellaneous, item 1 1 Georgetown University 133rd Annual Commencement (program), item 1 2 National Consumers' League, Items 1 15 National Consumers' League, Items 1 16 "The Argument of an Appeal: Lecture delivered by John W. Davis before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York," 1940 October item 3 2 Catalogue of Two Hundred and Thirty Books-Carnegie Book Shop 1.0 item 4 3 "Speeding the Jury Trial" by J. Adkins 1.0 item 6 43 ABA Meeting, Items Page 21 -

22 Series VII - Duplicates Book-Roscoe M. Dexter (Dissertation), item 4 10 The Laying of the Cornerstone, United States Courthouse for the District of Columbia with letter from Harold Stephens, Items 4 9 National Economy in Time of Crisis: Its Meaning to Lawyers and Their Clients, item 4 4 Book with "Frolic and Detour" by Young B. Smith, from Columbia Law Review, item 4 7 Book with duplicate of above and "Respondeat Superior" by Charles L. Decker, item 4 8 Dirty Book-alumni funds, Series VII - Duplicates Duplicates of above Page 22 -