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Finding Aid for the Frank W. Wilson Papers, 1940-1982


MS-1160

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, October 16, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Frank W. Wilson Papers

Date/Date Range :   1940-1982

Extent: 25.5 linear feet

Abstract:
The majority of this collection documents Wilson's service in the Jimmy Hoffa trial and Estes Kefauver's 1948 presidential bid (Wilson served as campaign manager). Other material includes opinions, speeches, minutes, and correspondence dating between 1940 and 1982.

Call number: MS-1160

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Mrs. Helen Warwick Wilson donated these papers to the Special Collections Library in 1984.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Frank W. Wilson Papers, MS-1160. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of seventeen boxes divided into eight series:

  1. Series I: Court Transcripts
  2. Series II: Daily Trial Notes
  3. Series III: General File
  4. Series IV: Jury System
  5. Series V: Minutes, Etc.
  6. Series VI: Opinions
  7. Series VII: Speech Books
  8. Series VIII: Speech Material

Biography / History

Frank Wiley Wilson was born on June 21, 1917 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Tennessee, earning his B.A. in 1939 and his LL.B. in 1941. He was admitted to the bar in 1941 and began practicing law with Poore, Cramer, & Cox. Wilson remained with this firm until May 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. After being honorably discharged in 1946, he returned to Knoxville and founded a law practice with his lifelong friend Eugene Joyce. In addition to his work with Wilson & Joyce, Wilson also served as County Attorney for Anderson County (1948-1950) and City Attorney for Norris, Tennessee (1950-1961). Wilson left the practice of law in 1961 when he accepted the position of U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He was promoted to chief judge in 1969, and remained at this post until his death on September 29, 1982.

Wilson married Helen Elizabeth Warwick on April 6, 1942, and the couple had two sons: Frank Carl and William Randall.


Collection Scope and Content Note

The majority of this collection documents Wilson's service in the Jimmy Hoffa trial and Estes Kefauver's 1948 presidential bid (Wilson served as campaign manager). Other material includes opinions, speeches, minutes, and correspondence dating between 1940 and 1982.

Subject Terms

  • Wilson, Frank Wiley, 1917-1982.
  • United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
  • Tennessee -- Politics and government.
  • Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963.
  • Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-.
  • Judicial opinions -- United States.
  • United States. District Court (Tennessee : Eastern District).
Contents List
   

Series I: Court Transcripts
Box   1     Folder   1    
Court Transcripts: U.S.A. vs. Catherine Johnson. Vols 1-3
Box   1     Folder   2    
Court Transcripts: U.S.A. vs. Lawrence W. Medlin. Vols 1-5
Box   1     Folder   3    
Court Transcripts: U.S.A. vs. James R. Hoffa. Vols 1-8
Box   2      
Court Transcripts: U.S.A. vs. James R. Hoffa. Vols 9-21
Box   3      
Court Transcripts: U.S.A. vs. James R. Hoffa. Vols 22-34
Box   4     Folder   1    
Court Transcripts: U.S.A. vs. James R. Hoffa Vols 35-37,
Box   4     Folder   2    
Court Transcripts: Morpul, Inc. vs. Hosiery Mills
Box   4     Folder   3    
Court Transcripts: George Ramsey vs. United Mine Workers of America
Box   4     Folder   4    
Court Transcripts: Clarence F. Davis vs. Combustion Engineering, Inc.
   

Series II: Daily Trial Notes, 1980-1982
Box   5     Folder   1    
Daily Trial Notes, 1980 January-1980 March
Box   5     Folder   2    
Daily Trial Notes, 1980 February-1980 August
Box   5     Folder   3    
Daily Trial Notes, 1980 April-1980 June
Box   5     Folder   4    
Daily Trial Notes, 1980 July-1980 September
Box   5     Folder   5    
Daily Trial Notes, 1980 October-1980 December
Box   5     Folder   6    
Daily Trial Notes, 1981 January-1981 March
Box   5     Folder   7    
Daily Trial Notes, 1981 April-1981 June
Box   5     Folder   8    
Daily Trial Notes, 1981 July-1981 September
Box   5     Folder   9    
Daily Trial Notes, 1981 October-1981 December
Box   5     Folder   10    
Daily Trial Notes, 1982 January-1982 March
Box   5     Folder   11    
Daily Trial Notes, 1982 April-1982 June
Box   5     Folder   12    
Daily Trial Notes, 1982 July-1982 September
   

Series III: General File, 1947-1975
Box   6     Folder   1    
American Legion
Box   6     Folder   2    
Anderson County Democratic Executive Committee
Box   6     Folder   3    
Announcement of Congressional Candidacy, 1950
Box   6     Folder   4    
Articles on or by Frank W. Wilson
Box   6     Folder   5    
Badgett, Bill
Box   6     Folder   6    
Baker, Howard - Clippings, etc.
Box   6     Folder   7    
Browning, Gordon
Box   6     Folder   8    
Campaign Bills - General Election
Box   6     Folder   9    
Campaign Bills - Primary, 1950
Box   6     Folder   10    
Charter Committee
Box   6     Folder   11    
Clippings - Hoffa Trial, 1964
Box   6     Folder   12    
Clippings - Kefauver Campaign, 1948

Box   6     Folder   13    
Clippings - Kefauver Campaign, 1948

Box   6     Folder   14    
Clippings - Kefauver Campaign, 1948

Box   6     Folder   15    
Clippings - Presidential Election, 1948
Box   6     Folder   16    
Clippings - Wilson Campaign, 1950
Box   6     Folder   17    
Clippings - Miscellaneous
Box   7     Folder   1    
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Inc.
Box   7     Folder   2    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Anderson County
Box   7     Folder   3    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Blount County
Box   7     Folder   4    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Campbell County
Box   7     Folder   5    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Loudon County
Box   7     Folder   6    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Knox County
Box   7     Folder   7    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Morgan County
Box   7     Folder   8    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Roane County
Box   7     Folder   9    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Scott County
Box   7     Folder   10    
Congressional Campaign Correspondence - Union County
Box   7     Folder   11    
Congressional Record, 1954 August-1971 January
Box   7     Folder   12    
Constitutional Revision
Box   7     Folder   13    
Correspondence - General, 1947-1966
Box   7     Folder   14    
Correspondence - Kefauver, 1950-1952
Box   7     Folder   15    
Correspondence - Kefauver, 1954
Box   7     Folder   16    
Election Statistics, 1950 August 3
Box   7     Folder   17    
Estes Kefauver Memorial Foundation
Box   7     Folder   18    
Form Letters
Box   7     Folder   19    
Gore, Albert
Box   7     Folder   20    
Habeas Corpus Petitions - Hubert L. Will to Wilson
Box   7     Folder   21    
Inaugural Ball, 1949
Box   8     Folder   1    
Jennings, John
Box   8     Folder   2    
Judicial Conference Lists
Box   8     Folder   3    
Kefauver - Speeches and Schedules
Box   8     Folder   4    
Kefauver for President - Campaign File
Box   8     Folder   5    
Maps - Southeastern U.S.
Box   8     Folder   6    
Material Regarding Cheff vs. Schnackenberg
Box   8     Folder   7    
Newspaper Cuts - Mats, etc.
Box   8     Folder   8    
Political Issues, 1955
Box   8     Folder   9    
Qualifying Petitions
Box   8     Folder   10    
Rotary Club Constitution and By-Laws
Box   8     Folder   11    
Rotary Material
Box   8     Folder   12    
Rotary Program Committee
Box   8     Folder   13    
Schools Research Materials
Box   8     Folder   14    
Speeches made by Albert Gore
Box   8     Folder   15    
Speedy Trial Act, 1975
Box   8     Folder   16    
Sutton Attack
Box   8     Folder   17    
United Fund
Box   8     Folder   18    
Y. M. C. A. Metropolitan Council
Box   8     Folder   19    
Miscellaneous Items
   

Series IV: Jury System, 1969-1970
Box   9     Folder   1    
Clerk Responses
Box   9     Folder   2    
Committee on the Operation of the Jury System (Reconstituted)
Box   9     Folder   3    
Halloran Report
Box   9     Folder   4    
Jury Audits
Box   9     Folder   5    
Jury Operations Committee, 1969 August
Box   9     Folder   6    
Jury Operations Committee, 1970 January
Box   9     Folder   7    
Jury Plans
Box   9     Folder   8    
Jury Selection
Box   9     Folder   9    
Operation of Jury Selection Act - Judges Comments
Box   9     Folder   10    
Organized Crime Control Act, 1969
Box   9     Folder   11    
Southern District of Florida
Box   9     Folder   12    
Subcommittee on Effective Utilization of Jurors - Letters
   

Series V: Minutes, Etc., 1961-1982
Box   10     Folder   1    
Appointment Book, 1982
Box   10     Folder   2    
Minutes vol. 1, 1961-1967)
Box   10     Folder   3    
Minutes vol. 2 (Motion Docket), 1967-1974
Box   10     Folder   4    
Minutes vol. 3 (Motion docket), 1974-1982
Box   10     Folder   5    
Judge's Robe
   

Series VI: Opinions, 1961-1982
Box   11     Folder   1    
Opinions, 1961-1962
Box   11     Folder   2    
Opinions, 1962-1963
Box   11     Folder   3    
Opinions, 1963-1964
Box   11     Folder   4    
Opinions, 1964-1965
Box   11     Folder   5    
Opinions, 1965-1966
Box   11     Folder   6    
Opinions, 1966-1967
Box   11     Folder   7    
Opinions, 1967-1968
Box   11     Folder   8    
Opinions, 1968-1969
Box   12     Folder   1    
Opinions, 1969-1970
Box   12     Folder   2    
Opinions, 1970-1971
Box   12     Folder   3    
Opinions, 1971-1972
Box   12     Folder   4    
Opinions, 1972-1973
Box   12     Folder   5    
Opinions Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1973-1974
Box   12     Folder   6    
Opinions Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1974-1975
Box   12     Folder   7    
Opinions Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1975-1976

Box   12     Folder   8    
Opinions Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1975-1976

Box   12     Folder   9    
Opinions Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1976-1977

Box   13     Folder   1    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1976-1977

Box   13     Folder   2    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1977-1978

Box   13     Folder   3    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1977-1978

Box   13     Folder   4    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1978-1979
Box   13     Folder   5    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1979-1980

Box   13     Folder   6    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1979-1980

Box   13     Folder   7    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1980-1981

Box   13     Folder   8    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1980-1981

Box   14     Folder   1    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1981-1982

Box   14     Folder   2    
Opinions - Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1981-1982

Box   14     Folder   3    
Opinions - and Orders - Habeas Corpus, 1961-1969
Box   14     Folder   4    
Opinions - and Orders - Habeas Corpus, 1969-1974
Box   14     Folder   5    
Opinions - and Orders - Habeas Corpus, 1973-1979
Box   14     Folder   6    
Opinions - and Orders - Section 2255, 1967-1974
Box   14     Folder   7    
Opinions - and Orders - Section 2255, 1974-1979
   

Series VII: Speech Books
Box   15     Folder   1    
Speech Book, Vol. 1 - Special Events
Box   15     Folder   2    
Speech Book, Vol. 2 - Introductions
Box   15     Folder   3    
Speech Book, Vol. 3 - Great Men
Box   15     Folder   4    
Speech Book, Vol. 4 - Letters from Prison
Box   15     Folder   5    
Speech Book, Vol. 5 - Church-Related Topics
Box   15     Folder   6    
Speech Book, Vol. 6 - Federal Topics
Box   15     Folder   7    
Speech Book, Vol. 7 - Law-Related Topics
Box   15     Folder   8    
Speech Book, Vol. 8 - General Topics
   

Series VIII: Speech Material, 1940-1982
Box   16     Folder   1    
Speeches, 1940-1959
Box   16     Folder   2    
Speeches, 1960-1965
Box   16     Folder   3    
Speeches, 1966-1969
Box   16     Folder   4    
Speeches, 1970-1979
Box   16     Folder   5    
Speeches, 1980-1982
Box   16     Folder   6    
Speeches, undated
Box   16     Folder   7    
Speeches - Notes (Handwritten)
Box   16     Folder   8    
Speeches - Notes (Typed)

Box   16     Folder   9    
Speeches - Notes (Typed)

Box   16     Folder   10    
Speeches - Miscellaneous Articles and Publications, etc.
Box   16     Folder   11    
Speeches - Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box   17      
Journals Containing Miscellaneous Articles, Publications, etc. (8 bound volumes)