Summary Information

Title: William A. Roberts Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1942-1956

Creator:

• Roberts, William A., 1900-

Call Number: U.S. Mss AJ

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Files kept by the Washington law firm of Roberts and McInnis in the civil suit filed in 1951 by Drew Pearson against Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, Fulton Lewis, Jr., Westbrook Pegler, Morris A. Bealle, Edward K. Nellor, Donald Surine, George Waters, and the Washington Times-Herald on charges of libel, slander, and conspiracy to damage the plaintiff's business. William A. Roberts served as senior attorney for Pearson.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0000aj

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