William A. Roberts Papers, 1942-1956

Container Title
Series: Matters of Public Record
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Copies of pleading and briefs filed in the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, March 2, 1951 - circa February 13, 1956
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Official transcripts in the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, September 6, 12, 26, 1951; May 26, 1952
Box   1
Copies of briefs relating to Drew Pearson or Joseph R. McCarthy filed in courts other than the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, June 18, 1941; July 12, 1949; May 22, 1950; October 14, 1955; September 30, 1955; December 28, 1955
Box   1
Mimeographed copy of testimony of Senator William Benton before the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections of the Rules Committee of the Senate, September 28, 1957
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Lists of telephone toll charges and addresses
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Post card notifications from the court clerk
Box   2
Case files (Cases cited by Roberts and McInnis' law clerks pertinent to the Pearson suit, often with quotations from cases)
Box   2
Summaries of newspaper articles and columns
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Summaries and copies of speeches of Joseph R. McCarthy
Box   2
Press releases and reprints of articles
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Copies of broadcasts by Fulton Lewis, Jr., December 13, 14, 15, 18, 1950
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Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1949-1956
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Index of right-wing organizations and foundations financing them
Box   2
“Communism - Is Such Imputation Defamatory?,” a thesis by H. David Gann
Box   2
Carbon copy of a case study of Pearson v. McCarthy et al.
Note: Written as a thesis by a law student[?]