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Correspondence
Fully one half of the correspondence is family and personal letters. A fourth is related to Rosenberry's elections, but these are chiefly routine “thank you” notes or letters making requests for circulating papers. The other fourth of the correspondence is composed of letters regarding civic projects in which Rosenberry was interested. Many letters refer to his interest in hunting and fishing.
Although Justice Rosenberry's letters seem to be very conservative in nature, he had a reputation as a liberal jurist, and labor considered him to be fair in his decisions. He stayed so scrupulously clear of politics while on the bench that his letters contain very little mention of political affairs. Occasionally through the 1930s, one gathers that he disapproved of Roosevelt's financial and organizational ability but approved of his vision and purpose. In his letters Justice Rosenberry never referred to cases before the Supreme Court. A rare letter giving any opinion at all is one written December 30, 1946 concerning Joseph McCarthy's qualifications to run for U.S. Senator.
In the Rosenberry correspondence are practically no letters to persons of note, and there are very few regarding business conditions, the national scene, or legal opinions. A minor professional exchange between Rosenberry and other members of the Supreme Court occurred in 1944-1945 when he wrote notes to Justices Oscar M. Fritz and Chester A. Fowler.
Rosenberry's letters were always scholarly and precise, yet human. They reveal him to have been thoughtful, calm, and dispassionate. Those to his son and daughter are revealing as to his character; letters of April 9 and 13, 1923 to Sam, and May 29, 1918 to Katherine are especially so.
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1918, January-April
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1918, April-1919, March
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1919, March-December
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1922, October-1923
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1928, October-1929, February
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1929, March-1930, November
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1930, December-1932, October
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1932, November-1935, May
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1935, June-1938
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1939, January-September
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1939, October-1942
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1943-1944
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1945-1946, April
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1946, May-1947, June
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1947, July-1948, June
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1948, July-1949, June
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1949, July-1950, June
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