Collection Overview
Title: J. F. T. O'Connor Papers, 1906-1954
ID: OGLMC/009
Creator: O'Connor, James (1884-1949)
Extent: 8.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1952
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
1884-1949; United States Comptroller of Currency, 1933-1938
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The J. F. T. O'Connor Papers, 1906-1954, consist of biographical materials, correspondence, speeches, legal and financial materials, and fifteen scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The scrapbooks document events from both his professional career and his personal life. Researchers should note that the dates of the clippings within each scrapbook are not always chronological. Also included is a framed photograph of O'Connor (17.5" x 21 5/8"). The photograph was inscribed by O'Connor to UND President John C. West. The inscription reads "To my friend Pres. John C. West, with high esteem. J. F. T. O'Connor, Comptroller of Currency, Wash. D.C. Feb. 25-1938".
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Additional materials were transferred from the KFJM Records in November 2005 (2005-2787) and from the Law School Records in June 2006 (2006-2824).
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source:
Charles F. Peterson
Acquisition Method:
Donation
Separated Materials:
Four photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets
Preferred Citation:
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid added to Archon in August 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biographical Sketch and Obituary
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1934-1936
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1938
- Regarding Candidacy for the Governorship of California
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1947
- Folder 5: Speeches
- Folder 6: Financial Papers, 1943-1949
- Folder 7: Legal Papers, 1929-1943
- Folder 8: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1917-1918
- Folder 9: Date Books, 1924 and 1927-1933
- Folder 10: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1917
- Folder 11: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1920-1921
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1933-January 1936
- Folder 2: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, January-February 1936
- Folder 3: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, March-May 1936
- Folder 4: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, May-October 1936
- Folder 5: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1937-1938
- Folder 6: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, April-June 1937
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1936-1937
- Folder 2: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, September 1937
- Folder 3: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, November 1937
- Folder 4: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, January 1938
- Folder 5: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1937-1938
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous
- Folder 2: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1946-1948
- Folder 3: Bound Volume - Autobiography (undated and typewritten)
- Folder 4: Bound Volume - Financial Records, 1934-1946
- Folder 5: Bound Volume - Account Book, 1936-1948
- Folder 6: Correspondence - Shaft, Benson, and Shaft, 1957
- Folder 7: Last Will and Testament, 1937
- Box 5
- Item 1: Framed photograph of O'Connor, inscribed to UND President John C. West
- Photographs :
- Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets
- Photograph 1: J. F. T. O'Connor: undated
- Photograph 2: Autographed photograph from Fred Vinson, Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court: "To my friend, 'Jefty,' with every good wish, Fred M. Vinson": July 1946
- Photograph 3: Autographed photograph from President Franklin Roosevelt: "For J. F. T. O'Connor from his old friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt"
- Photograph 4: Autographed photograph from President Harry Truman: "Kindest regards and best wishes to my friend Hon, J. F. T. O'Connor, Harry Truman"
- Oversize Folder 1
- Separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinets.
- Item 1: UND Diploma for Bachelor of Arts Degree, June 13, 1907
- Item 2: UND Diploma for Bachelor of Laws Degree, June 19, 1908