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J. F. T. O'Connor Papers, 1906-1954

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 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Biographical Sketch and ObituaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1934-1936Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1938Add to your cart.
Regarding Candidacy for the Governorship of California
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 5: SpeechesAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Financial Papers, 1943-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Legal Papers, 1929-1943Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1917-1918Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Date Books, 1924 and 1927-1933Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1917Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1920-1921Add to your cart.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1933-January 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, January-February 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, March-May 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, May-October 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1937-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, April-June 1937Add to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1936-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, September 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, November 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, January 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1937-1938Add to your cart.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings - MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1946-1948Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Bound Volume - Autobiography (undated and typewritten)Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Bound Volume - Financial Records, 1934-1946Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Bound Volume - Account Book, 1936-1948Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Correspondence - Shaft, Benson, and Shaft, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Last Will and Testament, 1937Add to your cart.
Box 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: Framed photograph of O'Connor, inscribed to UND President John C. WestAdd to your cart.
Photographs :Add to your cart.
Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets
Photograph 1: J. F. T. O'Connor: undatedAdd to your cart.
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 1946Add to your cart.
Photograph 3: Autographed photograph from President Franklin Roosevelt: "For J. F. T. O'Connor from his old friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt"Add to your cart.
Photograph 4: Autographed photograph from President Harry Truman: "Kindest regards and best wishes to my friend Hon, J. F. T. O'Connor, Harry Truman"Add to your cart.
Oversize Folder 1Add to your cart.
Separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinets.
Item 1: UND Diploma for Bachelor of Arts Degree, June 13, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 2: UND Diploma for Bachelor of Laws Degree, June 19, 1908Add to your cart.