Morison, H. Graham Papers

1937-1975

Assistant Attorney General, Claims Department, 1948-1950 and Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 1950-1952, Department of Justice

See also H. Graham Morison oral history.

The H. Graham Morison Papers consist of legal briefs, letters, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, publications, receipts, reports, and other materials related to his work with the Justice Department and his personal affairs.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Hugh Graham Morison was born in Bristol, Tennessee on August 18, 1908. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Lee University in 1929, and his law degree from the same university in 1932. He married Beatrice Keegin on June 22, 1946. He worked as a lawyer in Bristol, Virginia and New York City from 1932 through 1941. From 1941-1943, he served as the assistant to the general counsel of the War Production Board. From 1943 to 1945, he served in the United States Marine Corps. In 1945, he became Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and later, the Executive Assistant to the Attorney General. Also in 1945, he became an Assistant Attorney General. He served as head of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, from 1948-1952 and head of the Anti-Trust Division, Department of Justice, from 1950-1952. He left the government to return to the practice of law in 1952. Morison died on May 1, 1976, in Washington, D. C.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The H. Graham Morison Papers consist of legal briefs, letters, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, publications, receipts, reports, and other materials related to his work with the Justice Department and his personal affairs.

The first series is the Department of Justice Files. This series contains legal briefs, letters, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, reports, and other materials related to H. Graham Morison’s work with the Department of Justice. The topics covered include immigration; loyalty issues and the Truman Loyalty Review Board; juvenile delinquency and youth problems; strikes and labor issues, especially with the United Mine Workers Union and various railroad unions; and other matters. Of note is a file unit about the Texas City disaster. A large cargo of ammonium nitrate fertilizer caught fire and exploded, killing hundreds of people and destroying property. When thousands of people sued for negligence on the part of various federal agencies, this became the first class action lawsuit against the United States government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

The second series is the Subject File. This series contains letters, newspaper clippings, publications and brochures, notes, reports, receipts, memoranda, speeches, and other materials related to H. Graham Morison’s personal affairs. Topics include the Great Falls, Virginia area where Morison lived, churches attended by Morison and Presbyterian church organizations he volunteered with, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, speeches delivered by Morison and others, and matters relating to Washington and Lee University, his alma mater.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

  

Series

1-10

   DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILE, 1946-1952
Legal briefs, letters, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, reports, and other materials related to H. Graham Morison’s work with the Department of Justice. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
11-37   SUBJECT FILE, 1937-1975
Letters, newspaper clippings, publications and brochures, notes, reports, receipts, memoranda, speeches, and other materials related to H. Graham Morison’s personal affairs. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILE, 1946-1952

Box 1

  • Advisor to the Attorney General
  • Aernautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. James L. Campbell, et al
  • Aluminum Case
  • Antitrust Division - Memoranda, 1951-1952 [1 of 2]
  • Antitrust Division - Memoranda, 1951-1952 [2 of 2]
  • Attorney General - Statements and Proposed Statements
  • Bailey v. Richardson - 1950

Box 2

  • Briefs – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 [1 of 2]
  • Briefs – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 [2 of 2]
  • Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railroad Conductors
  • Claims Division – Correspondence [1 of 2]
  • Claims Division – Correspondence [2 of 2]

Box 3

  • Declaration of Death of Missing Persons – Proposed Report to the President for Submission to the Senate
  • Defense Production – Office of Defense Mobilization
  • Economic Stabilization Agency
  • Fair Trade Practices Law - (Miller-Tydings)
  • General Memoranda, 1947
  • General Memoranda, 1949
  • Japanese - American claims
  • Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corporation

Box 4

  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 – Letters of Friends
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 – New York Herald Tribune Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 – Other Papers Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 – Washington Daily News Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 – Washington Evening Star Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 – Washington Post Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1948 – Washington Times-Herald Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – Letters from Friends
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – New York Times Clippings

Box 5

  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – Official Memoranda
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – Out of Town Newspapers
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – Washington Post Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – Washington Star Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – Washington Times-Herald Clippings
  • Lewis Case – United Mine Workers Strike, 1950 – Work Sheets
  • Maritime Strike, 1948 [1 of 3]
  • Maritime Strike, 1948 [2 of 3]
  • Maritime Strike, 1948 [3 of 3]

Box 6

  • Morison, H. Graham – Nomination as United States Assistant Attorney General, 1948
  • Morison, H. Graham – Resignation from Government Service, 1952
  • National Parks
  • Newspaper Clippings, 1947
  • Newspaper Clippings, 1948
  • Newspaper Clippings, 1949
  • Newspaper Clippings, 1950
  • Newspaper Clippings, 1951
  • Newspaper Clippings, 1952

Box 7

  • Oak Ridge Strike
  • Pan American Case
  • Presidential Committee on Personnel
  • Records Division – Department of Justice
  • Schenley Distillers Corporation et al. v. Clinton P. Anderson [1 of 2]
  • Schenley Distillers Corporation et al. v. Clinton P. Anderson [2 of 2]
  • Texas City Disaster Litigation
  • Under Secretariat, 1949-1951
  • United Mine Workers Association

Box 8

  • United Mine Workers Strikes – Printed Documents
  • United States v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1948 [1 of 4]
  • United States v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1948 [2 of 4]
  • United States v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1948 [3 of 4]
  • United States v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1948 [4 of 4]
  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1948 – Briefs and Working Papers [1 of 3]

Box 9

  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1948 – Briefs and Working Papers [2 of 3]
  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1948 – Briefs and Working Papers [3 of 3]
  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1948 – Congressional Record, April 12, 1948
  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1950 – Certified Record of Official Reporter [1 of 3]
  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1950 – Certified Record of Official Reporter [2 of 3]

Box 10

  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1950 – Certified Record of Official Reporter [3 of 3]
  • United States v. United Mine Workers of America, et al., 1950 – Official Memoranda and Briefs
  • USS Greater Buffalo Claim

SUBJECT FILE, 1937-1975

Box 11

  • Application to Practice Law
  • Aswell, James
  • Aviation Insurance Law
  • Aviators Clothing Company v. Secretary of War
  • Bar Association Correspondence
  • Certificates
  • Church and Religious Affiliations
  • Citizens Committee for Virginia Outdoors Plan
  • Clinchfield Railroad Company
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 - A

Box 12

  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – B [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – B [2 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 - D
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – E
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – F
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – G [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – G [2 of 2]

Box 13

  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – H [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – H [2 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – I
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – J
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – K
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – L
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – M [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – M [2 of 2]

Box 14

  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – N
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – O
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – P
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – R
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – S
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – T
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – V
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – W [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – W [2 of 2]

Box 15

  • Correspondence, 1958-1962 – XYZ
  • Correspondence – General, 1957
  • Correspondence – General, 1958
  • Cross References
  • Cruise Information
  • Democratic National Committee
  • Economic Panel

Box 16

  • European Trip, 1962
  • Fairfax County, Virginia [1 of 2]
  • Fairfax County, Virginia [2 of 2]
  • Financial Statements and Receipts [1 of 2]
  • Financial Statements and Receipts [2 of 2]
  • Ford, Cornelius T.
  • Freedom Train
  • Gaines, DuVergne
  • Getz, George F., Jr.

Box 17

  • Great Falls Conservation Council, 1965 [1 of 2]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council, 1965 [2 of 2]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council, 1966 [1 of 2]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council, 1966 [2 of 2]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council, 1968 [1 of 2]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council, 1968 [2 of 2]

Box 18

  • Great Falls Conservation Council – Maps and Brochures
  • Great Falls Conservation Council – River Bend [1 of 4]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council – River Bend [2 of 4]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council – River Bend [3 of 4]
  • Great Falls Conservation Council – River Bend [4 of 4]
  • Great Falls, Virginia – Fire Department
  • Great Falls, Virginia – Land Owners

Box 19

  • Greene, Dr. Theodore
  • Horwatt, Michael
  • Immanuel Presbyterian Church [1 of 2]
  • Immanuel Presbyterian Church [2 of 2]
  • Immanuel Presbyterian Church – Committee on Evangelism
  • Immanuel Presbyterian Church – Pastor Carl L. Cooper
  • Jamaica – Iona High School
  • Jamaica – Pastor William Blake
  • Jamaica – Trip, 1964-1965

Box 20

  • Judicatura Cubana Democratica
  • Lawyer’s Committee Against the Third Term
  • Levinsville Presbyterian Church
  • Lundquist, Mrs. James F.
  • Marine Corps Records
  • Memoranda - General
  • Morison, H. Graham – Application for Admission to the Bar [1 of 2]
  • Morison, H. Graham – Application for Admission to the Bar [2 of 2]

Box 21

  • Morison, H. Graham – Congratulatory Letters Concerning New Law Firm, 1952
  • Morison, Lucile B.
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1962-1964
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1965
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1966
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1967

Box 22

  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1968
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1969 [1 of 2]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1969 [2 of 2]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1970 [1 of 2]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1970 [2 of 2]

Box 23

  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1971 [1 of 4]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1971 [2 of 4]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1971 [3 of 4]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1971 [4 of 4]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1972
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1973 [1 of 2]

Box 24

  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1973 [2 of 2]
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1974
  • National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1975
  • National Park Service
  • Northeast Counseling Center – Presbyterian Church – USA Advisory Council [1 of 2]
  • Northeast Counseling Center – Presbyterian Church – USA Advisory Council [2 of 2]

Box 25

  • Northeast Regional Center for Counseling and Consultative Services
  • Notes
  • O’Brian, John L.
  • Patowmack Canal
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Phi Gamma Delta
  • Post Office – Hartwood, Virginia
  • Potomac River Basin Advisory Committee
  • Poverty Campaign – District of Columbia Bar
  • Presbytery – Commission of
  • Presbytery – Continuing Education Committee [1 of 2]

Box 26

  • Presbytery – Continuing Education Committee [2 of 2]
  • Presbytery – General Council
  • Presbytery – Ministerial Relations Committee
  • Publications [1 of 21]
  • Publications [2 of 21]
  • Publications [3 of 21]
  • Publications [4 of 21]

Box 27

  • Publications [5 of 21]
  • Publications [6 of 21]
  • Publications [7 of 21]
  • Publications [8 of 21]
  • Publications [9 of 21]

Box 28

  • Publications [10 of 21]
  • Publications [11 of 21]
  • Publications [12 of 21]
  • Publications [13 of 21]

Box 29

  • Publications [14 of 21]
  • Publications [15 of 21]
  • Publications [16 of 21]
  • Publications [17 of 21]
  • Publications [18 of 21]

Box 30

  • Publications [19 of 21]
  • Publications [20 of 21]
  • Publications [21 of 21]
  • River Bend – Conservation Memorandum
  • River Bend – Maps and Brochures
  • River Bend - Potomac

Box 31

  • Sam Lane Memorial
  • Senate Judiciary – Nomination of Judges
  • Speeches, 1947
  • Speeches, 1947-1950
  • Speeches, 1948
  • Speeches, 1949 [1 of 2]
  • Speeches, 1949 [2 of 2]
  • Speeches, 1950-1951 [1 of 2]

Box 32

  • Speeches, 1950-1951 [2 of 2]
  • Speeches, 1951-1960 [1 of 4]
  • Speeches, 1951-1960 [2 of 4]
  • Speeches, 1951-1960 [3 of 4]
  • Speeches, 1951-1960 [4 of 4]

Box 33

  • Speeches, 1952
  • Speeches, 1954
  • Speeches, 1960-1961
  • Speeches, 1961
  • Speeches, 1961-1964, Memoranda Relating to

Box 34

  • Speeches and Articles by William T. Gossett
  • Speeches and Articles by Others [1 of 6]
  • Speeches and Articles by Others [2 of 6]
  • Speeches and Articles by Others [3 of 6]
  • Speeches and Articles by Others [4 of 6]
  • Speeches and Articles by Others [5 of 6]
  • Speeches and Articles by Others [6 of 6]

Box 35

  • Speeches and Statements - General
  • Speeches – Notes
  • Stevenson, Adlai E. - Memorial
  • Truman Library
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Virginia Cavalcade
  • Virginia Politics – Campaign Advisory Committee
  • Virginia Politics – General [1 of 2]
  • Virginia Politics – General [2 of 2]
  • Virginia Politics – Johnson, August C.

Box 36

  • Washington and Lee University [1 of 4]
  • Washington and Lee University [2 of 4]
  • Washington and Lee University [3 of 4]
  • Washington and Lee University [4 of 4]
  • Washington and Lee University – Alumni House Campaign

Box 37

  • Washington and Lee University – Bicentennial Dinner, April 16, 1949
  • Washington and Lee University – Chapel (Proposed)
  • Washington and Lee University – Ford Foundation
  • Washington and Lee University – Law School Association [1 of 3]
  • Washington and Lee University – Law School Association [2 of 3]
  • Washington and Lee University – Law School Association [3 of 3]
  • Zeiss, Carl
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