Collection ID: D.58.Legacy

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971, Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996, Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, Straus, Roger W. (Roger Williams), 1917-2004, Vanderbilt, Arthur T., 1888-1957, Dewey, Frances, 1903-, and Dewey, Annie
Extent:
1272 boxes, 283 scrapbooks, 252 transfer box, and 199 items
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item title, item date], Thomas E. Dewey Papers, D.58, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Background

Biographical / Historical:

CHRONOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY

March 24, 1902: Born in Owosso, Michigan

1919-23: Attended University of Michigan, Graduated A. B.

1923-25: Attended Columbia University Law School, Graduated LL. B.

1925-27: Associate of Larkin, Rathbone and Perry law firm

1926: Admitted to Bar of New York

1927-31: Associate of MacNamara and Seymour law firm

1931-33: Chief Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York

1933: United States Attorney, Southern District of New York

1934-35: Private law practice

1934: Counsel to Association of the Bar of New York

1935-37: Special Prosecutor, Investigation of organized crime

1938-43: District Attorney of New York County

1938: Republican Candidate for Governor of New York State

1943-1955: Governor of New York State

1944, 1948: Republican Candidate for President of the United States; Defeated by Roosevelt in 1944 and Truman in 1948

1955-1971: Member of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood law firm

March 16, 1971: Died.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Thomas E. Dewey and his estate since 1955.
Arrangement:

The Thomas E. Dewey Papers at the University of Rochester Library have been organized in fourteen major series with each series containing several related files. A summary index of the series follows below.

Though a series may contain several different files, the box numbering within each series is consecutive. Further, each box contains numbered folders. Thus, a folder may be identified by a series number, box number and folder number, or by a series name, file name and folder label (numbered identification is preferred over name identification).

SERIES INDEX

Series 1: Early Career (1925-1942)

Series 2: Campaigns (1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1964)

Series 3: Scrapbooks of Newspaper Clippings (1933-1957)

Series 4: First Term Governor Correspondence (1943-1946)

Series 5: Second Term Governor Correspondence (1947-1950)

Series 6: Third Term Governor Correspondence (1951-1954)

Series 7: Miscellaneous Governor Material (1943-1954)

Series 8: Post Governor Correspondence (1955-1971)

Series 9: Speeches (1935-1966)

Series 10: Personal Papers and Material

Series 11: Calendars and Photographs

Series 12: Memorabilia and Other Items

Series 13: Addition to the papers of items received in 1979

2015 Accrual:

Box 35

Folder 8. Letter from Thomas Dewey to Walter Snider of New Orleans, Louisiana, May 22, 1941.

Provenance: This letter was the gift of Katherine Ornett Ohman.

Series 14: Dewey Ephemera.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

The Thomas E. Dewey Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item title, item date], Thomas E. Dewey Papers, D.58, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Rush Rhees Library
Second Floor, Room 225
755 Library Rd.
Rochester, NY 14627, United States
CONTACT:
(585) 275-2121
rarebks@library.rochester.edu