Summary Information

Title: Thomas E. Fairchild Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1785-1999

Creator:

• Fairchild, Thomas E., 1912-2007

Call Number: Mss 987; M2004-008; M2004-114; M2006-012

Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (9 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes); plus additions of 2.4 c.f., 24 photographs, 4 negatives, 2 disc recordings, and 3 pieces of ephemera

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Personal and professional papers of former Wisconsin State Supreme Court and Federal judge (Seventh Circuit Court in Chicago, 1966-1981) Thomas E. Fairchild. His professional papers document his tenure as a Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice (1956-1966), his work as Chairman of the Constitutional Revision Commission in Madison, Wisconsin (1960-1965), and his role presiding over the famous appeal case of the Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial (1968-1974). The most complete part of the collection is comprised of the various speeches given throughout his career, spanning the years 1948 to 1988. Also included is an oral history interview of Fairchild conducted by the Circuit Executive, Collins Fitzpatrick, in 1999, as well as materials pertaining to Fairchild's mother's (Endress) family genealogy.

Language: English, German

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00987

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