William P. MacCracken Papers

1908-1989, bulk 1914-1945
Manuscript Collection #811
Creator(s)
MacCracken, William P. (William Patterson), 1888-1969
Physical description
5.5 Cubic Feet, 9 boxes and 9 oversize folders
Preferred Citation
William P. MacCracken Papers (#811), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

Collection, 1908-1989 (bulk 1914-1945) reflecting the life and activities of Chicago businessman, attorney, aviator and pioneer aeronautics leader William P. MacCracken. The collection consists of correspondence, legal files, administrative files, clippings, ephemera, brochures, pamphlets and oversized materials.


Biographical/historical information

William P. MacCracken is notable for his championing efforts to establish uniform national legislation to govern commercial aviation. MacCracken was born September 17, 1888, in Chicago, IL. His father was a physician. MacCracken attended the University of Chicago, graduating with a B. A. in philosophy in 1909 and a law degree in 1911. During World War I, MacCracken enlisted in the Army and received flight training. He then served as a flight instructor for the U. S. Army Air Service until the war ended. This experience sparked a life-long interest in aviation and aeronautics. As chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on the Law of Aeronautics, MacCracken pioneered the development of aviation law. He also served as secretary of the American Bar Association from 1925 to 1936. MacCracken also served on the Chicago Aero Commission and was a member of the Board of Governors of the National Aeronautical Association from 1922 through1926. He helped write and obtain passage of the Air Commerce Act of 1926, the first federal legislation regulating civil aviation and which also established the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce.

In August 1926, President Coolidge appointed MacCracken as the first Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, where he played an important role in the development of laws, policies, and regulations governing civil aviation. In this position, MacCracken was responsible for the issuance of the first federal air safety rules and the development of the first civil aviation routes. He also promoted, drafted, and helped enact the earliest rules governing civil and commercial aviation in the United States, including air mail, airplane manufacturing and maintenance, airline routes and international relations. MacCracken also helped make possible Charles Lindberg's trans-Atlantic flight in 1927. When the federal government issued the first pilot's license, Lindberg was offered License No.1, but he deferred to MacCracken, insisting he had more experience.

In the early 1930s, as the Republican Party's long hold on Congress began to erode, MacCracken became one of the main targets in Senator Hugo Black's Air Mail investigation. Although no evidence was found against MacCracken, he was harshly criticized for improprieties in awarding air mail contracts. His personal papers were seized and held for more than thirty years. In 1935 MacCracken was briefly jailed by Congress for refusing to divulge his client's legal files to staff investigating his role in the issuance of Air Mail Contracts. He was never charged with any illegal activity in the case.

Following his return to private life, MacCracken resumed his legal career and became active in lobbying for a number of trade groups. His legal firm, MacCracken and Lee, also included his partner, Frederic P. Lee, who had also served as counsel to the Senate during the 1920s. As a private lawyer, MacCracken also served as a Washington lobbyist for the American Optometric Association from 1942 to 1968. He died in 1969.


Scope and arrangement

The papers consist of 9 boxes and 9 oversized folders of records relating to William P. MacCracken. Much of the collection consists of correspondence between MacCracken and various clients that his law firm represented, among them the Remmington Rand Company. Also included is MacCracken's correspondence with lawyers, legislators, and government officials concerning the drafting and passage of various aviation laws and regulations, including legislation creating the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce in 1926. The collection contains a significant amount of material relating to MacCracken's activities as a member of many organizations, including the American Bar Association, and a number of aeronautical organizations.

The collection also includes clippings and printed materials related to aviation and to MacCracken's decision to allow Charles Lindberg to fly the Atlantic in 1927. Additionally, documents are present concerning early regulations in commercial aviation in the United States. These include drafts of proposed laws, final revised aviation laws and annual reports on aviation.

Also documented in the collection are much of MacCracken's personal financial holdings. This information consists of records related to real estate, stocks, banking information and insurance policies, mostly based in Chicago. Among these are several letters between MacCracken and Otto M. Schnering, President of Curtiss Candy Company, makers of Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars.


Administrative information
Custodial History

March 5, 2001, 3 cubic feet; Papers (1912-1969) of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics (1926-1929), secretary of American Bar Association (1925-1936), and Member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1929-1938), including correspondence, reports, hearings, legal files, clippings, etc. dealing with civil aviation, aeronautical safety, air law, air mail service, American Bar Association, and other topics. Donor: Ms. Sara S. Stolzenborg and Ms. Patricia Cunnington, heirs.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Ms. Sara S. Stolzenborg

Gift of Ms. Patricia Cunnington

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Processed by Nicholas Beam March 2007 Dale Sauter 2008

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Key terms
Personal Names
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
MacCracken, William P. (William Patterson), 1888-1969
Corporate Names
American Bar Association
Remington Rand, Inc.
United States. Department of Commerce. Aeronautics Branch
Topical
Aeronautics and state--United States--20th century
Aeronautics, Commercial--Law and legislation
Air pilots--United States
Lawyers--United States

Container list
Box 1 Folder a Biographical clippings and news releases (1966, 1988-1989) pertaining to William P. MacCracken. 3 items. 12 p
Box 1 Folder b Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. (1930), re: Legislative Committee. Carbon typescript and printed material. 7 items. 8 p
Box 1 Folder d Investment prospectuses (1918, 1920-1923) re: William MacCracken's investments. 44 items. 80 p
Box 1 Folder e Keasey & Mattison Company - John R Livezey contracts and correspondence (1933-1936) Carbon transcript copies of contracts. 2 items. 77 p
Box 1 Folder f Making of the Constitution, The [Play]" (Revised) © 1935 by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Pamphlet. 1 item. 19 p. Note: Script of a play in which William P. MacCracken played the part of Major William Jackson, Secretary to the Convention
Box 1 Folder g National Air Transport, Inc. By-Laws (n.d.) Pamphlet. 1 item. 14 p
Box 1 Folder h National Air Transport, Inc. memorandum (6/4/1926) Pertaining to Colonial-National conference. 1 item. 6 p
Box 1 Folder i Remington Rand contract correspondence (1922, 1924-1925, 1927, 1934-1935, 1940-1941); also, press releases concerning Aeronautics Federal Administration Laws. 20 items. 110 p
Box 1 Folder j Remington Rand Business Services contracts and correspondence (1931, 1936, 1940-1941, 1943-44) 56 items. 273 p
Box 1 Folder k Remington Rand correspondence (1932-1933, 1935-1937, 1943) re: Government purchases. 24 items. 58 p
Box 1 Folder l Remmington Rand Inc. Securities Exchange Commission Registration Statement (1941). 1 item. 104 p
Box 1 Folder m Science in Relation to Regulating and Promoting Civil Aviation: The Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, 1929 (1929) by William P. MacCracken. Aeronautical Reprints No. 32 (2 copies); Royal Aeronautical Society Journal, Vol. 32, no. 228 (Dec. 1929); & Monthly Notices. London: The Royal Aeronautical Society, 1929; Pamphlet, Periodicals. 4 items. 99 p
Box 2 Folder a A Bill to Provide for the Regulation of Radio Communications . . . . S. 3968, 69th Congress, 1st Session (1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 16 p
Box 2 Folder b Advance Information on the Third International Aero Congress and International Air Races St. Louis, Missouri October 1-2-3 1923 (1923) Compiled by St. Louis Air Board. Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Box 2 Folder c An Act for the Regulation of Radio Communications. . . . H. R. 9971, 69th Congress, 1st Session (1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 16 p
Box 2 Folder d An Act to Create a Bureau of Civil Aeronautics in the Department of Commerce S. B. 76 (1924) Pamphlet. 2 copies. 2 items. 12 p. 12 items. 37 p
Box 2 Folder e Bill to Provide for the Establishment and Development of American Civil Air Transport. Drafts No. 4 & No. 5. (1930) 2 copies. 4 items. 68 p. Note: "Property of Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, 27 William Street, New York City."
Box 2 Folder f C. F. Redmond Company Files (1922-1923) including correspondence & financial records of MacCracken's brokerage account. 6 items. 59 p
Box 2 Folder g Congressional Record Seventy-Third Congress Second Session (2/13/1934) Vol. 78, no. 33. 2 copies. 2 items. 30 p. Note: Includes debate entitled "Investigation of Air and Ocean Mail Contracts -- William P. MacCracken, Jr.", pp, 2533-2537
Box 2 Folder h Illinois Air Commission Bill S. B. 298 and Amendments (1925) Pamphlets. 9 items. 25 p
Box 2 Folder i Illinois and Wisconsin Court Filings, Affidavits, etc. (1911-1913) including bankruptcy, chancery & divorce cases, etc. 37 items. 143 p
Box 2 Folder j MacCracken, William P., Jr., Appellant v. Chesley W. Jurney, Appellee (1934) U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Case No. 6166. Argued 5/7/1934. Decided 7/9/1934. Pamphlet. 1 item. 6 p. Note: Jurney's appeal from the decision of the DC Supreme Court
Box 2 Folder k Memorandum on Powers Exercisable in Places Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States, and Related Matters, by John F. O'Brien (6/1/1929) Carbon Typescript. 1 item. 13 p
Box 2 Folder l National Aeronautical Review (Oct. 1925) Vol. 3, no. 10. Periodical. 1 item. 8 p. Note: Includes report of the crash of the Airship Shenandoah
Box 2 Folder m National Aeronautics Association Bulletin (Sept. 1924) No. 4. Periodical. 1 item. 6 p
Box 2 Folder n Press Club of Chicago Financial Records (1921-1923) including statements of accounts. 2 items. 94 p
Box 2 Folder o Statement of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker Vice President of North American Aviation, Inc. Before the Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads on Senate Bill S. 3012 to Revise Air-Mail Laws (3/27/1934) Mimeographed. 1 item. 15 p
Box 2 Folder p Travel & Business Expenses File (1922, 1925) Correspondence, pamphlets, photographic prints, business cards, railroad tickets, hotel receipts, etc. 21 items. 49 p. Note: pictures need preservation. 2 Japanese images ca.1920s
Box 2 Folder q What the American Bar Association Did for American Aeronautics, by William P. MacCracken, Jr. in: Contact: The Magazine of the Aero Club of Minneapolis (Sept. 1923) Vol. 2, no. 4, p. 18. Periodical. 1 item. 20 p
Box 2 Folder r Willinger, Leo M. Correspondence & notes (1937) re: Keasbey & Mattison Company check. 3 items. 3 p
Box 3 Folder a American Bar Association Correspondence (1930, 1933-1934, 1936-1937) 146 items. 170 p
Box 3 Folder b Bostwick, Mary Wolfer, Estate. Probate Court Case, Washington, DC (1940) 16 items. 25 p
Box 3 Folder c Cuff, George B., Power of Attorney (1935) 2 items. 2 p
Box 3 Folder d Gandy, Richard K. Proposed litigation file (1935) 5 items. 11 p
Box 3 Folder e H. M. Byllesby and Company. Brokerage Account File (1930-1933) re: sales of stocks and bonds. 28 items. 125 p
Box 3 Folder f Hubbard Woods Properties, Winnetka, IL Purchase and Tax Files (1916-1926) 36 items. 111 p
Box 3 Folder g Hubbard Woods Properties, Winnetka, IL Purchase, Tax and Sales Files (1924-1929) 128 items. 133 p
Box 3 Folder h Katalite Service Stations Promotion, Chicago, IL (ca. 1925) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 37 p
Box 3 Folder i Kohler Aviation Corporation Stock Sale (1934) 8 items. 15 p
Box 3 Folder k Lord, Katherine Z. (Mrs.) Files (1944) 4 items. 9 p
Box 3 Folder l Maxwell, Nicole Hughes, Alexandria, VA. Divorce file (1942) 3 items. 5 p
Box 3 Folder m MacCracken, William P. V. Paul Miller, Cook County, IL. File (1937) 6 items. 29 p
Box 3 Folder n Miller, Paul Mortgage Correspondence (1932-1936) re: Real estate, insurance, foreclosure, etc. 90 items. 172 p
Box 3 Folder o Montgomery, Hart, Pritchard & Herriott Law Firm, Chicago, IL Correspondence (1934-1935) 13 items. 24 p. Note: Re: Great Lakes Mortgage Co. & Paul Miller case
Box 3 Folder p Real Estate & Insurance, Winnetka, IL. Files (1919-1929, 1940-1942, 1967-1968) re: insurance policies, taxes & investments. 95 items. 130 p. Note: Photographic print of unidentified little girl needs conservation
Box 3 Folder q Sysak v. De Lisser, Nassau County, NY. File (1930) re: Claim for monetary damages caused by airplane crashing into residence. 4 items. 8 p
Box 3 Folder r Treasury Department Bond Redemption Announcements (1933-1935) re: Panama Canal Loan, 4th Liberty Loan, & 2% Consols of 1930. Pamphlets. 8 items. 15 p
Box 3 Folder s United States v. S. S. "Swainby" File (1932-1933) 4 items. 4 p
Box 3 Folder t Willinger, Leo M. Vs Keasbey & Mattison Company File (1937) Case No. 88,712 in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 10 items. 17 p
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Box 4 Folder a A Bill to Amend the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1929, As Amended. H. R. 9841 (n.d.) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 1 p
Box 4 Folder b American Silica Institute. Organizing Proposal Letters (1935) Carbon typescript. 3 items. 6 p
Box 4 Folder c Beatty, Vernon B. (Mrs.) Letters sent (1932) Carbon typescript. 2 items. 2 p
Box 4 Folder d Bussard, Marcel J. File (1934) re: U. S. Agriculture Department employment. Carbon typescript. 3 items. 7 p
Box 4 Folder e Card, Archie W. War Risk Insurance Policy Case (1931-1932) Carbon typescript. 3 items. 3 p
Box 4 Folder f Civil Aeronautics Laws, Regulations, Codes & Reports File (1922-1926) 12 items. 197 p
Box 4 Folder g Coal Conservation Bill (1923) Carbon typescript. 3 items. 17 p
Box 4 Folder h Council of National Security and the Advisory Council. Organizational Chart (1933) Mimeographed. 1 item. 1 p
Box 4 Folder i Cream of Wheat Company Cuban Trade Mark Case (1931-1932) Carbon typescript. 6 items. 7 p
Box 4 Folder j Curtiss - Wright Flying Service Weather Bureau Contract Case (1931) 6 items. 6 p
Box 4 Folder k Curtiss Candy Company Food and Drug Administration Case (1933) Carbon typescript. 3 items. 10 p
Box 4 Folder l Davis, W. Jefferson, Los Angeles, CA. Correspondence (1930-1933) re: Legal cases: R. D. Spicer, et. Al. 148 items. 157 p
Box 4 Folder m Federal Bar Association. Letters received (1932) Printed. 1 item. 2 p
Box 4 Folder n Garlock Packing Company File (1933) re: National Recovery Administration Code of Fair Competition. 5 items. 14 p
Box 4 Folder o Goodyear - Zeppelin Corporation Press Releases & Statements (1934-1935) Mimeographed. 5 items. 43 p
Box 4 Folder p Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company vs. Harmon Engineering Company Case (1932-1933) 9 items. 29 p
Box 4 Folder q Inter-American Commission on Commercial Aviation Report (ca. 1926) Data Prepared by the Pan-American Union as a Contribution to the Work of the Commission. Mimeographed. 1 item. 17 p
Box 4 Folder r Hoover is Air Minded, by John Doctoroff (ca. 1927) Pamphlet. 3 copies. 3 items. 18 p. Note: Herbert Clark Hoover
Box 4 Folder s Kohler Aviation Corporation Air Mail Contracts Bids (1934) Carbon typescript. 2 items. 19 p
Box 4 Folder t MacCracken, William P., Jr. Biographical sketch (ca. 1956-1969) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 1 p
Box 4 Folder u MacCracken, William P., Jr. Letters Sent as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics (1927-1929) 107 items. 107 p
Box 4 Folder v MacCracken, William P. Public Relations File (ca. 1927-1966) including speeches & clippings. 6 items. 11 p
Box 4 Folder w Memorandum of Legal Features of Proposed Federal Legislation Encouraging Use of Ethyl Alcohol in Motor Fuels (1933) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 1 p
Box 4 Folder x Pan American Airways Air Mail Contracts File (1930, 1934) Mimeographed. 2 items. 11 p
Box 4 Folder y Pharmacy Paper Box Company File (1934) Carbon typescript. Re: Letter to Code Authority for Set-Up Paper Box Manufacturing Industry. 1 item. 2 p
Box 4 Folder z Reconstruction Finance Corporation vs. Frederick Bancroft & Thomas C. Neal File (1939) Equity Case No. 58091 Petition to Dismiss Thomas C. Neal. 1 item. 9 p
Box 4 Folder za Society of Automotive Engineers, Washington Section. Letters sent (1931) Carbon typescript. 3 items. 3 p
Box 4 Folder zb Southern College of Optometry. Resolution Naming Library in Honor of MacCracken (n.d.) Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 1 p
Box 4 Folder zc United States Senate. Air Mail and Ocean Mail Investigation Correspondence (1934) Carbon typescript & Mimeographed. 16 items. 30 p. Note: Includes MacCracken's request & company's agreement to release his files to the investigating committee
Box 4 Folder zd Waco, Texas Post Office Construction File (1933, 1987, n.d.) 11 items. 11 p
Box 5 Folder a Aiken, Gayle, Jr. & Charlotte S. First Mortgage Bonds (1920) for purchase of Winnetka Park Bluffs lot. 12 item. 12 p
Box 5 Folder b Aiken, Gayle, Jr. & Charlotte S. Real Estate File (1914-1920) for purchase of Winnetka Park Bluffs lot. 22 items. 104 p. Note: Mr. & Mrs. Aiken purchased property from MacCracken at 849 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, IL
Box 5 Folder c Air Commerce Act of 1926, The, by Frederic P. Lee (June 1926) Reprinted from the American Bar Association Journal. Pamphlet. 1 item. 4 p. Note: Frederic P. Lee was Legislative Counsel for the U. S. Senate and later was MacCracken's law partner in MacCracken and Lee
Box 5 Folder d Air Ministry. Convention for the Regulation of Aerial Navigation 13 October 1919 (1920) London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1920. English & French language. 1 item. 24 p
Box 5 Folder e Air Space Rights, by Carl Zollman (1919) Reprinted from American Law Review (Sept.-Oct. 1919) Pamphlet. 1 item. 29 p. Note: Inscribed "Compliments of Otto Ade Arnston."
Box 5 Folder f All Souls Memorial Church Sunday School, Washington, DC. Correspondence & Files (1937-1939-1942) 45 items. 63 p. Note: MacCracken served as superintendent of the Sunday School
Box 5 Folder g American Aeronautical Safety Code Part III: Equipment and Maintenance, Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (Feb. 1923) Mimeographed. 1 item. 23 p
Box 5 Folder h American Aeronautical Safety Code Part IV: Signals, Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (Sept. 1923) Mimeographed. 1 item. 24 p
Box 5 Folder i American Aeronautical Safety Code Part VI: Traffic and Pilotage Rules, Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (Dec. 1922) Mimeographed. 1 item. 23 p
Box 5 Folder j American Bar Association Special Committee on the Law of Aviation. First Preliminary Report to the Executive Committee (1/3/1921) Pamphlet. 1 item. 20 p. Note: MacCracken was a member of the committee
Box 5 Folder k American Bar Association. Publicity Statement Issued . . . By the Committee on Publicity . . . Subject: The Annual Meeting (1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 30 p
Box 5 Folder l Anonymous Letter Received. (n.d.) Typescript letter. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Badly typed signed "X"
Box 5 Folder m Aviation Technique Hearings Before Subcommittee on Patents House of Representatives, 69th Congress, 1st Session on H. R. 7851 and H. R. 8952 . . . (2/24 - 5/18/1926) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1926. Pamphlet. 1 item. 45 p
Box 5 Folder n Bill to Encourage Development of Aviation and Secure Advancement of Army Aeronautics Report to Accompany H. R. 12471. 69th Congress, 1st Session Report No. 1395 (6/7/1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Box 5 Folder o Bill to Increase the Efficiency of the Air Corps [H. R. 10827] Congressional Record, 69th Congress, 1st Session (6/12 - 6/25/1926) Periodicals. 3 items. 308 p
Box 5 Folder p Bonham, Walter R. & Ida S. Memorandum of Agreement (1915) Renewal of Loan. 1 item. 1 p
Box 5 Folder q Chindblom, Carl R. Letter to William P. MacCracken (7/7/1926) containing copies of legislation "to Increase the Efficiency of the Air Corps" (HR 10827), including the bill, conference report, Congressional Record, 69th Congress, 1st Session (6/29/1926) containing report of Senate action. 4 items. 119 p. Note: Duplicates discarded
Box 5 Folder r Ephemera: Identification Cards, Receipts, Blotters, Bank Account Book, etc. (ca. 1916-1936, n.d.) 11 items. 32 p
Box 5 Folder s H. T. Holtz & Company, Chicago, IL. Receipt for Sale of Stock (1924) 1 item. 1 p
Box 5 Folder t John Range vs. City of Chicago Case File (1922) 1 item. 1 p
Box 5 Folder u Lee, Frederic P. The Air Commerce Act of 1926. Reprinted from the American Bar Association Journal (June 1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 4 p
Box 5 Folder v Lee, Frederic P. Letter to Sen. Gerald P. Nye on MacCracken's 10-day jail sentence (1935) 1 item. 1 p. Note: MacCracken was sentenced to jail for failing to provide the Senate with documents in the Air Mail investigation. Lee also served a jail sentence
Box 5 Folder w MacCracken, William P. Central Trust Company of Illinois Loan Collateral (1925) 5 items. 5 p
Box 5 Folder x MacCracken, William P. Last Will and Testament [Draft] (1917) 1 item. 4 p
Box 5 Folder y MacCracken, William. Life Insurance File (1927-1969) 10 items. 35 p
Box 5 Folder z MacCracken. William P. National Bank of Chicago House Fund Statement (1916) 1 item. 1 p
Box 5 Folder za MacCracken, William P. Property File 4327 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL (1912-1919) 13 items. 17 p
Box 5 Folder zb MacCracken, William P. Senate Air Mail Investigation Correspondence & News Releases (1934-1935) 7 items. 94 p. Note: Includes Congressional Record 74th Congress, 1st Session (2/28/1935) with remarks on William P. MacCracken
Box 5 Folder zc MacCracken, William P. Stein, Alstrin & Company Stock Account File (1925-1926) 3 items. 4 p
Box 5 Folder zd Memorandum as to Whether and in What Sense Lawyers are to be Deemed Public Officers . . . By William H. Fain (4/26/1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 16 p
Box 5 Folder ze Miscellaneous Receipts, Chicago, IL & Washington, DC (1926-1927) 7 items. 7 p
Box 5 Folder zf Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Songs of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity (New York: Executive Council, 1908) Pamphlet. 1 item. 15 p
Box 5 Folder zg Psi Upsilon, Omega Chapter Fraternity Correspondence (1917, 1923) 2 items. 3 p. Note: Concerns Donald K. Anderson's debt
Box 5 Folder zh Recommendation and Summarized Findings of the Committee on Civil Aviation of the U. S. Department of Commerce and American Engineering Council (1925) Mimeographed. 2 items. 58 p
Box 5 Folder zi Report of President's Aircraft Board (11/30/1925) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office 1925. 2 items. 38 p. Note: Duplicates discarded
Box 5 Folder zj Report Submitted by Delegates from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York to the Conference of Bar Association Delegates . . . (4/28/1926) to Consider Bar Association Incorporation Movement. Pamphlet. 1 item. 21 p
Box 5 Folder zk Richards, William M., Chicago, IL (1912-1913) Winnetka Park Bluffs Property Records. 7 items. 21 p
Box 6 Folder a American Bar Association. "The Laying of the Cornerstone of the Building for the Supreme Court of the United States. . . . Washington, DC (10/13/1932) Program. 1 item. 7 p
Box 6 Folder b Atlas Pipeline Corporation File (1943-1944) 3 items. 17 p
Box 6 Folder c Civil Aviation in 1924 (1924) Typescript. 1 item. 5 p. Note: Statistical description
Box 6 Folder d Detroit Aviation Club Newsletter "Weekly Progress Bulletin" (9/23/1922) No. 7. Mimeographed. 1 item. 4 p
Box 6 Folder e Dollins vs. Pan Agra Case File Correspondence (1938-1939) 4 items. 4 p
Box 6 Folder f Elmhurst Hospital Association, Inc. Capital Stock Subscription File (1921) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Duplicates discarded
Box 6 Folder g [Flea and the Archbishop of Canterbury, The] An anonymous fable. (n.d.) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 2 p. Note: Duplicates discarded
Box 6 Folder h Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Inc. National Airport Corporation Concession (1934) Carbon typescript. 2 items. 1 p
Box 6 Folder i Great Lakes Mortgage Corporation, Chicago, IL File (1934-1936) 10 items. 14 p
Box 6 Folder j International Control of Aviation in Time of Peace, An Address [by William P. MacCracken] (ca. 1939) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 24 p
Box 6 Folder k Kennedy, Thomas Hart. Kansas Laws. Foreign Corporations and their Taxation Digest. (5/15/1926) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 46 p
Box 6 Folder l Kennedy, Thomas Hart. Letters to William P. MacCracken (Aug. 1925-Feb. 1926) re: Aviation laws & legislation. Carbon typescript. 16 items. 16 p
Box 6 Folder m Kennedy, Thomas Hart. Missouri Laws. Foreign Corporations and their Taxation Digest, Etc. (12/33/1925) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 33 p
Box 6 Folder n Livingston Plastics Corporation. War Department Board of Contract Appeals Case BCA No. 1629 (1945) Carbon typescript. 9 items. 32 p. Note: Duplicates discarded
Box 6 Folder o M., B. C., Jr. Contract Memo (11/7/1940) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 1 p
Box 6 Folder p MacCracken, William P. Address to the Alumni Association & the Chicago Bar Association on the History of Civil Aviation (ca. 1939-1940) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 13 p
Box 6 Folder q MacCracken, William P. Correspondence as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics (1926-1930) Carbon typescript. 23 items. 42 p
Box 6 Folder r MacCracken, William P. Correspondence with Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics (1930-1936) Carbon typescript. 13 items. 24 p. Note: Young succeeded MacCracken as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics i, May 1930
Box 6 Folder s McAdoo, William Gibbs "Possibilities of the Air are Beyond the Reach of Imagination . . . U. S. Air Service Magazine (Feb. 1933) Clipping. 1 item. 2 p
Box 6 Folder t Montgomery, Hart, Pritchard & Herriott, Chicago, IL Legal & Business Correspondence (1933-1935) 32 items. 37 p
Box 6 Folder u National Aeronautic Association Contest Committee. F.A.I. Rules Governing Air Races and World Record Trials (Washington, DC, 1930) Pamphlet. 1 item. 31 p. Note: F. A. I. = Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Box 6 Folder v National Aeronautic Association First Annual Airplane Reliability Tour for the Ford Trophy (1925) Mimeographed. 1 item. 6 p
Box 6 Folder w National Aeronautic Association of the U. S. A. General Counsel's File (1922-1923, 1949, 1967-1968) 22 items. 84 p. Note: MacCracken served as general counsel, ca, 1967-1968
Box 6 Folder x National Airport Corporation, Washington, DC. Concessions Proposal (1934, 1940) 2 items. 5 p
Box 6 Folder y "Nonstop Pickup and Delivery of Mail and Express by Mail," U. S. Air Services Magazine (Oct. 1931) Reprint. 1 item. 2 p
Box 6 Folder z "Possibilities of Aircraft in Inter-American Trade," an Address by William P. MacCracken . . . Before the Pan American Commercial Aviation Conference (5/3/1927) Mimeographed. 1 item. 8 p
Box 6 Folder za Post Office Department Air Mail Contracts Proposal, Etc. (1924-1926) 5 items. 14 p
Box 6 Folder zb Preliminary Summarized Report of the Committees on Civil Aviation: Purpose, Scope, Findings, and Recommendations (n.d.) Carbon typescript. 4 items. 10 p
Box 6 Folder zc State and Municipal Air Regulation in the United States (ca. 1924) Drafts 1 & 2. Carbon typescript. 3 items. 10 p
Box 6 Folder zd Taylor Food Products, Inc. Capitol Stock Subscription Agreement (1925) Carbon typescript. 2 items. 10 p. Note: Duplicates discarded
Box 6 Folder ze Tichenor, Frank A. "And Roosevelt and Farley Charged 'Fraud and Collusion'!" . . . Reprinted from Aero Digest (Oct. 1936) Reprint. 1 item. 4 p. Note: References to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Post Office Secretary James A. Farley and the issuance of government contracts
Box 6 Folder zf United States Lines, Inc. Passenger List for S. S. LEVIATHAN From New York to Cherbourg and Southampton (5/25/1929) Pamphlet. 1 item. 18 p. Note: Mr. & Mrs. MacCracken were among the passengers
Box 7 Folder a Aeronautics Clippings (1921-1935) 7 items. 15 p
Box 7 Folder b American Optometric Association Correspondence (1969) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 1 p
Box 7 Folder c Bill to Establish the Federal Monetary Authority. Preliminary Draft No. 1 (1934) Carbon typescript. 2 items. 14 p
Box 7 Folder d Bill to Provide for an Aircraft Procurement Board [H. R. 11284] (1924-1926) 27 items. 205 p
Box 7 Folder e Bill to Regulate the Value of Money. Tentative Draft No. 1 (1933) Carbon typescript. 1 item. 6 p
Box 7 Folder f Foreign Mail Act of March 8, 1928, as Amended by Act as of March 2, 1929 (1929) Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 2 p
Box 7 Folder g Hoover, Van (Buck) Memorandum of Agreement with American Legion (1935) 6 items. 15 p
Box 7 Folder h Jones, Joseph D. Vs Wittlin Beef & Provision Company Case File (1930-1936) Case No. 84482 in Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. 83 items. 153 p
Box 7 Folder i Legal Notes (ca. 1939, n.d.) Holograph. 12 items. 60 p
Box 7 Folder j McDermott, Mary F. Estate, Cook County, IL. Case File (1935) 17 items. 35 p
Box 7 Folder k Montgomery, Hart & Smith, Law Offices, Chicago, IL Correspondence (1926-1928) 21 items. 26 p
Box 7 Folder l Overnight Motor Transportation Company, Inc., Baltimore, MD Files (1935-1936, 1942-1945) 23 items. 78 p
Box 7 Folder m Reliance Pencil Corp. -- War Production Board Cast File (1942-1943) 14 items. 35 p. Note: Includes negative photocopies
Box 7 Folder n Wragg, Minnie Reese (Mrs. G. R.) Correspondence (1934-1936) 4 items. 36 p. Note: Contains "Traffic and Motor Vehicle Regulations for the District of Columbia" (1933)
Box 7 Folder o Special Problems in Aeronautical Legislation, by William P. MacCracken [ca. Dec. 1930] Carbon typescript. 1 item. 7 p
Box 8 Folder a American Bar Association. 1922 Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 9, 10 and 11 Tentative Program and Committee Reports. Baltimore, MD: Lord Baltimore Press, 1922. Book. 1 vol. 72 p
Box 8 Folder b American Bar Association. Conference of Bar Association Delegates. "The Forgotten Lawyer," An Address Delivered by R. Allan Stephens of the Springfield, IL Bar. Los Angeles, CA (July 15, 1935). Pamphlet. 1 item. 10 p
Box 8 Folder c American Bar Association. Program of the 47th Annual Meeting [July 1924] also Program of the Special Meeting to be held in London July 20th to 26th, inclusive. Book. Paperback. 1 vol. 122 p
Box 8 Folder d American Bar Association. Special Committee on Amendments to the Securities Act of 1933. Report of the Special Committee of the American Bar Association on Amendments to the Securities Act of 1933. Pamphlet. 1 item. 12 p
Box 8 Folder e American Bar Association. Special Committee on the Law of Aviation. Report of the Special Committee on the Law of Aviation to the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association: Recommendation. (ca. 1921) Pamphlet. 1 item. 18 p
Box 8 Folder f American Bar Association. Special Committee on the Law of Aviation. First Preliminary Report to the Executive Committee (with annexed list of publications (1/3/1921) Pamphlet. 1 item. 20 p
Box 8 Folder g American Bar Association. Annual Dinner of the American Bar Association, Civic Auditorium, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Friday Evening, 1 September 1933. Program & Menu. 1 item. 8 p
Box 8 Folder h Bar Association of the District of Columbia. "The Making of the Constitution [Play]" (Revised) © 1935 by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Pamphlet. 1 item. 19 p. Note: Script of a play in which William P. MacCracken played the part of Major William Jackson, Secretary to the Convention
Box 8 Folder i Bogert, George Gleason. "Problems in Aviation Law," Reprinted from the Cornell Law Quarterly [ca. 1921] Pamphlet. 1 item. 20 p
Box 8 Folder j Congressional Record 69th Congress, 1st Session (4/12/1926) Vol 67, no. 99. Periodical. 1 item. 33 p. Note: Marked "Passage of S 41 by House."
Box 8 Folder k Congressional Record 69th Congress, 1st Session (5/11/1926) Vol 67, no. 127. Periodical. 1 item. 44 p. Note: Printing of Conference Report on S 41. p. 9153
Box 8 Folder l Contact: Aero Club of Minneapolis Magazine (September 1923) Vol. 2, no. 4. Periodical. 1 item. 20 p. Note: Contains article by MacCracken entitled "What the American Bar Association Did for American Aeronautics."
Box 8 Folder m Coolidge, Calvin. Address of President Coolidge before the International Civil Aeronautics Conference, Washington, DC, December 12, 1928. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1928. Pamphlet. 1 item. 3 p
Box 8 Folder n Corporation Trust Company of America. Delaware Corporations: Important 1925 amendments to General Corporation Laws . . . Preferred Stock Without Par Value May Now Be Issue. Wilmington, DE, 1925. Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Box 8 Folder o First National Air Institute Under Auspices of the Detroit Aviation Society . . . Preliminary to Third National Airplane Races and Second National Aero Congress, Board of Commerce Building, Detroit, Mich. October 11, 1922. Pamphlet. 1 item. 24 p
Box 8 Folder p General Motors Corporation. Previews of Industrial Progress in the Next Century: A Dinner Conference at the Hall of Progress, General Motors Building, Century of Progress Exposition Grounds, Chicago, May 25, 1934. Compliments of Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., Municipal Airport, Kansas City, MO. Pamphlet. 1 item. 16 p
Box 8 Folder q Gregg, Willis Ray and Lieut. J. Parker Van Zandt. "The Wind Factor in Flight: An Analysis of One Year's Record of the Air Mail," U. S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. [Reprinted from Monthly Weather Review, March 1923, 51: 111-125.] Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1923. Pamphlet. 1 item. 7 p
Box 8 Folder r Heath, E. B. "The Winslow Bill: An Act to Destroy Commercial Aviation [i.e. H. R. 3243]" [1923] Brochure. 1 item. 2 p. Note: Criticizes MacCracken as author of bill
Box 8 Folder s Illinois. Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District. Chicago Mill & Lumber Company of Cairo, a corporation, Appellee vs. Mary Boynton Townsend, Appellant. Appeal from Circuit Court, De Kalb County. Petition for Rehearing, Montgomery, Hart, Smith & Steere, Attorneys for Appellant. October Term, 1915, Term No. 83. Gen. no. 6216. Chicago, IL: Barnard & Miller, Print., 1915. Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Box 8 Folder t Illinois. Workmen's Compensation Act of the State of Illinois, In Force July 1, 1925. Compiled by Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State [Printed by authority of the State of Illinois.] Springfield, IL, 1925. Pamphlet. 1 item. 33 p
Box 8 Folder u International Civil Aeronautics Conference, Washington, DC December 12-14, 1928. Papers Submitted by the Delegates form Consideration by the Delegates. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1928. Book. Paperback. 1 vol. 337 p
Box 8 Folder v International Civil Aeronautics Conference, Washington, DC, December 12-14, 1928. Proceedings of the Conference. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. Book. Paperback. 1 vol. 147 p
Box 8 Folder w Lee, Frederic P. The Air Commerce Act of 1926. Reprinted from the American Bar Association Journal (June 1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 4 p
Box 8 Folder x Minnesota Industrial Commission. Division of Workmen's Compensation. Workmen's Compensation Law. Revised 1925. St. Paul, MN, 1925. Book. 1 vol. 44 p
Box 8 Folder y National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Aeronautics: Sixth Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics 1920. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. Pamphlet. 1 item. 30 p. Note: "ABA Convention."
Box 9 Folder a National Aeronautic Association. Advance Information on the Second National Aero Congress To Form a National Aeronautic Association, Board of Commerce Building, Detroit, Michigan, October, 12, 13 and 14, 1922. Compiled by The Advance Committee on Organization. Detroit, MI, 1922. Pamphlet. 1 item. 16 p
Box 9 Folder b National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Reasons for the Enactment of the Uniform State Law for Aeronautics (December 1922) Brochure. 1 item. 2 p
Box 9 Folder c National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Report of the Committee on a Uniform Aviation Act to the Thirty-Second Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to be held at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, August 2-8, 1922 including The Second Tentative Draft of a Uniform Aviation Act. Pamphlet. 1 item. 10 p
Box 9 Folder d National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Uniform State Law for Aeronautics Drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and by it Approved and Recommended for Enactment in All the States at its Conference at San Francisco, Cal. August 2-8, 1922. Edition of 1922. Pamphlet. 1 item. 4 p
Box 9 Folder e New York. Aviation Commission of the State of New York. Report of the Aviation Commission of the State of New York to His Excellency Alfred E. Smith, Governor . . . Legislating Document No. 103. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1920. Pamphlet. 1 item. 11 p
Box 9 Folder f Norwich University Record Commencement Issue (June 1936) New Series Vol. 27, No. 10, Whole No. 703. Periodical. 1 item. 10 p. Note: MacCracken's Commencement Address is printed
Box 9 Folder g Pan American Union. Governing Board. Inter-American Commission on Commercial Aviation, Pan American Union, Washington, D. C., May , 1927. Program. Pamphlet. 1 item. 6 p. Note: Stamped: "Frederic P. Lee Office of the Legislative Counsel United States Senate"
Box 9 Folder h U. S. Congress. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Report [To Accompany S. 41] Civil Air Navigation. 69th Congress, 12th Session, House of Representatives. [Committee Print March 16, 1926] Pamphlet. 1 item. 7 p
Box 9 Folder i U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Air Commerce Act of 1926. May 11, 1926. Ordered to be Printed. Conference Report [To accompany S. 41] 69th Congress, 1st Session. Report No. 1162. Presented by Mr. Mead (February 21, 1933) Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Box 9 Folder j U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Aircraft: Hearings Before the President's Aircraft Board, October 14 and 15, 1925, Vol. 4. Printed for use House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1925. Book. Paperback. 1 vol. 214 p
Box 9 Folder k U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. An Act to Create a Bureau of Civil Aeronautics in the Department of Commerce, to Encourage and Regulate the Operation of Civil Aircraft in interstate and foreign Commerce, and for other purposes. S. 3076. February 15, 1922. 67th Congress, 2nd Session. (1922) Pamphlet. 1 item.5 p
Box 9 Folder l U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Bill to Encourage and Regulate the Use of Aircraft in Commerce, and for other purposes. H. R. 4772. December 10, 1925. 69th Congress, 1st Session. (1925) Pamphlet. 1 item. 7 p
Box 9 Folder m U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Bill to Encourage and Regulate the Use of Aircraft in Commerce, and for other purposes. S. 76. January 9, 1924. 69th Congress, 1st Session. (1924) Pamphlet. 1 item. 6 p
Box 9 Folder n U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Report of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Message from the President of the United States. Document No. 17. 67th Congress, 1st Session. Washington, DC, 1924. Pamphlet. 1 item. 12 p
Box 9 Folder o U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Report on Civil Air Navigation Bill [To accompany S. 76] Report No. 1262. 68th Congress, 2nd Session. Committee Print. Washington, DC, 1924. Pamphlet. 1 item. 14 p
Box 9 Folder p U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Report. Bureau of Civil Air Navigation in the Department of Commerce Hearings on H, R, 10522 Bill to Create a Bureau of Civil Air Navigation in the Department of Commerce, to Encourage and Regulate the Navigation of Civil Aircraft, and for Other Purposes. 68th Congress, 2nd Session December 17, 18, and 19, 1924. Washington. DC: Government Printing Office, 1924. Book. Paperback. 1 item. 48 p
Box 9 Folder q U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Report. Bureau of Civil Air Navigation in the Department of Commerce Hearings on H, R, 10522 Bill to Create a Bureau of Civil Air Navigation in the Department of Commerce, to Encourage and Regulate the Navigation of Civil Aircraft, and for Other Purposes. 68th Congress, 2nd Session December 17, 18, and 19, 1924. Washington. DC: Government Printing Office, 1924. Book. Paperback. 1 item. 48 p. Note: Stamped: "Frederic P. Lee Office of the Legislative Counsel United States Senate" with note: "Winslow See pp. 66-74."
Box 9 Folder r U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. [Committee Print No. 4] [Civil Air Navigation Bill as Reported by the Committee]. March 15, 1926. Union Calendar No. S. 41. Report No. __. 69th Congress, 1st Session. (1926) Pamphlet. 1 item. 16 p
Box 9 Folder s U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Investigations of the United States Postal Air Mail Service. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads House of Representatives Pursuant to H. Res. 226. A Resolution Authorizing an Investigation of the Expenditures of the Post Office Department, 72nd Congress, 2nd Session. House Report No. 2087. Presented by Mr. Mead (February 21, 1933) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1933. Pamphlet. 1 item. 28 p
Box 9 Folder t U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Exchange of Coins and Currencies and Immediate Payment of Gold-Clause Securities by the United States. Report No. 1897. August 23, 1935. Ordered to be printed. Conference Report [To accompany H. J. Res. 348] 74th Congress, 1st Session. (1935) Brochure. 1 item. 2 p
Box 9 Folder u U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Legislative History of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 Approved May 20, 1926 Together with Miscellaneous Legal Materials Relating to Civil Air Navigation. Revision of the 1923 Edition of Law Memoranda Upon Civil Aeronautics. Corrected to August 1, 1928. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1928. Book. Paperback. 1 vol. 89 p. Note: Stamped "Property of MacCracken & Lee Washington, D. C."
Box 9 Folder v U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Revision of Air-Mail Laws. May 23, 1934. Ordered to be Printed. Conference Report [To accompany S. 3170] Report No. 1754. 73rd Congress, 2nd Session (1924) Pamphlet. 1 item. 6 p
Box 9 Folder w U. S. Congress. House of Representatives. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First Airplane Flight: Proceedings at the Exercises Held at Kitty Hawk, N. S., on December 17, 1928, in Commemoration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First Flight of an Airplane Made by Wilbur and Orville Wright. 70th Congress, 2nd Session. House Document No. 520. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. Pamphlet. 1 item. 16 p
Box 9 Folder x U. S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters. Airship Investigation Report of Col. Henry Breckinridge Counsel for the Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters. 73rd Congress, 1st Session. Committee Print. Washington, DC: Government Printing Offices, 1933. Book. Paperback. 1 vol. 90 p
Box 9 Folder y U. S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters. Hearings before a Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters, Congress of the United States, Seventy-Third Congress, First Session, Pursuant to H. Con. Res. 15 A Concurrent Joint Resolution Creating a Joint Committee to Investigate the Causes of the Wrecks of Dirigibles, May 22 to June 6, 1933. Washington, DC: Government Printing Offices, 1933. Book. Paperback. 1 vol. 489 p
Box 9 Folder z U. S. Congress. Senate. Bill to Create a Bureau of Civil Aeronautics in the Department of Commerce, Encourage and Regulate the Navigation of Civil Aircraft, and for other Purposes. S. 1538 December 19, 1923. 68th Congress, 1st Session. (1923) Pamphlet. 1 item. 33 p
Box 9 Folder za U. S. Congress. Senate. Calendar No. 2 Bill to Encourage and Regulate the Use of Aircraft in Commerce, and for other purposes. S. 41. Report No. 2. 69th Congress, 1st Session. December 14, 1925. Reported by Mr. Bingham with amendments. (1925) Pamphlet. 1 item. 7 p
Box 9 Folder zb U. S. Congress. Senate. Calendar No. 2 The Promotion of Commercial Aviation December 14, 1925 Ordered to be printed. Report [To accompany S. 41] 69th Congress, 1st Session. Report No. 2. (1925) Pamphlet. 1 item. 4 p
Box 9 Folder zc U. S. Congress. Senate. Bill to Establish a Joint Congressional Committee on Education, Welfare, and Law. S. 4070. January 16, 1936. 74th Congress, 2nd Session (1936) Brochure. 1 item. 3 p
Box 9 Folder zd U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. William P. MacCracken, Jr., Appellant v. Chesley W. Jurney, Appellee. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Case No. 6166. (Argued 5/7/1934. Decided 7/9/1934) Pamphlet. 1 item. 6 p
Box 9 Folder ze U. S. Court of Claims. John B. Holmberg, Plaintiff, v United States of America, Defendant. Defendant's Motion for New Trial and Brief. No. 43,612 (Filed January 27, 1940), pp. 107-119. Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Box 9 Folder zf U. S. Court of Claims. John B. Holmberg, Plaintiff, v United States of America, Defendant. No. 43,612 (Decided June 3, 1940). Pamphlet. 1 item. 6 p
Box 9 Folder zg U. S. Court of Claims. John B. Holmberg, Plaintiff, v United States of America, Defendant. No. 43,612 Report of Commissioner. (Filed Dec. 1, 1939). Brochure. 1 item. 2 p
Box 9 Folder zh U. S. Court of Claims. John B. Holmberg, Plaintiff, v United States of America, Defendant. Plaintiff's Brief in Response to Defendant's Motion for New Trial and Brief. No. 43,612 (Filed August 27, 1940), pp. 121-135. Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Box 9 Folder zi U. S. Court of Claims. John B. Holmberg, Plaintiff, v United States of America, Defendant. Plaintiff's Request for Findings of Fact and Brief. No. 43,612 (Filed January 27, 1940), pp. 37-60. Pamphlet. 1 item. 12 p
Box 9 Folder zj U. S. Department of Commerce. Aeronautics Branch. Annual Report of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1930. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1930. Pamphlet. 1 item. 27 p. Note: Submitted by MacCracken's successor, Clarence M. Young
Box 9 Folder zk U. S. Department of Commerce. Aeronautics Branch. Aviation Training. Aeronautics Bulletin No. 19. (November 1, 1930) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1930. Pamphlet. 1 item. 7 p
Box 9 Folder zl U. S. Department of Commerce. Aeronautics Branch. Proceedings of the National Conference on Uniform Aeronautic Regulatory Laws December 16 and 17, 1930, Washington, DC (Second Edition, Revised). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1931. Book. Paperback. 1 item. 63 p
Box 9 Folder zm U. S. Supreme Court. Chesley W. Jurney, Petitioner, v William P. MacCracken, Jr., Respondent. Brief for Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Certiorari. No. 339 (October Term, 1934) Washington, DC: Eynon Printing Co., Inc., 1934. Pamphlet. 1 item. 8 p
Folder os1 National Aeronautic Association Review Newsletter (12/1/1923), Washington, DC. Vol. 1, no. 1. 1 item. 2 p. Note: Photograph of William P. MacCracken, chairman of the Legislative Comm. p. 3; illustrates article on Rep. Samuel E. Winslow's Aviation Bill in Congress. Newspaper torn, fragile, needs conservation; Air Law, Federal Bills to Regulate Commercial Air Navigation (1926) showing comparison of the Civil Air Navigation (Committee Print No. 1) of 1/12/1926, with the provisions of the Bingham Bill (S. 41) of 12/14/1926; Civil Aeronautics Bill in H. R. (S. 76) of 1/20/1925; Civil Aeronautics Bill (S. 76) in H. R. of 1/9/1924; and the Civil Aeronautics Bill (H. R. 3243) (committee Print No 2) of 12/13/1923 & 4/11/1924. Carbon Typescript. 1 item. 9 p
Folder os2 Civil Air Navigation Act (S. 41) Comparative Print of the Bill as Passed by the Senate and the House Amendment. Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Committee Print April 14, 1926. 69th Congress, 1st Session. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1926. 1 item. 24 p
Folder os3 Washington Post Potomac Magazine clippings (6/5/1966) on William P. MacCracken and his role in Lindberg's Trans-Atlantic flight in 1927; also the dedication of a plaque in MacCracken's honor. 2 items. 3 p
Folder os4 Map of Winnetka, IL, Cook County, Ill. E. P. Maynard & Co., Chicago & North Shore Real Estate, Winnetka, Hubbard Woods and Glencoe. © 1911 by Windes & Marsh, Civil Engineers & Surveyors, Winnetka, IL. Scale: 1" = 800 ft. 1 item. 1 p. Note: William P. MacCracken's properties marked in red
Folder os5 Chicago Tribune Newspaper Clipping (8/14/1926) of MacCracken taking oath of office as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics. 1 item. 1 p. Note: taped to bond paper. | Detroit Evening Times Newspaper Clipping (1/17/1932) containing report on William P. MacCracken. 1 item, 6 p. | Washington Evening Star Newspaper (8/14/1926) of MacCracken taking oath of office as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics. 1 item. 1 p. Note: taped to bond paper. | Milwaukee Journal Newspaper Clipping (1/24/1932) reporting growing interest in aviation among young people. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Brittle. Fragile
Folder os6 Ledger of Expenses for Real Estate Experts, Chicago, IL (1921-1922) 1 item. 8 p
Folder os7 Plat of Survey (1/8/1913) of Lot 9 in Block 3, Winnetka Park Bluffs, being a subdivision of part of Sections 16 & 17 and 20 in T. 42 N. R. 13 E. of the 3rd P. M.. Lincoln (Columbus) Avenue. Chicago Guarantee Survey Company, Surveyors and Civil Engineers. Ink on Linen. 1 item. 1 p
Folder os8 Washington, DC. The Evening Star Newspaper (12/15/1931) listing Democratic and Republican committee assignments in the new Democratic controlled House of Representatives. 1 item. 2 p
Folder os9 "An NRA Report to President Roosevelt by the Curtiss Candy Company" (10/1/1933) published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune and Chicago Herald and Examiner Newspapers. Broadside. 2 items. 2 p. Note: Signed by Otto Schnering, President