Finding Aid for the Francis M. Shea Collection (Coll. 10) MSS.010

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1 Finding Aid for the Francis M. Shea Collection (Coll. 10) MSS.010 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit April 04, 2014 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Manuscripts Collection Georgetown University Law Library 111 G. Street NW Washington, D.C., specl@law.georgetown.edu

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical Note... 4 Scope Note...4 Arrangement note...4 Administrative Information...4 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 6 Series I - Judicial Conference materials... 6 Series II - Miscellaneous Documents...17 Series III - Duplicates Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Manuscripts Collection Creator Shea, Francis M., (Francis Michael), Title Francis M. Shea Collection Date [bulk] Bulk, Date [inclusive] Extent 5.2 Linear feet Language English Preferred Citation Francis M. Shea Collection. Georgetown University Law Library Manuscripts Collection. - Page 3 -

4 Biographical Note Francis M. Shea was the chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders from 1964 to He was graduate of Harvard Law School in He was a student of Felix Frankfurter. In 1939 he was Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice under Franklin D. Roosevelt. A position he held for six years before joining Justice Robert H. Jackson in 1945 to prosecute Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg before the International Military Tribunal. He started and practiced law at Shea and Gardner in Washington, DC. Scope Note Correspondence, meeting minutes, essays and reports, conference materials, federal legislation, grant applications, reference materials, personal information, newspaper clippings, relating to the Judicial Conference Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders. This is the collection of Francis M. Shea, who was Chairman of the Committee from 1964 to Arrangement note This collection is arranged into three series. 1 Series I - Judicial Conference materials 2 Series II - Miscellaneous Documents 3 Series III - Duplicates Administrative Information Publication Information Manuscripts Collection - Page 4 -

5 Conditions Governing Access note Materials marked confidential will remain restricted, for 50 years from the date of the documents, or until it has been determined that they are no longer sensitive. All law student records are restricted. Special Collections will impose other restrictions, if necessary. Rights All rights reserved by Georgetown University Law Library unless otherwise noted. Processing Information note Special Collections processed these materials: i.e. removed acidic folders and replaced with acid-free folders, removed staples, rubber bands, paper clips and binder clips, and photocopied clippings and other documents suffering from deterioration. Attachments and enclosures are counted as components of original document (rather than as separate items). Controlled Access Headings Personal Name(s) Burger, Warren E., Hoover, J. Edgar, (John Edgar), Shea, Francis M., (Francis Michael), Williams, Edward Bennett - Page 5 -

6 Series I - Judicial Conference materials Collection Inventory Series I - Judicial Conference materials Subseries I - Meeting Agendas and Minutes Box Folder Minutes; Misc. documents, (Bulk, ) 1 1 Minutes; Misc. documents, Drug Addiction Program: Minutes of Meeting of Professional Advisory Council, Agenda for Committee Meetings, Subseries II - Correspondence Box Folder Correspondence File #1; Misc. documents, (Bulk, ) 1 2 Correspondence File #1, Note Contains confidential letter, in envelope. - Page 6 -

7 Subseries III - Hearings Correspondence File #1; Misc. documents, Correspondence File # Correspondence File #1; Misc. documents, Note Contains confidential letter and note from Abe Fortas, in envelope. Subseries III - Hearings Box Folder Drug Addiction Program: Schultz Statement, Drug Addiction Program: Hearing before Tydings Committee and Tydings recommendations; Drug Bill S.3071 (1970), Drug Addiction Program: Hearing before Tydings Committee and Tydings recommendations; Drug Bill S.3071, Drug Addiction Program: Hearing before Tydings Committee and Tydings recommendations; Drug Bill S.3071 (1970), Unlabeled (Senate hearings concerning constitutional rights of the mentally ill), Page 7 -

8 Subseries IV - Grants Unlabeled (Senate hearings concerning constitutional rights of the mentally ill), Unlabeled (Senate hearings concerning constitutional rights of the mentally ill), Subseries IV - Grants Box Folder Application for Grant - Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, 1965 Feb Feb Application for NIMH for Grant, Application for NIMH for Grant, Grant Renewal Applications, Grant Renewal Applications, Subseries V - Reports Box Folder Final Report to Judicial Conference, Judicial Conference (Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders) Reports, Page 8 -

9 Subseries V - Reports Note Includes several financial statements Judicial Conference (Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders) Reports, Report on Civil Legal Aid, Miscellaneous Reports, Miscellaneous Reports, Note Includes 2 confidential memos. Miscellaneous Reports, Zona Hostetler's Reports, Extra Copies, Extra Copies, Extra Copies, Reports to the Judicial Conference Committee on Mental Disorders, Page 9 -

10 Subseries VI - Committee materials Reports to the Judicial Conference Committee on Mental Disorders, Subseries VI - Committee materials Box Folder Judicial Conference, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia, Judicial Conference May 1970, Also includes proceedings from 1969 Conference, Judicial Conference, Narcotics Addiction, June 1 8 Note Approximately half relates to 1965 dinner party. Includes three notes from Warren Burger. Narcotics Addiction, June Narcotics Addiction, June Narcotics Addiction, 1966 July Page 10 -

11 Subseries VI - Committee materials Narcotics Addiction, 1966 July Pre-Natal Care, Reorganization of the Courts, etc - Tydings Bill and Committee Report, Police Study, Study of Child Guidance Clinic, Summary of Committee's Activities, Pertinent Legislation, Area "C" Project, Area "C" Project, Mental Health Commission, Mental Health Commission, Mental Health Commission (extra copies), Residential Care for Mentally Retarded, Page 11 -

12 Subseries VI - Committee materials Residential Care for Mentally Retarded, Residential Care for Mentally Retarded, Residential Care for Mentally Retarded, Residential Care for Mentally Retarded, List of Consultants, Drafts of Prospectus or Outline of Project on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders, Chronic Alcoholics, Chronic Alcoholics, Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders - Financial Statements (from August 1966), Children Suffering Mental Disorders, Children Suffering Mental Disorders, Children Suffering Mental Disorders, Lake v. Cameron, Page 12 -

13 Subseries VI - Committee materials Lake v. Cameron, Mentally Ill, Mental Disorders and the Criminal Offender, Note Includes 15 student's records from the Yale University Law School (Class of 1965) and other confidential memos, in envelope. Sexual Psychopaths, Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Legal Problems in treating Alcoholics, Research Foundation of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, General Reference, General Reference, General Reference, General Reference, Page 13 -

14 Subseries VI - Committee materials General Reference, General Reference, General Reference, General Reference, General Reference, Subproject on Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Subproject on Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Subproject on Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Subproject on Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Subproject on Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Subproject on Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Page 14 -

15 Subseries VI - Committee materials Subproject on Vocational Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Subproject on Children Suffering from Mental Disorders, Subproject on Children Suffering from Mental Disorders, FMS-4 (Misc. Papers), Note Including subfile, National Institute of Mental Health. Handbook on Laws Applicable in the District of Columbia Pertaining to Mental Disorders, Judicial Conference, Judicial Council of the District of Columbia, Judicial Conference (Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders) Memoranda, Judicial Conference (Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders) Memoranda, Circuit Judicial Conference, Page 15 -

16 Subseries VI - Committee materials 1964 Judicial Conference (Committee on Laws Pertaining to Mental Disorders) Drafts and Notes, Judicial Conference, Judicial Conference, Judicial Conference, Circuit Judicial Conference, Note Includes letters from J. Edgar Hoover, and Harold Burton. Judicial Conference, Note Includes letters from Edward Bennett Williams. Judicial Conference - Administrative Law Committee, Judicial Conference - Administrative Law Committee, Judicial Conference - General , Judicial Conference - General, Page 16 -

17 Series II - Miscellaneous Documents 1960 Meeting of the Judicial Conference for the District of Columbia, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia, Judicial Conference of Committee Studying Problems of Representation of Indigents, Series II - Miscellaneous Documents Box Folder Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Papers, Miscellaneous Papers, Miscellaneous Papers, Miscellaneous Papers, Series III - Duplicates Box Folder Duplicates (from Box #1) 5 1 Duplicates (from Box #1) Page 17 -

18 Series III - Duplicates Duplicates (from Box #1) Duplicates (from Box #1) Duplicates (from Box #2) 5 2 Duplicates (from Box #2) Duplicates (from Box #2) Duplicates (from Box #2) Duplicates (from Box #2) Duplicates (from Box #3) 5 3 Duplicates (from Box #3) Duplicates (from Box #3) Duplicates (from Box #4) 5 4 Duplicates (from Box #4) Duplicates (from Box #4) Duplicates (from Box #4) Page 18 -