Frederic René Coudert Jr. papers, 1923-1975

Frederic René Coudert Jr. papers, 1923-1975

Summary Information

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials of the noted lawyer and Congressional Representative, Frederic René Coudert, Jr.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0290
Bib ID:
4078447 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Coudert, Frederic René, Jr., 1898-1972
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
44 linear feet (87 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Scope and Content

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials. There is correspondence relating to Coudert's law practice, political campaigns, and terms in office. Correspondence, subject files, press releases, and clippings concerning Coudert's state senatorial and U.S. congressional campaigns, and his involvement in the New York State Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System (Rapp-Coudert Committee, 1940-46), as well as the New York State Commission on Governmental Operations of the City of New York (1959-61). The scrapbooks contain clippings on Coudert's political career from 1929 through 1962, the Jones Law and the Rapp-Coudert Subcommittee.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in five series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frederic René Coudert Jr. papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Bequest of Pamela M. Coudert, 1986 & 1987.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Coudert, Paula M. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/27/87. Accession number--M-87-09-28.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed 07/29/88.

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Biographical sketch

Congressional Representative from New York; born in New York City May 7, 1898; attended Browning and Morristown Schools in New York City; was graduated from Columbia University in 1918 and from its law school in 1922 [Kent Scholar]; served as a first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Fifth United States Infantry, Twenty-seventh Division, with overseas service, in 1917 and 1918; was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in New York City; assistant United States attorney for the southern district of New York in 1924 and 1925; unsuccessful Republican candidate for district attorney of New York County in 1929; delegate to the Republican State conventions from 1930 to 1948; delegate to the Republican National Conventions 1936-1948; member of the State Senate, 17th district, 1939-1946; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1959); Chairman of the Rapp-Coudert Subcommittee; was not a candidate for renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; engaged in the practice of law in New York City; member of State Commission on Governmental Operations of the city of New York 1959-1961; retired from the practice of law due to ill health and resided in New York City, where he died May 21, 1972; interment in Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Appointing
Bills (legislative records)
Budgets
Financial records
Photographic prints
Posters
Press releases
minutes (administrative records)
Name
New York (State). Commission on Governmental Operations in the City of New York
United States. Congress
Place
New York (State) -- Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System
New York (State) -- Politics and government
Subject
Lawyers
Scrapbooks

Series I: Catalogued and Arranged Correspondence


Box 1

Aldrich, Winthrop W.


Box 1

Altschul, Frank


Box 1

Armstrong, Hamilton Fish


Box 1

Butler, Nicholas Murray


Box 1

Davis, Gherardi


Box 1

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward)


Box 1

Dirksen, Everett McKinley


Box 1

Dulles, John Foster


Box 1

Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron


Box 1

Hoover, Herbert


Box 1

Javits, Jacob J.


Box 1

Kirk, Grayson


Box 1

Lodge, Henry Cabot


Box 1

MacLeish, Archibald


Box 1

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)


Box 1

Olcott, J. van Vechten (Jacob van Vechten)


Box 1

Peale, Norman Vincent


Box 1

Rickenbacker, Eddie


Box 1

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich)


Box 1

Smith, Margaret Chase


Box 1

Stassen, Harold Edward


Box 1

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays


Box 1

Wardwell, Allen

Series II: General Political Correspondence


Box 1

1940-1945 A-C, 1940-1945


Box 2

1940-1945 D-M, 1940-1945


Box 3

1940-1945 N-Z, 1940-1945


Box 4

1947-1948 A-Z, 1947-1948


Box 4

1949-1956 A-F, 1949-1956


Box 5

1949-1956 G-Z, 1949-1956


Box 6

1957-1970 A-Z, 1957-1970

Series III: Subject Files


1929 Campaign for District Attorney:, 1929


Box 7

Correspondence


Box 7

Coudert's platform


Box 7

Article by Coudert for NYU Law Review


Box 8

1929 Jones Law, 1929


Box 8

1932-1934 Committee for the Consideration of International Debts, 1932-1934


Box 9

1939 N.Y. State World's Fair Commission, 1939


Box 10

1940 State Senatorial Campaign:, 1940


Box 10

Correspondence


Box 10

Address Lists


Box 10

Campaign Material File


Box 10

Misc. Papers and Materials


Box 10

Press Statements


Box 10

Vote in the 10th, 15th and 17th Assembly Districts


1942 State Senatorial Campaign:, 1942


Box 11

Address Lists


Box 11

Bills, Advertising, Literature


Box 11

Campaign Material to Defeat Coudert


Box 11

Citizens for Coudert Committee


Box 11

Contributions


Box 11

Correspondence re. Campaign


Box 11

Letters on Behalf of Coudert


Box 11

Material File


Box 12

1944 State Senatorial Campaign:, 1944


Box 12

Correspondence


Box 12

Clippings


Box 12

Material File


Box 12

1946 Correspondence re. bills introduced by Coudert in 1946, 1946, 1946


Box 13

1939-1946 Miscellaneous State Senatorial Files:, 1939-1946


Box 13

Anti-Discrimation Bill--Clippings


Box 13

J.A. Arnold--Western Tax Council


Box 13

Correspondence for Senate Clerk W.S. King


Box 13

Legislative Speeches, 1939-1940


Box 13

Multiple Dwelling Law


Box 13

Remarks on Debates


Box 13

Stock Exchange Taxes


Box 13

Stockholders' Derivative Actions


Box 13

Teachers' Retirement Bill


Box 13

Transit Unification


1940-1946 Rapp-Coudert Legislative Committee to Investigate the Public Educational System--Correspondence, 1940-1946


Box 14

1940-1941


Box 15

1943-1946


Box 16

"The Communist Youth Movement." Typed manuscript


Box 16

Legal Proceedings


Box 16

Page 6 of 10 Frederic René Coudert, Jr., Papers


Box 16

B.V. Dodd and R.K. Spear vs. Knicherbocker Broadcasting Co., Bud


Box 16

Roth, Joint Legislative Committee


Box 16

Memoranda


Box 16

Minutes of Meetings


Box 16

Miscellaneous


Box 16

Report of Survey Staff; February 1, 1944 Vol. III Colleges, February 1, 1944


Box 16

Reports


Box 16

Resolutions


Box 16

Clippings


Box 16

George Britt's Clippings


Box 16

"Subversive Activities" [clippings]


Box 16

Committee Press Releases


Box 16

Communist Press Releases


Box 17

Printed Materials


1946-1958 U.S. Congressional Career:, 1946-1958


Box 18

1946 Congressional Campaign, 1946


Box 19

Correspondence


Box 19

Address Lists


Box 19

Campaign Expenditures


Box 19

Canvassing File


Box 20

Captain's Reports and Files


Box 20

Contributions


Box 20

Material File


Box 20

Material to Defeat Senator Coudert


Box 20

Press Releases


Box 20

Representative Baldwin


Box 20

Representative Marcantonio


Box 20

Tool Owners' Questionnaire


Box 21

Clippings


Box 22

Clippings


Box 23

1947-1948 Bills introduced by Coudert to 80th Congress, 1947-1948


Box 24

1948 Congressional Campaign:, 1948


Box 24

Correspondence


Box 24

Clippings


Box 24

Financial Reports


Box 24

Material File


Box 25

1949-1950 Bills introduced by Coudert to 81st Congress, 1949-1950


1950 Congressional Campaign:, 1950


Box 26

Correspondence


Box 26

Atlantic Union Resolution


Box 26

Expenditure Receipts


Box 26

Material File


Box 27

Material to Defeat Coudert


Box 27

Press Releases


Box 27

World Federalists File


Box 27

Clippings


Box 28

1951-1952 Bills introduced by Coudert to 82nd Congress, 1951-1952


Box 29

1952 Congressional Campaign Primary:, 1952


Box 29

Correspondence


Box 29

Material File


Box 29

Material to Defeat Coudert


Box 29

Memoranda File


Box 29

Press Releases


Box 29

Proposed Statements


Box 30

1952 Congressional Campaign:, 1952


Box 30

Correspondence


Box 30

Campaign Reports


Box 30

Material File


Box 30

Material to Defeat Coudert


Box 31

Clippings


1954 Congressional Campaign:, 1954


Box 32

Correspondence


Box 32

Material File


Box 33

Material File


Box 33

Material to Defeat Coudert


Box 33

Reports File


Box 33

Working File


Box 33

Clippings


Box 34

1955-1956 Bills introduced by Coudert to 84th Congress, 1955-1956


Box 35

1955-1956 Bills introduced by Coudert to 84th Congress, 1955-1956


1956 Congressional Campaign:, 1956


Box 36

Correspondence A-Z


Box 37

Correspondence A-Z


Box 38

Campaign Expenditures


Box 38

Draft Statements


Box 38

Material File


Box 38

Photographs


Box 38

Press Releases


Box 39

Clippings


Box 40

1956 Davis Congressional Investigation, 1956


Box 41

1957-1958 Bills introduced by Coudert to 85th Congress, 1957-1958


Box 42

1957-1958 Bills introduced by Coudert to 85th Congress, 1957-1958


Box 43

1957-1958 Bills introduced by Coudert to 85th Congress, 1957-1958


1958 Congressional Campaign:, 1958


Box 44

Campaign Polls


Box 44

Goodwin Material


Box 44

Material to Defeat Lindsay


Box 44

Material File


Box 44

Clippings


1959-1961 New York State Commission on Government Operations:, 1959-1961


Box 45

Correspondence


Box 45

City Councils


Box 45

Classification of Licenses


Box 45

Critical Material


Box 45

Data re Borough President


Box 45

Debt Management


Box 46

Drafts and Reports


Box 46

Expense Budget


Box 46

Financing of Local Programs


Box 46

Hearings


Box 46

Highway Maintenance


Box 46

Incumbrances Plan


Box 46

Luther Gulick Memo


Box 47

The Mayor and his Office


Box 47

Memoranda


Box 47

Minutes of Meetings


Box 47

Miscellaneous


Box 48

Sewer Maintenance


Box 48

Tax Foundation Material


Box 48

Traffic Direction


Box 48

Photographs


Box 48

Clippings


Box 49

"Background Research on the Top Structure of the Government of the city of New York"


Box 50

Miscellaneous Subject Files:


Box 50

American Society of the French Legion of Honor


Box 50

Appointments to Annapolis


Box 50

Appointments to King's Point


Box 50

Appointments to West Point


Box 50

Coudert Book


Box 50

Vichy Politics


Box 50

Clippings

Series IV: Scrapbooks


Box 51

1929 Campaign for New York County District Attorney [scrapbooks 1-11], 1929


Box 52

1929 Campaign for New York County District Attorney [scrapbooks 1-11], 1929


Box 53

1929 Campaign for New York County District Attorney [scrapbooks 1-11], 1929


Box 54

1929 Campaign for New York County District Attorney [scrapbooks 1-11], 1929


Box 54

Jones' Law (Prohibition) [scrapbooks 12-13]


Box 55

Jones' Law (Prohibition) [scrapbooks 12-13]


Box 55

Prohibition, 1930-1933 [scrapbook 14], 1930-1933


Box 56

Senatorial Campaign, 1938 [scrapbook 15], 1938


Box 56

Joint Legislative Committee Investigation Hearings [scrapbook 16]


Box 57

New York State Legislature, 1938-1943 [scrapbooks 17-31], 1938-1943


Box 58

New York State Legislature, 1938-1943 [scrapbooks 17-31], 1938-1943


Box 59

New York State Legislature, 1938-1943 [scrapbooks 17-31], 1938-1943


Box 60

New York State Legislature, 1938-1943 [scrapbooks 17-31], 1938-1943


Box 61

New York State Legislature, 1938-1943 [scrapbooks 17-31], 1938-1943


Box 62

New York State Legislature, 1938-1943 [scrapbooks 17-31], 1938-1943


Box 63

New York State Legislature, 1938-1943 [scrapbooks 17-31], 1938-1943


Box 64-68

Miscellaneous and Personal [scrapbooks 31-39]


Box 68

Special Clippings [scrapbooks 40-41]


Box 69-74

Rapp-Coudert Committee [scrapbooks 42-52]


Box 75-80

Political Clippings, 1940-1961 [scrapbooks 53-63], 1940-1961


Box 80-87

Congressional Clippings, 1947-1962 [scrapbooks 64-77], 1947-1962

Series V: Oversized


Coudert, Jr. Campaign Posters