| Scope and content |
Primarily correspondence on a number of political and legal issues: of the U.S. Fuel Administration related to limited coal supplies in Edgecombe County during World War I; Winslow's efforts as president of the North Carolina Bar Association to reform selection of justices of the peace; the balance of power between the state and U.S. Supreme Courts and other branches of government; membership in the United World Federalists and the necessity of world government. Winslow was a member of the Committee for the Defense of the Constitution by Preserving the Treaty Power, and the collection contains material regarding the amendment introduced by Senator John Bricker designed to restrict the nation's treaty-making powers. Legal files pertain to the tobacco industry in Wilson and Rocky Mount, N.C. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Francis Edward Winslow Papers (#146), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gifts of Francis Edward Winslow. |
| Biographical note | Francis Edward Winslow (July 7, 1888-1976), lawyer, was born in Hertford, N.C. Winslow was a member of the 4th U.S. Judicial Circuit Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, American Bar Association (1956-1959); was president of the North Carolina Bar Association; and was president of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati (1957). During his career, Winslow was active in judicial and tobacco legislation. |
