Charles Fahy Papers

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Preferred Citation

Charles Fahy Papers (FAH), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence, 1910s-1974; briefs submitted by Fahy as Solictor General, 1941-1945; cases handled by Fahy as counsel for NLRB, 1935-1940; articles and book reviews by Fahy, 1930s-1970s; clippings of Fahy, 1910s-1970s; and printed material collected by Fahy.

Background

Attorney, World War I naval aviator, chairman of the United States Petroleum Administrative Board, 1933-1935, general counsel National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 1935-1940, Solicitor General of the United States, 1941- 1945, advisor to U.S. delegations to United Nations General Assembly, 1946, chairman President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in Armed Services, 1948-1950, and judge, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1949- 1967.

Index :

 Fahy, Charles, 1892-1979. 
 United States. Solicitor General. 
 United States. National Labor Relations Board. 
 United Nations. General Assembly. 
 United States President's Committee on Equality of Treatment 
and Opportunity in Armed Services. 
 United States. Courts of Appeals. 
 Letters. 
 Clippings. 

• CFAH Charles Fahy: Manuscripts
  • CFAH 1/01 Folder : Original Composition of Fahy's Mother written in 1876 describing her visit to Germany with her Mother.
  • CFAH 1/02 Folder : Notes of part of canoe trip down the Potomac, 1914; and portion of letter to Fahy's Mother about one of the two canoe trips down the Potomac, about 1913 or 1914 -- balance seem to be lost.
  • CFAH 1/03 Folder : Extracts from Fahy's Mother's letters.
  • CFAH 1/04 Folder : Georgetown Junior Debating Society (1913?)
  • CFAH 1/05 Folder : Fahy's Mother's and Fahy's sister Janie's applications for membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1898, 1912.
  • CFAH 1/06 Folder : The Stars and Stripes, November 22, 1918; European Edition N.Y. Herald, November 25, 1918.
  • CFAH 1/07 Folder : Letter (July, 1919) from Major Bradley, RAF, with pictures of his transatlantic flight. I had been attached for a time (summer of 1918) to his night bombing squadron (No. 214) in northern France.
  • CFAH 1/08 Folder : Some old written thoughts about Woodrow Wilson (date unknown); Something said by Theodore Roosevelt; A few miscellaneous Fahy notes, 1937, re Labor Board, etc., including conversation with Mr. Justice Stone, and other miscellaneous notes. 1921 "Live Wire" publication of Knights of Columbus Potomac Council.
  • CFAH 1/09 Folder : Santa Fe Welfare Association.
  • CFAH 1/10 Folder : Notes for argument, and a few miscellaneous other papers re case of Miguel Chavez Estate, Santa Fe.
  • CFAH 1/11 Folder : A file 1931-32 and early 1933, including letter to President- Elect Roosevelt and Harold L. Ickes, recommending John Collier for Indian Commissioner.
  • CFAH 1/12 Folder : An old miscellaneous Santa Fe personal file, and a 1953 letter about Mr. Barker, Fahy's Santa Fe partner.
  • CFAH 1/13 Folder : Letters of William C. Dennis, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1929, re Wan case, correspondence with President of Earlham College (1967), Dr. Bolling, and with Mr. Dennis' son David, also 1967.
  • CFAH 1/14 Folder : Some articles by Fahy's sister Agnes, Atlanta Journal Magazine Section, circa 1926.
  • CFAH 1/15 Folder : A file of essays and other writings with a few letters of Fahy's brother Bernard (Duke) including a sketch of their Mother; and, also, correspondence of his widow, Rosa, with Bishop O'Hara. Sent to Fahy by Fahy's sister Janie after the deaths of both Duke and Rosa. Letter of Janie (1907) regarding Mrs. Wilson's grave, Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
  • CFAH 1/16 Folder : Miscellaneous -- also letters re Mother's last illness:
  • CFAH 1/17 Folder : (1) 1934 -- Letters from Fahy's brother Duke (Bernard) about their Mother's illness.
  • CFAH 1/18 Folder : (2) 1940 -- Letter from Fahy's brother Will regarding death of his wife.
  • CFAH 1/19 Folder : (3) 1941 -- Letter from Fahy's Sister Hannah (Sister Peter Claver) re Fahy's mission to London.
  • CFAH 1/20 Folder : (4) 1945 -- Letter from Fahy's brother Albert re Fahy's mission to Berlin.
  • CFAH 1/21 Folder : (5) 1945 -- Letter from Fahy's brother Duke re Fahy's mission to Berlin.
  • CFAH 1/22 Folder : (6) 1946 -- Letter from Duke to Fahy's brother Joe re Duke's heart attack.
  • CFAH 1/23 Folder : (7) 1908 -- Letter from Duke about Joe's condition, etc.
  • CFAH 1/24 Folder : (8) 1950 -- Letter from Bishop O'Hara from Rumania to Duke's widow Rosa about Duke after Duke's death. Copy (?) of Rosa's response.
  • CFAH 1/25 Folder : (9) Julian's Christmas toast (1950).
  • CFAH 1/26 Folder : (10) Sarah's story of the Atlantic Clinic.
  • CFAH 1/27 Folder : (11) Little brochure (green) of the Fahy Store.
  • CFAH 1/28 Folder : (12) The Red Mass.
  • CFAH 1/29 Folder : (13) Release of Atomic Energy Commission re Fahy's appointment to Security Review Board
  • CFAH 1/30 Folder : (14) Three 1923 and one 1924 Editions of Potomac Council (K.C.) "Live Wire."
  • CFAH 1/31 Folder : A booklet entitled "Rome's Remarkable History," by Ethel Wilkerson -- a review of "Institutions, Personalities and Musical Achievements" of Rome, Georgia, the town of the Fahy family home.
  • CFAH 1/32 Folder : Letter from Fahy to Fahy's Mother, and, also, a few others from me. These letters were sent to Fahy long after Fahy's Mother's death, from Fahy's old home in Georgia.
  • CFAH 2-3 Group : Ten packets of letters to Fahy from Fahy's Mother, who died in 1934, including several describing the burial in Rome of her childhood friend, who became the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
  • CFAH 4/01 Folder : A Miscellaneous Santa Fe file (Santa Fe Players, Fiesta, letters to Fahy from Mr. De Huff in 1933 when I left for Washington, one from John Collier in 1933, and one from Mr. Martin years later, in 1970; also News accounts regarding Sanctuario Chapel.)
  • CFAH 4/02 Folder : Miscellaneous newspaper items. Santa Fe years, including some coverage of death of beloved Archbishop Daeger.