Judge D. Lawrence Groner Papers Finding Aid

Judge D. Lawrence Groner Papers Finding Aid

Woodrow Wilson Library staff

FA000110

1938

Mostly documents, including letters, photocopies, and typed documents.

Groner, Duncan G.

University of Virginia

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library

Cataloging of archival materials

English

1985

1938-1947

Duncan G. Groner was a publisher for the Clay County Crescent in Green Cove Springs, Florida. His original gift of papers was to the University of Virginia but he desired that the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace have the correspondence related to their organization.

20 folders with the contents of each folder arranged in chronological order. Undated documents are at the back of the folders.

Duncan Lawrence Groner was born in Norfolk, Virginia on September 6, 1873, the son of General Virginius D. and Katherine (Campbell) Groner. He was educated at Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia, earning the LLD degree. In 1898 he married Anne Vaughan, who died in 1930. They had three sons. In 1934 he married Marian Edwards Shouse. He practiced law in Norfolk and served as Judge of the Eastern district of Virginia by appointment of President Harding. He became Judge of the US Court of Appeals in 1931 and chief judge in 1938. He died in July of 1957.

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CONTAINER LIST
FOLDER JUDGE D. LAWRENCE GRONER COLLECTION
General Correspondence, 30 June 1938 – 6 December 1938
General Correspondence, 13 January 1939 – 12 September 1939
General Correspondence, 12 February 1940 – 13 December 1944
General Correspondence, 7 November 1945 – 13 November 1947
Photocopies – Incoming Correspondence to Judge Groner, 17 June 1938 – 6 December 1938
Photocopies – Outgoing Correspondence from Judge Groner, 1 April 1938 – 12 December 1938
Photocopies – Incoming Correspondence to Judge Groner, 11 January 1939 – 25 October 1939
Photocopies – Outgoing Correspondence, 4 January 1939 – 18 September 1939
Photocopies – Incoming Correspondence to Judge Groner, 12 February 1940 – 25 October 1940
Photocopies – Outgoing Correspondence, 15 June 1940 – 6 November 1940
Photocopies – Incoming Correspondence to Judge Groner, 14 March 1941 – 24 November 1941
Photocopies – Outgoing Correspondence, 4 March 1941 – 18 November 1941
Photocopies – General Correspondence, 23 June 1942 – 23 September 1943
Photocopies – Incoming Correspondence to Judge Groner, 20 March 1944 – 12 October 1944
Photocopies – Outgoing Correspondence, 8 January 1944 – 13 December 1944
Photocopies – Incoming Correspondence to Judge Groner, 17 September 1945 – 13 November 1947
Photocopies – Outgoing Correspondence, 13 September 1945 – 14 November 1947
Photocopies – Documents Pertaining to the Establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, 1938 – 1939
Photocopies – Documents Pertaining to the Establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, 1940 – 1941
Photocopies – Documents Pertaining to the Establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, 1944 - 1947

The Judge Groner Papers consists of 20 folders of correspondence relating to the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation over a ten year period, 1938-1947, when D. Lawrence Groner served on the Foundation’s board. The collection is housed in one document box with the first four folders containing original documents owned by the Birthplace. There is no restriction on their use. The last sixteen folders contain photocopies from originals owned by the University of Virginia Library whose permission must be obtained for their reproduction.

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