Merritt, Walter Gordon Papers, 1906-1953
Collection Number: 5344
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Walter Gordon Merritt Papers, 1906-1953
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5344
Abstract:
Papers of attorney Walter Gordon Merritt documenting his legal work for management
interests. Merritt's papers contain legal briefs and transcripts, arranged alphabetically
by plaintiff name.
Creator:
Merritt, Walter Gordon
Quanitities:
1.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Labor lawyer and author. Walter Gordon Merritt (1880-1968) was the son of a Danbury,
Ct. hatshop owner. He graduated from Harvard and went to New York Law School, afterwards
becoming a partner in the law firm of Windels, Merritt & Ingrahamat. Merritt had a
successful career as a labor lawyer representing management; his most famous case
was "Dietrich E. Lowe and Martin Fuchs vs. Martin Lawler, et al.," popularly known
as the "Danbury Hatters Case." He also authored a number of articles on issues of
labor relations. As might be expected, they are largely written from the management
perspective.
Consist of documents relating to court cases in which Merritt represented management
and reprints of articles written by Merritt. Include legal documents (briefs, transcripts,
petitions, and decisions) relating to cases brought before the Superior Court of Fairfax
County, the United States District Court (Connecticut), United States Circuit Courts
of Appeals (Connecticut, Arkansas, and New York), the State Supreme Court of New York,
and the Supreme Court of the United States. These cases include: "Dietrich E. Loewe
and Martin Fuchs vs. Martin Lawler et al." ("Danbury Hatters Case") (1906-1908); "The
Lundoff-Bucknell Company vs. Charles B. Smith" (1911); "D.E. Loewe vs. The Savings
Bank of Danbury" (n.d); "The Auburn Draying Company vs. William Wardell" (1913); "Louis
Boussert and John Boussert vs. Frederick Dhuy, etc. et al." (1911-1912); "Abro J.
Newton Company vs. Henry Erickson, William O'Grady, Frederick Dhuy, Harry Lea, individually
and as Business Agents of the Joint District Council, etc." (1912); "Charles H. Finley,
Receivor of Coronado Coal Company vs. United Mine Workers of America" (1920-1925);
"Duplex Printing Press Company vs. Emil Deering" (1917); and "Hat Corporation of America
vs. United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union et al." (second Danbury Hatters
case) (1953). Reprints of articles and pamphlets by Merritt include his reflections
on the open and closed shop, industrial liberty, social control, industrial welfare,
cooperation between management and labor, factory solidarity as opposed to class solidarity,
and labor legislation (1912-1923).
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Walter Gordon Merritt Papers #5344. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Deering, Emil
Erickson, Henry
Fuchs, Martin
Lawler, Martin
Lowe, Dietrich E.
Merritt, Walter Gordon
Smith, Charles B.
Abro J. Newton Company.
Coronado Coal Company
Duplex Printing Press Company
Hat Corporation of America
Lundoff-Bucknell Company
United Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers.
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Union
Subjects:
Danbury Hatters Case, 1910.
Labor-management cooperation. United States.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
Consist of documents relating to court cases in which Merritt represented management
and reprints of articles written by Merritt. Include legal documents (briefs, transcripts,
petitions, and decisions) relating to cases brought before the Superior Court o
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Albro J. Newton Co. v. Henry Erickson
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1912 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Auburn Draying Co. v. William Wardell
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1913 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Duplex Printing Press v. Emil J. Deering
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1917 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Finley v. United Mine Workers
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1920-1925 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Hat Corporation of America v. United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International
Union
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1953 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Lawlor v. Loewe
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Lawlor v. Loewe transcript
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1911 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 1
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Lawlor v. Loewe transcript
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1911 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 2
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Lawlor v. Loewe transcript
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1911 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 3
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Lawlor v. Loewe transcript
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1911 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 4
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Lawlor v. Loewe transcript
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1911 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 5
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Loewe v. Savings Bank of Danbury
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1915 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Louis Bossert and Son v. Frederick Dhuy
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1913 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Lundoff-Bicknell Co. v. Charles Smith
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1911 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Wilson and Adams Co. v. Patrick D. Pearce
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Pamphlets
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Scope and Contents
Includes: Loewe Case or Danbury Hatters' Case, The Closed Shop, Domestic Free Trade
and Organized Labor, Factory Solidarity or Class Solidarity, The Open Shop and Industrial
Liberty, The Four C's of Industry, Social Control of Industrial Warfare, Labor Le
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