| Creator: | Oren Root, Jr. (Oren Root IV; Oren Root) [1911-1995] | |
| Title: | Papers, 1926- 1995 | |
| Quantity: | 11 Boxes; 3 Flat Boxes. | |
| Identification: | 2002.5 | |
| Location: | BS; NES-39 | |
Lawyer; liberal Republican politician; while beginning practice of law in late 1930s, campaigned for election of Fiorello La Guardia as mayor of New York City and Thomas E. Dewey as governor of New York state; was early, major promoter of Wendell L. Willkie for Republican nomination for president in 1940; worked full time as chairman of Associated Willkie Clubs of America during Willkie's unsuccessful run against President Franklin D. Roosevelt; later served as member of New York County Republican Committee and vice-president of New York Young Republican Club; was first president of National Association for Mental Health in early 1950s; in administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York from 1959 to 1964, was successively special assistant for federal and interstate affairs and secretary of banks; for many years practiced law with New York firm of Root Barrett Cohen Knapp & Smith; later was counsel to firm of Lord Day & Lord Barrett Smith until 1994; died in Bedford, New York.
Contains the correspondence, both personal and relating to offices held and activities, of Oren Root, Jr. Extensive collection of correspondences involving political campaigns to which he contributed (Lindsay, Javits, Willkie, etc.), committees and associations to which he belonged (American Arbitration Association, American Veterans Committee, Fair Employment Practice Committee, Council on Foreign Relations, International Rescue Committee, Metropolitan Club, National Association for Mental Health, New York Young Republican Club, etc.), and positions he held (New York State Banking Superintendent, Special Assistant to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, President of Charter New York Corporation, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Irving Trust Co.). Collection also includes memorabilia relating to the Willkie presidential campaign of 1940 (scrapbooks, photographs, pins).
Organized by topic.
Indexing Terms | ||
| Subjects | ||
| America American Arbitration Association | ||
| American Veterans Committee | ||
| Annual Conferences on Taxation | ||
| Barrett Smith Firm | ||
| Century Association | ||
| Charter for New York Association | ||
| Citizens for Javits | ||
| Citizens for Rockefeller-Keating | ||
| City of New York Bar Association | ||
| Council on Foreign Relations | ||
| Fair Employment Practice Committee | ||
| International Rescue Committee | ||
| Irving Trust Co. | ||
| Legal Action Center | ||
| Lindsay Finance Committee | ||
| Lord Day & Lord Barrett Smith | ||
| National Tax Association | ||
| New York State Banking Board | ||
| New York State Commerce Department | ||
| New York State Finance Committee | ||
| New York State Public Employment Relations Board | ||
| State University of New York | ||
| United Republican Finance Committee | ||
| University of the Andes Foundation, Inc. | ||
| Vera Institute of Justice, Inc. | ||
| Willkie Presidential Campaign 1940 | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Barrett, John | ||
| Breckinridge, Aida de Acosta | ||
| Bundy, McGeorge | ||
| Clorety, Joseph | ||
| Coulson, Robert | ||
| Dewey, Thomas E. | ||
| Ford, Gerald | ||
| Harrison, Gilbert | ||
| Hinman, George | ||
| Javits, Jacob K. | ||
| Katzen, Bernard | ||
| Kennedy, Robert F. | ||
| Knapp, Judge Whitman | ||
| Lindsay, John V. | ||
| Lockwood, John E. | ||
| Lord, Sterling | ||
| Marshall, Burke | ||
| Millard, Charles | ||
| Murphy, George | ||
| Oakes, John B. | ||
| Patterson, Robert P., Jr. | ||
| Perkins, Roswell | ||
| Potter, Trevor | ||
| Rauch, Rudolph | ||
| Rockefeller, Laurence | ||
| Rockefeller, Nelson A. | ||
| Ronan, Dr. William J. | ||
| Saxon, James A. | ||
| Skouras, Spyros | ||
| Sturz, Herbert | ||
| Thomas, Evan | ||
| Wallis, Gordon T. | ||
| Willkie, Wendell L. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Barrett, Smith, Schapiro, & Simon | ||
| Bedford Golf & Tennis Club | ||
| Bush for President | ||
| Catholic New York | ||
| Eye Bank for Sight Restoration | ||
| Federal Reserve Board | ||
| Hughes Tool Co. | ||
| Indiana University Wendell Willkie Centennial | ||
| John Jay Homestead Fund | ||
| Joint Legislative Committee on Narcotics (New York) | ||
| Lehman Brothers | ||
| Metropolitan Club | ||
| Mount Saviour Monastery Saint Benedict Priory | ||
| National Association for Mental Health | ||
| New York Herald-Tribune | ||
| New York State Bankers Association | ||
| New York State Bar | ||
| New York State Department of Public Works | ||
| New York Times | ||
| New York Young Republican Club | ||
| Portsmouth Priory School | ||
| Princeton University -- Alumni | ||
| St. Michael's College | ||
| St. Paul's School -- Alumni | ||
| Treetops Camp | ||
| United States Jaycees | ||
| United States Treasury Department | ||
| University of Virginia Law School -- Alumni | ||
| W.W. Norton & Co., Inc. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Marchessini matter | ||
| McCarthyism | ||
| Persons and Persuasions | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Deputy for Interstate and Federal Relations | ||
| Lawyer | ||
| New York State Banking Superintendent | ||
| Officer -- United States Naval Reserve | ||
| Officer -- United States Navy | ||
| President -- National Association for Mental Health | ||
| President of Charter New York Corp. | ||
| Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Irving Trust Co. | ||
| Special Assistant to Governor Rockefeller | ||
