This collection is open for research.
Born July 19, 1891, at Franklin, Indiana; A.B., Indiana University, 1913; LLB.,
Harvard, 1916; admitted to the Indiana bar, 1914; served as an officer in the Field
artillery reserve during World War I; commanding officer, 326 Field artillery,
1924-1937; member, 5th corps area advisory board, 1927-1934; appointed to the
faculty of the Indiana University School of law, 1917; dean, 1925-1933; national
commander, American Legion, 1928-1929; governor of Indiana, 1933-1937; U.S. high
commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-1939 and 1945-1946; ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary to the Philippines, 1946-1947; Federal security administrator,
1939-1942; chairman, War manpower commission, 1942-1945; partner, McNutt & Nash,
New York, and McNutt, Dudley & Easterwood, Washington.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Papers; II. Bound Volumes.
The collection contains: 1) McNutt's files from his entrance to Martinsville
(Indiana) High School in 1905 to the time when he became governor of Indiana in
1933, including his World War I papers; papers as professor and dean of the Indiana
University School of law, including manuscripts of his law lectures; papers relative
to his other Indiana University activities, 1913-1932, to the 326 Field artillery,
1924-1933, and the 5th corps area advisory board, 1927-1933 (mostly mimeographed);
to the American Legion; to the Cantol wax company of Bloomington, Indiana, of which
he was an officer; and to his campaign for governor of Indiana in 1932; 2) Selected
papers from his post-gubernatorial career. These relate particularly to his service
in the Philippine Islands; his activities as Federal security administrator; his
work as Chairman of the War manpower commission; and to the 1940 democratic
nomination for president of the U.S; 3) An extensive collection of McNutt's
speeches. Included are speeches made during his term as governor of Indiana,
1933-1937, these being almost the only papers in the collection for this period.
In addition to manuscripts, the collection contains printed and mimeographed material
relating particularly to the American Legion, 1926-1933, the reserve artillery units
with which McNutt was connected, and politics, 1909-1953. There are newspaper
clippings for 1921-1947 inclusive.
Pictures in the collection include an oil painting of McNutt; numerous photographs,
and other pictures of McNutt, his family, and others, including a photograph of
Harry S Truman, autographed to McNutt; and original and printed cartoons of McNutt
by R. O. Bera, James Thomas Berryman, Clifford Kennedy Berryman, Gene Elderman,
Reginald West Manning, John Tinney McCutcheon, Eric Peters, Arthur Best Poinier, S.
T. Ray, and others.
The first box in the collection contains biographical and genealogical material on
the McNutt family.
Accompanying the collection is a dissertation of 199 pages based in part on the
papers of Paul Vories McNutt entitled Paul V. McNutt: His role in the birth of
Philippine independence by Patricio R. Mamot, submitted for his degree work at Ball
State University, Muncie, Indiana, in April, 1974.
Note on Indexing Term - "Art": Of
interest is an oil painting of McNutt, and original and printed political cartoons of McNutt by a number of
cartoonists.
Note on Indexing Term - "Motion picture film": Of
particular interest is the Sept. 15, 1947 item entitled House Un- American Activities Committee
Investigation of Communistic Activities of Movie Interests.
Note on Indexing Term - "International relations": Includes selected papers
from his service in the Philippine Islands as U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-1939 and
1945-1946, and as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Philippines, 1946- 1947.
Note on Indexing Term - "Law": Among the papers are those as professor and
dean of the Indiana University School of law, 1917-1933, including manuscripts of his law lectures.
Series:
Box 1
Papers
Biographical materials, I
Biographical materials, II
Correspondence, contracts, school records, and awards and honors,
1899-1916
Correspondence, legal and financial documents, and army records,
1917-1921
Correspondence, notes, and legal and financial documents;
McNutt’s professorship at Indiana University, January-July,
1922
Correspondence and legal and financial documents, undated
Correspondence, legal and financial documents, and army records,
August -December, 1922-1923
Correspondence, notes and lists of donors to Indiana University,
undated
Correspondence, legal documents and army records; McNutt’s
professorship at Indiana University, January-August, 1924-January-August,
1925
Correspondence, legal documents and army records; McNutt as the
dean of the law school at Indiana University, September, 1925
Box 2
Correspondence, notes, legal documents and army records; McNutt
as the dean of the law school at Indiana University, October, 1925-May,
1927
Box 3
Correspondence, notes, legal documents and army records; McNutt
as the dean of the law school at Indiana University, June, 1927-April,
1928
Correspondence, notes, legal documents and army records; McNutt
as dean of the law school at Indiana University, April-May,
1928
Box 4
Correspondence, notes, legal documents and army records; McNutt
as dean of the law school at Indiana University, June, 1928-October,
1928
Correspondence, notes, legal documents and army records; McNutt
as dean of the law school at Indiana University and National Commander
of the American Legion, October, 1928-June, 1929
Box 5
Correspondence, notes, legal documents and army records; McNutt
as dean of the law school at Indiana University and National Commander
of the American Legion, July, 1929-October, 1929
Correspondence, notes, legal documents, and army records; McNutt
as dean of the law school at Indiana University, November, 1929-April,
1930
Box 6
Correspondence, notes, legal and political documents, writings,
and army records; McNutt as dean of the law school at Indiana
University, May,
1930-March, 1931
Box 7
Correspondence, notes, legal documents, and political documents
relating to the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and army records;
McNutt as dean of the law school at Indiana University, March, 1931-December,
1931
Box 8
Correspondence, notes, legal documents, and political documents
relating to the 1932 Democratic National Convention and McNutt’s
gubernatorial candidacy, and army records; McNutt as dean of the law
school at Indiana University, January, 1932-July, 1932
Box 9
Correspondence, notes, legal documents, and political documents
relating to McNutt’s gubernatorial candidacy, and army records; McNutt
as dean of the law school at Indiana University, August, 1932-December,
1932
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s governorship,
1933-1936
Correspondence and documents relating to the end of McNutt's
governorship, the 'McNutt for president in 1940 club' and to McNutt's
appointment by Roosevelt as High Commisioner to the Philippines,
January
1937-July, 1937
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt's post as High
Commissioner to the Philippines, August, 1937-October, 1937
Correspondence, notes, and legal and financial documents;
McNutt’s professorship at Indiana University, January-July,
1922
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt's post as High
Commissioner to the Philippines and the 'McNutt for president in 1940
club', November,
1937-December, 1937
The Second Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner
to the Philippine Islands to the President and Congress of the United
States, September, 1938
Box 10
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as High
Commissioner to the Phillipines and the "McNutt for president in 1940"
club, January,
1938-June, 1939
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as Federal
Security Administrator and his presidential hopes in 1940, July, 1939-October,
1940
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as Federal
Security Administrator, increased U.S. mobilization and his political
support of Franklin Roosevelt for president in 1940, November-December,
1940
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as Federal
Security Administrator and the mobilization of the military in light of
the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States’ entry into World War
II, January-December, 1941
Box 11
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as Federal
Security Administrator, January-June, 1942
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as Federal
Security Administrator and chairman of the War Manpower Commission,
July,
1942-December, 1945
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as High
Commissioner and Ambassador to the Philippines, January-December,
1946
Box 12
The Issue of Political Collaboration in
the Philippines: An Attempt at an Objective Analysis
by
Claro M. Recto, 1946
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post as High
Commissioner and Ambassador to the Philippines, 1946-July,
1947
A Short History of the War Manpower Commission, prepared by the
Department of Labor, draft, June,
1947
Correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s post-political
career as an attorney, August, 1947-1955
Undated
correspondence, A-J
Undated
correspondence, K-Z
Undated
correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s relationship with the
American Legion
Undated
correspondence and documents relating to McNutt’s relationship with the
Cantol Wax Company
Undated
documents and notes regarding McNutt’s association with Indiana
University
Miscellaneous materials, I-IV, undated
Undated
documents regarding McNutt’s relationship with the Reserve Officers
Association
Undated
documents regarding McNutt’s association with the Philippines
Box 13
Undated
law lectures, Bills and Notes
Undated
law lectures, Case Books and Their Study
Undated
law lectures, Conflict of Laws
Undated
law lectures, Contracts I-IV
Undated
law lectures, Equity
Undated
law lectures, Evidence I-XIII
Undated
law lectures, Insurance, chapters 1-8
Undated
law lectures, Interpleader
Undated
law lectures, Jurisprudence
Undated
law lectures, Legal Ethics
Undated
law lectures, Legal System in Indiana
Undated
law lectures, Municipal Corporations, chapters 1-5
Undated
law lectures, Mutuality in Specific Performance
Undated
law lectures, Quasi-Contracts, chapters 1-5
Undated
law lectures, Sales, chapters 1-2
Box 14
Undated
law lectures, Sales, chapters 2-6
Undated
law lectures, Sales I-II
Undated
law lectures, Statute of Frauds
Undated
law lectures, Surety ship I-II
Undated
law lectures, Tort
Undated
law lectures, Trusts I-VI
Undated
law lectures, Taxation, chapter 1
Speeches, 1922-1933
Box 15
Speeches, 1934-1935
Box 16
Speeches, 1935-1938
Box 17
Speeches, 1938-1940
Box 18
Speeches, 1940-1941
Box 19
Speeches, 1941-1942
Box 20
Speeches, 1942-1943
Box 21
Speeches, 1944-1945
Box 22
Speeches, 1945-1948
Box 23
Speeches, 1949-1954
Undated
speeches
Box 24
Undated
speeches
War photographs, WWI era
Box 25
2 political portraits of McNutt
Pictures of Ruth Neely McNutt, John C. McNutt, and Kathleen
Timolat McNutt
Pictures of McNutt from his childhood to his military career
Miscellaneous photographs
Newspaper clippings, 1921-1931
Box 26
Newspaper clippings, 1932-1946
Box 27
Newspaper clippings, 1947-1960s
Newspaper clippings, undated
Printed materials regarding McNutt’s association with the
American Legion 1926-1928
Box 28
Printed materials regarding McNutt’s association with the
American Legion 1928-1931
Box 12
Printed materials regarding McNutt’s association with the
American Legion, 1932-1933
Printed materials regarding McNutt’s association with the
American Legion, undated
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1894-1908
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1909-1930
Box 30
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1930-1941
Box 31
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1942-1946
Box 32
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1947-1949
Box 33
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1950-1953
Miscellaneous printed materials, undated , I-V
Miscellaneous printed materials, undated, McNutt's 'America'
speech
Box 34
Memorabilia
Box 35
Newspaper clippings, May 11-July 31, 1939
Box 36
Newspaper clippings, August-September, 1939
Box 37
McNutt biography audiotape by Anne M. Veihmeyer entitled
“Business and law practice, family, personal life, international
affairs,” June 1,
2001
Videocassette entitled “A War Time Remembrance” by Ralph Graves,
March 27, 2001
Typescript of an interview of Anne M. Veihmeyer by James H.
Madison for McNutt biography, June 1,
2001
Oversize 38
Photograph of Kathleen Timolat McNutt
Photograph of McNutt
Oversize 39
Photographs of McNutt and family
Oversize 40
Cartoons
Oversize 41
Land grants, signed by J.Q. Adams, Jan. 30, 1828, and by Andrew
Jackson, Jan. 11, 1831; Paul V. Mcnutt diploma from Martinsville Public
School, May 27, 1909
Oversize 42
Photographs, miscellaneous
Oversize 43
Oil painting portrait of Paul V. McNutt
Oversize 44
Certificates
Oversize 45
Photograph of National Officers of the American Legion, Oct. 11,
1928-Oct. 3, 1929
Oversize 46
The inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: an heroic panorama,
March 4, 1933
Oversize 47
Photograph of Harry S. Truman, autographed to Paul V.
McNutt
Oversize 48
Photographs of birthplace of McNutt at Franklin, IN. Presented by
the Johnson County Chapter of the Paul V. McNutt for President
Club
Oversize 49
Photograph of Paul V. McNutt
