Inventory of the Records of Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, 1945-1946

Collection Number 3566


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Parker, John Johnston, 1885-1958.
Title
Records of Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, 1945-1946.
Call Number
3566
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
34.5 linear feet
Abstract
Parker of North Carolina, judge of the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1925-1958, served as an alternate judge in the Nuremberg trial of major German war criminals in 1945-1946. Files of Judge Parker, consisting chiefly of mimeograph copies of exhibits, briefs, and testimony in the 1945-1946 Nuremberg trial, in which Parker served as alternate to Francis Biddle (1886-1968), the American member of the International Military Tribunal. Most of these documents appear in the official proceedings of the trial, but the files also contain some materials not included in the published proceedings.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1948
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Records of Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, #3566, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

International Military Tribunal.
Judges--United States--History--20th century.
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.
Parker, John Johnston, 1885-1958.
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Related Material

John Johnston Parker Papers (#3464); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Parker of North Carolina, judge of the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1925-1958, served as an alternate judge in the Nuremberg trial of major German war criminals in 1945-1946.

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Collection Overview

Files of Judge Parker, consisting chiefly of mimeograph copies of exhibits, briefs, and testimony in the 1945-1946 Nuremberg trial, in which Parker served as alternate to Francis Biddle (1886-1968), the American member of the International Military Tribunal. Most of these documents appear in the official proceedings of the trial, but the files also contain some materials not included in the published proceedings.