Matthews (Burnita Shelton) papers [manuscript]
Online Resources: Collection description Summary: This collection contains scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, speeches, reports, publications and memorabilia documenting the legal career and personal life of Burnita Shelton Matthews. The first series contains a small amount of correspondence, most of which concerns Matthews's appointment to the federal bench. Of particular interest are a letter from President Harry S. Truman and correspondence from Chief Justice Warren Burger.| Item type | Location | Collection | Call Number | Vol Info | Status | Notes | Date Due |
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| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 1 | Box 1 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 15 | Box 15 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 16 | Box 16 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 2 | Box 2 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 3 | Box 3 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 4 | Box 4 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 5 | Box 5 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 6 | Box 6 | Available | ||
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/S/Box 7 | Box 7 | Available | ||
| Media Open Shelf | Media Room | Manuscript Collection | Z/1965.000/M/Roll 36598 | Open Shelf | Box 8 |
Original scrapbooks in boxes 9-14 restricted: only microfilm may be used.
This collection contains scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, speeches, reports, publications and memorabilia documenting the legal career and personal life of Burnita Shelton Matthews. The first series contains a small amount of correspondence, most of which concerns Matthews's appointment to the federal bench. Of particular interest are a letter from President Harry S. Truman and correspondence from Chief Justice Warren Burger.
Cite as: Z/1965.000: Matthews (Burnita Shelton) Papers.
Burnita Shelton Matthews was born in Burnell, Mississippi, on December 28, 1894. She was the third of six children of Burnell and Lora Drew Barlow Shelton. Her father owned a plantation and served as chancery clerk and tax collector of Copiah County. Although Matthews had an early interest in the law, she studied voice and piano at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and received a teaching certificate. She married Percy Matthews on April 28, 1917.