The Inventory of the Edward O. Gourdin Collection #1018
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The Inventory of the Edward O. Gourdin Collection #1018 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center EDWARD ORVAL GOURDIN 1897 - 1966 Outline of Inventory TO ALL RESEARCHERS: This collection consists of four boxes, covering the following categories of material; personal, Olympic, military and judicial . The material begins in l847 and ends in 1997. BOX I. MILITARY MATERIALS (UNITED STATES ARMY) A. Correspondence B. Photographs C. Miscellaneous War Memorandums Top Secret Documents Certificates Army Newsletters Glee Club Records (372nd Infantry) Medical Records Press Releases (Before, During, After World War II) Radio Show Scripts AOff Duty@ Review Scripts (Theater Scripts) BOX II. PERSONAL PAPERS A. Correspondence B Printed Materials C. Articles Newspapers Magazines Booklets Pamphlets Brochures Log Books D. Olympic Materials Correspondence Printed Materials Photographs E. Judicial Materials Correspondence Printed Material Photographs BOX III Large Documents A. Wills B. Licenses C. Certificates D. Photographs E. Annual Reports (Church, Community Organizations) F. Booklets G. Pamphlets H. Brochures BOX IV. SCRAPBOOKS (Total 5) BOX I. MILITARY MATERIALS MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHS Folder l. Military photographs (all of E.O.G.) - one dated New York 1943 (Total 7) Folder 2. Military pictures of Army members (none of E.O.G.) (Total 7) Reprints: 1. Monument to 37l st Infantry (Bussy Farm, France) 2. Monument to 372nd Infantry (Plains of Monthois, France) 3. Army Color Guard 4. Military Police 5. Marching Brigade 6. Soldier with weapon 7. Soldier on guard Envelope 1. Military photographs ( (fragile) 1938 - 1957 (Total 17) Envelope 2. Military photographs - 1943, 1944, 1948 (Total 6) MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE: ALS, TLS, CTL, CTLS, ANS Folder 3. 1931-1939 (Total 12) Folder 4. 1940 - (Total 32) 1941 - (Total 50) Folder 5. 1942 - (Total 123) Folder 6. 1943 - (Total 50) Folder 7. 1944 Includes: Prose piece ADUTY@; Blank stationery of the 372nd Infantry (Total 64) Folder 8. 1944 & 1945 ATop Secret@ Files (Total 234) Map of Hawaii Folder 9. 1945 (Total 111) Folder 10. Army Commendation Ribbon May 8, 1945 to January 18, 1946 Printed document (not actual ribbon) Folder 11. 1946 (Total 67) Folder 12. 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 (Total 31) Folder 13. 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Total (126) MILITARY MISCELLANEOUS Envelope 3. Factual History of 372nd Infantry Completed Jan. 29, 1946 E.O.G.=s Small Arms Firing School Certificates, Camp Perry, Ohio 1931 and 1936 (2) Retired Reserve Certificate, United States Army 1957 Military - Discharge Papers in brown leather case 1947 (Total 5) Envelope 4. Copy of booklet AOn guard@ 372nd Infantry 1944 (Total 1 booklet) Envelope 5. Log Book 1945 -1946. All entries are hand written by E.O.G. Entry August 14, 1945 - AThe war is over@ Envelope 6. Log Book undated. All entries are hand written by E.O.G. PERSONAL PAPERS AND MISCELLANEOUS Folder 14. Material from 1997 Exhibit: Social Law Library - Harvard Law School Harvard Freshman Handbook 1917 - 1918 Photographs and negatives: Photographs: (Total 2) Formal student - Harvard University Very small photograph - high jumper (not E.O.G.) Negatives: (Total 40) E.O.G. as a student Harvard Freshman Handbook 1917 - 1918 (cover page) Preparing to run Harvard track Broad jump - Harvard Olympic athletes on ship board on way to Paris Olympics 1924 Article from Harvard Law School Record E.O.G. in casual military E.O.G. in formal military dress Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands with E.O.G. in uniform Invitation to event with E.O.G. and Paul Robeson as guest speakers Newspaper article - AColonel named to bench@ Newspaper article - AGourdin named to bench@ Newspaper article - AOlympic Champ Still Winning@ (appointment to bench) Governor and Mrs. Foster Furcolo and Judge and Mrs. Edward Gourdin at formal dinner (undated) Miscellaneous pieces in a collage setting: E.O.G.=s gavel, Olympic scrap book, Commendation ribbon, photographs EVENT INVITATIONS Folder 15. Various Invitations: Invitation for birthday party for Paul Robeson (undated) Invitation for Ceremonies dedicating the John F. Kennedy Memorial Stamp 1964 Invitation (in booklet form) for unveiling formal portrait of E.O.G. in Judicial Robes, 1997 (Total 3) FAMILY DOCUMENTS Folder 16. Personal Certificates: (Total 10) Hand written record of births 1847 - 1864 and deaths 1851 - 1900 (on Scrolled Victorian Paper - most fragile) Woman=s Service Club of Boston Certificate, Amelia Ponce. (Capital stock $25,000 1921) Birth Certificate: Elizabeth Ann Gourdin 1924 Baptisms: Amalia Gourdin 1938 Ann Garvin Gourdin 1932 Confirmations: Amalia Gourdin (2) 1938 Elizabeth Ann Gourdin 1938 Club Assembly for outstanding service to the community, to Judge Gourdin 1953 Folder 17. Certificate of Service 1947 Folder 18. 100th Anniversary Program for the Superior Court 1859n - 1959 Articles - magazine Folder 19. Death Certificate - July 21, 1966 Obituary (Total 2) Folder 20. Articles - magazine Harvard Magazine November - December 1997 Article about E.O.G. page 44, 45 Envelope 7. Articles - newspaper Copy of newspaper The Guardian 1958 Photograph and article about E.O.G. being named to the bench Thurgood Marshall is in picture (counsel for NAACP) (Total 1) Folder 21. Undated Correspondence (Total 172) Letter to Amelia Ponce from her father Riccardo R. Ponce Letter to E.O.G. from his mother Envelope 8. Formal picture of E.O.G. undated - Business attire Envelope 9. Photographs, E.O.G. at Harvard University From the magazine The Crisis Broad Jump 1921 Standing and preparing to run track Broad jump - in the air (2 copies) Small snapshot in AHA shirt (Harvard Athletic Association) (Total 5) Envelope 10. Photograph of E.O.G. and 3 other Harvard athletes - in wooden frame (undated) (Total 1) Envelope 11. Miscellaneous personal materials One small red booklet: Girl=s Latin School - AMy classmates@ - one of adult Amelia Gourdin Jan. 25, 1939 (20 photographs) Two negatives of E.O.G. and his car E.O.G. Harvard Stadium July 23, 1921 - winning broad jump - world=s record 25' 3" E.O.G. Assistant Attorney General (formal) E.O.G. in home, in garden, (summer of 1965) on porch (1953), at party E.O.G. formal photograph, young student E.O.G formal photograph, older man E.O.G. with Mayor Collins and other un-named dignitaries E.O.G. sitting on the bench with 7 other judges E.O.G. with Mayor Hynes, and unknown black gentleman E.O.G. With Governor Dever, his wife Amelia and son Edward, Jr . E.O.G.=s mother Felicia Mary Gourdin & eldest sister Florence Judge and Mrs. Forte in audience with the Pope (color photograph) Unknown young girl & gentleman Joanie? - spring 1960 Lamaden - Aearly in the morning - color photograph Magazine picture of unknown Judge in judicial robes Small photograph of Sy Carter in Liberia (APassed by U.S. Examiner, Base 202 written on back of photo) Small photograph of athlete with letter sweater AY@ Photograph of unknown judge in judicial robes in chambers Envelope 12. Trial List for Judge Gourdin 1961 (Total 1) Envelope 13. E.O.G.= death - July 21, 1966 (Total 12) Color photographs of actual burial, Cotuit Cemetery, Cape Cod, MA (9) 1 newspaper account of life and death of E.O.G. Color photographs of dedication of E.O.G. Square, Dorchester, with Amelia Gourdin and 2 unknown female relatives & Color Guard 1981 (2) Envelope 14. Correspondence from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge August 10, 1922 TLS (perhaps signature is a stamp?) Correspondence from Senator Edward M. Kennedy February 4,1963 TLS Correspondence from E.O.G. to Senator Edward M. Kennedy February 15, 1963 CTLS unsigned Correspondence from Speaker of the House, John W. McCormack, July 2, 1966 ALS with envelope (Total 4) BOX 2 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Folder 1. 1917, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1939 (Total 27) Folder 2. War Ration books (4) Immunization Registers (9) Report Cards (9) Various business cards (6) Miscellaneous documents (19) (Total 47) Folder 3. 1940, 1941, 1948 (Total 31) Folder 4. 1942 (Total 65) Folder 5. 1943 (Total 46) Folder 6. 1944 (Total 123) Folder 7. 1945 (Total 62) Folder 8. 1945 (Total 111) Folder 9. 1945 (Total 123) Folder 10. 1946 (Total 30) Folder 11. 1946 - 1947 (Total 142) Folder 12. 1947 (Total 25) Folder 13. 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 Papers for following properties: Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Cape Cod, MA Proposed conveyance, copy of description of deed agreement from Town of Bourne Selectmen Christ Church, Quincy, MA ( sold by the Barry family) Documents of purchase of land for Church, Summons Accounting records, Memorandums, Conveyance, Real Estate taxes for 1957, Architectural rendering for Quincy, MA location Correspondence regarding land at Popponesset, Falmouth, MA. Correspondence regarding Para Tours, Inc., Mattapan, MA Agreement for property in Braintree, MA Advance sheets for Appellate Tax Board, Commonwealth of MA, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Rockland, MA (Total 37) Folder 14. Estate papers of Sarah E. Wilson (Client) (Total 34) Folder 15. 1951, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1980 (Total 59) Folder 16. Judicial 1929 - 1965 (Total 62) Folder 17. Olympic - Letter written by Hazel Wightman - undated, torn (Total 63) Folder 18. Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth, Suffolk County, MA, - Florence H. Luscomb case 3/56 Massachusetts Law Quarterly 12/58 to 1/ 59 Eighty Six Devonshire, Inc. vs. Morris Shapiro, Tr. 10/63 Memorandum from Group Insurance Commission 11/64 Trail Judge=s Guide 2/66 Handwritten memo by E.O.G. regarding Williams Family Trust (Total 6) Folder 19. Schools materials from E.O.G., Mrs. E.O.G. and their four children - 1916- 1964 Elizabeth Ann, Amalia, Ann Garvin, Edward Orval, Jr. Stanton Grammar and High School, Florida 1916 The Jeremiah E. Burke School, Boston, MA 1944 Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 1943, 1944 Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 1941, 1942, 1943,1944, 1946 Edwards Scholarship Fund (for Wellesley College), 1942 ,1943, 1944 Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada 1944 Boston University, Boston, MA 1945, 1947 (Total 65) Folder 20.