Author
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Title
Mac Swinford Collection
Date
1932-1975
Repository
University of Kentucky Libraries, Special Collections,Lexington, KY 40506-0039
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation Note
[Identification of item], Mac Swinford Collection, 1932-1975, 96M4, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Extent
36 cubic ft.
Biography/History
Mac Swinford was born on December 22, 1899 in Cynthiana Kentucky. Upon graduating from Cynthiana High School in 1919 he attended the University of Virginia. He began law practice with his father, M. C. Swinford, after attaining his law degree in 1925. Like his father, Swinford served as a Kentucky State Representative from Harrison County in the Kentucky General Assembly from 1926 to 1928. He was appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky in 1933 and was named United States Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937. In 1963 he became chief judge of the Eastern District of Kentucky. He stepped down in 1969 although he continued to hear cases in the Eastern District until his death on February 3, 1975.
Swinford married Minnie Benton Peterson and was the father of five children, Mary Jouett (Judy) Swinford Reed, John McKee Swinford, who also served as state representative, Sarah Hanson Swinford Kinney, Alice Jane Swinford Kolbe, Ann Gregg Swinford Dunn. He enjoyed travel and literature, traveling extensively and forming a literary group called the Inquisitor's Club. He was also an avid fox hunter. Swinford's 1963 book, Kentucky Lawyer, presented a humorous take on the state's lawyers and courtroom stories. Swinford was active in the Cynthiana Presbyterian Church, serving as elder emeritus and teaching Sunday school classes for 38 years. Described as "an old-fashioned gentleman" who "never wanted to be anything but a lawyer," Swinford's 38-year judicial career was one of the longest of any federal judge.
Collection Inventory
Clippings Series, 1938-1981
Baseball - Clipping and Artwork
[box: 1]
Dam Projects - Articles and News Clippings, 1972-1974
[box: 1]
Garden Clubs, early 1970s
[box: 1]
General, 1965-1970
[box: 1]
General, 1971-1975
[box: 1]
Cissy Gregg
[box: 1]
Harrison County History
[box: 1]
Jack Jouett, Revolutionary War
[box: 1]
Kentucky Derby, Interview with Bill Hartack, April 19, 1970
[box: 1]
Miscellaneous
[box: 1]
Miss Lucy Peterson
[box: 1]
National Politics, 1965
[box: 1]
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Speeches 1938, Obituaries 1945
[box: 1]
M.C. Swinford
[box: 1]
Swinford Family, 1954-1981
[box: 1]
Tobacco
[box: 1]
Correspondence Series
Personal and Political 1932-1937
James Cleveland Matter, 1935
[box: 2]
"A-B" 1932-1937
[box: 2]
"B-C" 1932-1937
[box: 2]
"C-E" 1932-1937
[box: 2]
"F-G" 1932-1937
[box: 2]
"H-J" 1932-1937
[box: 2]
"K-L" 1932-1937
[box: 3]
"M-O" 1932-1937
[box: 3]
"P-R" 1932-1937
[box: 3]
"S" 1932-1937 (Folder A)
[box: 3]
"S" 1932-1937 (Folder B)
[box: 3]
"T-V" 1932-1937
[box: 3]
"W-Z" 1932-1937
[box: 3]
Personal and Political 1937-1975
"A"
[box: 4]
"B"
[box: 4]
"C" (Folder A)
[box: 4]
"C" (Folder B)
[box: 4]
"D"
[box: 4]
"E"
[box: 4]
"F"
[box: 4]
"G"
[box: 4]
"Get Wells" (Folder A)
[box: 4]
"Get Wells" (Folder B)
[box: 5]
"H"
[box: 5]
"I"
[box: 5]
"Insurance and Hospitalization"
[box: 5]
"Invitations"
[box: 5]
"J" - General
[box: 5]
"J" - Judicial Conferences
[box: 5]
"K"
[box: 6]
"Kentucky Lawyer" (Folder A)
[box: 6]
"Kentucky Lawyer" (Folder B)
[box: 6]
"L"
[box: 6]
"M" (Folder A)
[box: 6]
"M" (Folder B)
[box: 6]
Miscellaneous
[box: 6]
"N"
[box: 6]
"O"
[box: 6]
"Presbytery - 1969"
[box: 6]
"P"
[box: 6]
"R"
[box: 7]
"S" (Folder A)
[box: 7]
"S" (Folder B)
[box: 7]
"T"
[box: 7]
"U"
[box: 7]
"V"
[box: 7]
"W" (Folder A)
[box: 7]
"W" (Folder B)
[box: 7]
"X-Y"
[box: 7]
General Personal, Political and Academic Correspondence 1930s-1975
"A-B"
[box: 8]
"F-G" [No materials for C-E]
[box: 8]
"H"
[box: 8]
"I-L"
[box: 8]
"M"
[box: 8]
"T-V" [No materials for N-S]
[box: 8]
"W-Y"
[box: 8]
VIP Correspondence
Alben W. Barkley, 1934-1954
[box: 8]
VIP, 1934-1959
[box: 8]
VIP, 1960-1969
[box: 8]
VIP, 1970-1975
[box: 8]
VIP and Miscellaneous, 1937-1960
[box: 8]
Family History Series
Correspondence, 1869
[box: 9]
Edd R. Gregg - Account book/diary, 1941-1942
[box: 9]
Edd R. Gregg - Scrapbook contents (excluding photos)
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett Jenkins - "Biographical Sketch of Jonathan Edwards," 1941
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett Jenkins - Daughters of the American Revolution Application
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett Jenkins - "First Churches of Cynthiana"
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett [Jenkins] - "Floral Album"
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett Jenkins - "Great Pioneer Women of America"
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett Jenkins - History of Cynthiana
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett Jenkins - "Luther Rice: A Review of His Life," 1936
[box: 9]
Daisy Jouett Jenkins - Miscellaneous Writings
[box: 9]
McClintock Family History
[box: 9]
McKee Family - Clippings, 1911-1943
[box: 9]
McKee Family History (Folder A)
[box: 9]
McKee Family History (Folder B)
[box: 9]
Miscellaneous Family Writings
[box: 9]
Peterson/Swinford Correspondence and Writings
[box: 9]
Rankin Family History
[box: 9]
Swinford Family History - Correspondence, 1945-1981
[box: 9]
Swinford Family History - Clippings, Correspondence, Deeds, Poetry and Speeches, 1936-1973
[box: 10]
(Alice) Jane Swinford
[box: 10]
Allie McKee Swinford - Estate - Cancelled Checks
[box: 10]
Allie McKee Swinford - Estate - Settlement and Taxes
[box: 10]
Allie McKee Swinford - Estate - Stocks and Bonds, Correspondence
[box: 10]
Ann Gregg Swinford
[box: 10]
John Swinford
[box: 10]
McCauley C. Swinford (1857-1952) - Clippings, Eulogy, Genealogy
[box: 10]
McCauley C. Swinford (1857-1952) - Estate - Cancelled Checks
[box: 10]
McCauley C. Swinford (1857-1952) - Estate - Correspondence
[box: 10]
Mary Jouett Swinford Reed
[box: 10]
Sally Swinford - Includes Vassar College Materials
[box: 10]
Sarah Swinford
[box: 10]
Legal Series
General Legal Materials
"History of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky"
[box: 11]
Legal and Judicial Notebook (Folder A)
[box: 11]
Legal and Judicial Notebook (Folder B)
[box: 11]
Legal Precedent Files (Folder A)
[box: 11]
Legal Precedent Files (Folder B)
[box: 11]
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit - Draft Opinions With Swinford's Comments (Folder A)
[box: 12]
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit - Draft Opinions With Swinford's Comments (Folder B)
[box: 12]
Unites States District Attorney Nomination - Correspondence and Endorsements, 1932-1933 (Folder A)
[box: 12]
United States District Attorney Nomination - Correspondence and Endorsements, 1932-1933 (Folder B)
[box: 12]
United States Supreme Court - Drafts and Final Opinions, 1967-1974
[box: 12]
University of Kentucky - American Association of University Professors, J.W. Patterson, et. al. vs. Louie B. Nunn, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Otis Singletary, President of the University of Kentucky - Ruling, May 14, 1970
[box: 12]
Legal Daybooks
1938
[box: 13]
1943
[box: 13]
1944
[box: 13]
1945
[box: 13]
1946
[box: 14]
1947
[box: 14]
1948
[box: 14]
1949
[box: 14]
1950
[box: 15]
1951
[box: 15]
1952
[box: 15]
1953
[box: 15]
1954
[box: 16]
1955
[box: 16]
1956
[box: 16]
1958
[box: 16]
Personal Series
Antiques - Correspondence
[box: 17]
Automobile - Bill of Sale, Invoice, 1967 and 1973
[box: 17]
Bills, 1975
[box: 17]
Bills, 1974 (Folder A)
[box: 17]
Bills, 1974 (Folder B)
[box: 17]
Bills, 1973
[box: 17]
Bills, 1972
[box: 17]
Bills, 1971
[box: 17]
Bills, 1970
[box: 17]
Bills, 1965-1969
[box: 17]
Cattle - Newsletters, Registrations, Vaccinations
[box: 18]
The Chase Magazine - Correspondence
[box: 18]
Check Stubs, 1966-1968
[box: 18]
China Trip - Application for Tour Membership
[box: 18]
Derby Breakfast Invitations, 1973-1974
[box: 18]
"Fan Mail" (Negative Letters Rec'd) (Folder A)
[box: 18]
"Fan Mail" (Negative Letters Rec'd) (Folder B)
[box: 18]
"Fan Mail" (Negative Letters Rec'd) (Folder C)
[box: 18]
"Farm - 1964" (Papers 1961-1965)
[box: 19]
"Farm - 1966"
[box: 19]
"Farm - 1967-1968"
[box: 19]
"Farm - 1969/Miscellaneous Farm Papers"
[box: 19]
Farm Information, 1969-1971
[box: 19]
"Farm - 1970"
[box: 19]
"Farm - 1971"
[box: 19]
"Farm - 1972, No Misc. for '73"
[box: 19]
"Farm - 1972" - "Tobacco" (Contains Materials 1972-1973)
[box: 19]
"Misc. - Farm - 1974"
[box: 19]
Hiram Church Ford - Memorial Service, Oct. 6, 1969
[box: 19]
Foxhounds - Correspondence and Veterinary Bills
[box: 19]
Fox Hunting Correspondence, 1937-1950 (Folder A)
[box: 19]
Fox Hunting Correspondence, 1937-1950 (Folder B)
[box: 19]
Furniture Receipt, 1970
[box: 20]
Inquisitor's Club - By-laws and Program Schedules, 1943-1973
[box: 20]
Inquisitor's Club - Correspondence and Clippings, 1943, 1966-1969
[box: 20]
Horses - Correspondence, Catalogs, Clippings, Transfer Forms
[box: 20]
Hound Pedigree Charts
[box: 20]
Kentucky Lawyer - Corrected Manuscript
[box: 20]
Kentucky Lawyer - Corrections and Suggestions
[box: 20]
Kentucky Lawyer - Correspondence, 1963
[box: 20]
Kentucky Lawyer - Correspondence and Royalty Statements
[box: 20]
Kentucky Lawyer - Critical and Congratulatory Correspondence (Folder A)
[box: 20]
Kentucky Lawyer - Critical and Congratulatory Correspondence (Folder B)
[box: 20]
Kentucky Lawyer - Draft with Marginal Notes
[box: 21]
Kentucky Lawyer - Manuscript
[box: 21]
Kentucky Lawyer - Notes and Handwritten Drafts
[box: 21]
Kentucky Lawyer - Proofs
[box: 21]
Kentucky Lawyer - Proofs
[box: 21]
Kentucky State Foxhunter's Association, 1936
[box: 21]
Lord Halifax - Correspondence 1944-1946, Details of Cynthiana Hunting Trip
[box: 21]
Marriage Certificate and Wedding Invitations
[box: 21]
Miscellaneous Memorabilia
[box: 21]
Notes and Clippings (Folder A)
[box: 22]
Notes and Clippings (Folder B)
[box: 22]
Notes and Clippings (Folder C)
[box: 22]
Notebook
[box: 22]
Passports
[box: 22]
Personal Correspondence, 1969-1975
[box: 22]
Red Gate Farm - Order Books, 1945-1957
[box: 22]
Red Gate Farm - Order Books, 1957-1973
[box: 22]
Mac Swinford Scrapbook Items (Removed from Mac Swinford Scrapbook - Excludes Photographs)
[box: 23]
Short Story Manuscripts, Early 1930s (Folder A)
[box: 23]
Short Story Manuscripts, Early 1930s (Folder B)
[box: 23]
Social Security Card and Account Statements
[box: 23]
Tobacco Way Bills, Jan. 1970
[box: 23]
Travel
[box: 23]
University of Virginia
[box: 23]
Vacation Journal (England, France), June-July 1955
[box: 23]
Vacation Journal (Switzerland, Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan), July-August 1955
[box: 23]
Vacation Journal (Jordan, Israel, Greece, Spain) August-September 1955
[box: 23]
John Yost - Correspondence and Memorabilia
[box: 23]
Presbyterian Church Series
Cynthiana Presbyterian Church - 1966 Budget Proposal
[box: 24]
Cynthiana Presbyterian Church - Congregational and Legal Business, 1966-1972 (Folder A)
[box: 24]
Cynthiana Presbyterian Church - Congregational and Legal Business, 1966-1972 (Folder B)
[box: 24]
Cynthiana Presbyterian Church - Congregational and Legal Business, 1966-1972 (Folder C)
[box: 24]
Cynthiana Presbyterian Church - Congregational and Legal Business, 1966-1972 (Folder D)
[box: 24]
Correspondence, Clippings, Orders of Service, Proposals, 1969-1973
[box: 24]
"General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church" - 1969 (Folder A)
[box: 25]
"General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church" - 1969 (Folder B)
[box: 25]
"General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church" - 1969 (Folder C)
[box: 25]
Miscellaneous - Cynthiana Presbyterian Church
[box: 25]
Publications Series
American Bar Association - Lawyer's Economic Problems and Some Bar Association Solutions
[box: 26]
American Bar Association Journal, October 1929
[box: 26]
J. Winston Coleman - Lincoln and "Old Buster", February 1944
[box: 26]
Cooperative News, January 1963
[box: 26]
Courier-Journal, Centennial Edition 1968
[box: 26]
Homer Cummings - The State of Connecticut vs. Harold Israel
[box: 26]
Sam Ervin, Jr. and Ramsey Clark - Role of the Supreme Court: Policymaker or Adjudicator?, 1970
[box: 26]
Grand Lodge of Kentucky Daily Proceedings, October 16, 1928
[box: 26]
Charles A. Graves - Questions on Evidence, 1916
[box: 26]
Harrison Memorial Hospital Building Program and Miscellaneous Information
[box: 26]
A History of the Democratic Party
[box: 26]
"A Hunting We Will Go - Chagrin Valley Hunt, 1946"
[box: 26]
"Kentucky - Walt Whitman's Uncompleted Poem" 1960
[box: 26]
Kentucky Bar Journal, April 1973
[box: 26]
Kentucky State Bar Journal, March 1963
[box: 26]
Kentucky State Bar Journal, March 1954
[box: 26]
Legal Brief for the Appellee - United States Circuit Court of Appeals - Pharoah W. Johnson et. al. vs. United States, 1935
[box: 27]
"Let It Be"
[box: 27]
Masonic Home Journal, April 1, 1956
[box: 27]
"175th Anniversary of Harrison County"
[box: 27]
Presbyterian Survey, August 1952
[box: 27]
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, October 1974
[box: 27]
Bird Wells Rice - One Dozen Rhymes, 1935
[box: 27]
Robertson County Review, July 1971
[box: 27]
Seventy-Fourth Annual Report of the Cynthiana Public Schools, 1946
[box: 27]
Smith's Diagram of Parliamentary Rules, 1883
[box: 27]
Bertha Spafford Vester - What is the American Colony? ca. 1953
[box: 27]
University of Kentucky Libraries Bulletin XVII - "Writings on Kentucky History," 1955
[box: 27]
Speech Series
Law Day Banquet - University of Kentucky, n.d
[box: 28]
Miscellaneous, n.d
[box: 28]
"Oil" - Inquisitor's Club, n.d
[box: 28]
Annual Jackson Day Dinner Address - Covington KY, January 1934
[box: 28]
"The Lawyer's Oath" - (Location Unknown), 1939
[box: 28]
"The Constitution of the United States" - Daughters of the American Revolution, Cynthiana KY, ca. 1939
[box: 28]
Presbyterian Synod Meeting Speech - Jackson KY, October 1939
[box: 28]
"Globolony" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1944
[box: 28]
Memorial Day Service - Cynthiana KY, December 1944
[box: 28]
"Our American Forests" - Inquisitor's Club, ca. 1944-1945
[box: 28]
"Cynthiana - Whither Bound" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1946
[box: 28]
"Some of the Factors for Consideration in Determining a Judgement in a Criminal Case" - Eighth Annual Conference of the Federal Judges of the Sixth Judicial Circuit - Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1947
[box: 28]
"The Judicial Process in Federal District Court" - University of Kentucky, October 1947
[box: 28]
Commencement Speech - Chase Law School(?) ca. late 1940s, early 1950s
[box: 28]
"Justice - Can it be Improved?" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1950
[box: 28]
"Democracy" - (Location Unknown), ca. 1950-1951
[box: 28]
"A World Without Fear" - Inquisitor's Club, December 1951
[box: 28]
"The Church and the World" - General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, June 1952
[box: 28]
"Honorable Mayor and 'My Countrymen'" - July 1952
[box: 28]
"Our Obligation" - New Orleans Presbyterians Layman's Association - February 1953
[box: 28]
"Address to Naturalized Citizens" - Owensboro KY, February 1953
[box: 28]
"Faith - What is its Value?" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1954
[box: 28]
Younger Lawyer's Conference - Louisville KY, April 1954
[box: 28]
"The United Nations 10th Anniversary" - (Location Unknown), 1955
[box: 28]
"An Ancient Culture in the Ohio Valley" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1955
[box: 28]
"Education - A National Obligation" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1956
[box: 28]
Fayette County Bar Association Speech, January 1957
[box: 28]
"Soil Stewardship" - Kentucky Department of Conservation, May 1957
[box: 28]
"Christian Citizenship" - Centre College, June 1957
[box: 29]
"Self-Incrimination" - (No Location), cd. 1958
[box: 29]
"The Value of Partisanship" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1958
[box: 29]
"Mr. Justice Samuel Freeman Miller" - Madison County Historical Society, April 4, 1958
[box: 29]
"Moon Contact" - Inquisitor's Club, ca. January 1959
[box: 29]
"Crowded Ways" - Sons of the Revolution - Lexington KY, April 1959
[box: 29]
"Transportation - An Important Public Problem" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1960
[box: 29]
"The Judicial Obligation" - Judicial Conference - Kentucky, April 5 1960
[box: 29]
"The Coming Political Breakthrough" - Inquisitor's Club, July 1960
[box: 29]
"Who Makes Our Laws Today? A Review of Legislation by Treaty and Court Decision" - Daughters of the American Revolution, Georgetown KY, January 3 1961
[box: 29]
"Consolidation County and City Schools" - Cynthiana P.T.A. ca 1962
[box: 29]
"Our Rendezvous With Destiny" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1962
[box: 29]
"The Judicial Process in Federal District Court" - Centre College, November 27-1962
[box: 29]
"Cuba and American Imperialism" - Inquisitor's Club, January 1964
[box: 29]
Commencement Address - Newport High School, May 1964
[box: 29]
Commencement Speech - Chase School of Law, June 1 1965
[box: 29]
"Not Enough Government" - Inquisitor's Club, December 1965
[box: 29]
"Not by the Sword" - Inquisitor's Club, November 1967
[box: 29]
"Law Enforcement" - Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce,April 1968
[box: 30]
Judicial Conference for the Sixth Circuit Court - Lexington, May 1968
[box: 30]
"Our Crime Problem" - Inquisitors Club, January 1970
[box: 30]
"The United States Political Scene" - Inquisitors Club,October 1971
[box: 30]
"Church and State" - (Location unknown), ca. 1972
[box: 30]
"The First Judiciary Act" - Lexington, October 1972
[box: 30]
"Watergate" - Inquisitors Club, October 1973
[box: 30]
Minnie Benton (Peterson) Swinford Series
Christian Children's Fund
[box: 31]
Financial Records - Miscellaneous
[box: 31]
Financial Records - National Bank of Cynthiana
[box: 31]
Insurance Records
[box: 31]
Miscellaneous Personal Items
[box: 31]
Social Security/AARP Records
[box: 31]
Rolled Items/Memorabilia Series
"Licks and Springs of Kentucky" by Daisy Jouett Jenkins, n.d
[box: 32]
"Historical Sketch of Early Cynthiana and Harrison County" by Daisy Jouett Jenkins, 1930
[box: 32]
Daughters of the American Revolution Certificate, Daisy Jouett Jenkins
[box: 32]
"History of Harrison County" by Daisy Jouett Jenkins, 1949
[box: 32]
"Heraldic Arms" by Daisy Jouett Jenkins, 1932
[box: 32]
"Where Lies the Land to Which Our Ships Must Go?" by Allie T. McKee
[box: 32]
"Early Baptist Churches of Harrison County" by Daisy Jouett Jenkins, 1933
[box: 32]
McKee Family History
[box: 32]
Catechism Certificates for Alice Jane and Mary Swinford
[box: 32]
Diploma - John McKee Swinford - Cynthiana High School, 1950
[box: 32]
Diploma - Minnie Benton Peterson, University of Kentucky, 1924
[box: 32]
Watch Chain Containing Two Photographs
[box: 32]
1972 Bicentennial Coin
[box: 32]
Two Bottles Which At One Time Contained Jordan River Water
[box: 32]
Sand Dollar
[box: 32]
Woven Bookmark
[box: 32]
Name Tag From 80th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
[box: 32]
Engraved Printing Plate for Mrs. Mac Swinford
[box: 32]
Engraved Printing Plate for John McKee Swinford
Photographic Series
[box: 33, 34, 35, 36]
Scrapbook (1) - Obituaries and memorial service memorabilia