Maryland State Archives

"Tennis, Everyone?" The Sun, 24 April 2003.

COURT OF APPEALS CASE MATERIALS:

COURT OF APPEALS (Briefs) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA T 2088, 1/65/5/27]

COURT OF APPEALS (Transcripts) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA S 434, 1/67/11/32]

COURT OF APPEALS (Miscellaneous Papers) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA S 397, 1/65/8/17]

COURT OF APPEALS (Opinions) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA S 393, 1/66/6/17]

COURT OF APPEALS (U.S. Supreme Court Appeals) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA S 450, 1/66/7/35]

BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT MATERIALS:

BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Criminal Docket) 1948/05-1948/08, pps. 191-194 [MSA C 1849-163, 3/30/5/18]

BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Criminal Papers) May 1948 Term, Box 489 Indictment nos. 3069-3089 [MSA T 495-493, HF/3/27/73]

Note: Large file

Smith Act Protest poster

Note: No reference to this case found in the finding aid for BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Transcripts) MSA T 496. This may be because transcripts were found at the appellate level.

Attorney General case file no. 6870-1949; unable to locate in finding aid to Case Files.

Other Baltimore City Records:

Baltimore City Archives, Mayor's Office, D'Alesandro, Jr. Administrative Files, 1947-1953, Negroes, box no. 282 [BRG9-23-22-3, BC/01/01/054].

Baltimore City Archives, Mayor's Office, D'Alesandro, Jr. Administrative Files, 1948, Inter-racial relations, file no. 93, box no. 276 [BRG9-23-16-8, BC/01/01/048].

Baltimore City Archives, Department of Recreation and Parks, Meeting Minutes, Board of Park Commissioners, 1946-1951 [BRG51-5-12, BC/21/04/028].

Unable to locate any BC Solicitor casefile.

Newspaper Coverage

"24 Defy Jim Crow Law, Arrested." Baltimore Afro-American, 17 July 1948.

"To Face Issues in Tennis Case." Baltimore Afro-American, 31 July 1948.

"Where Does the Mayor Stand?" Baltimore Afro-American, 31 July 1948

"'Guilty' Tennis Players to Try Again." Baltimore Afro-American, 6 November 1948.

"Half Million Dollar Suit Demand End of Jim Crow. Afro-American (National edition), 18 September 1948.

"Menken Calls Tennis Order Silly, Nefarious." The Sun, 9 November 1948.
H.L. Menken's last column, criticizing the case.

"Retrial Sought by Players in Mixed Tennis Matches. Afro-American (National edition), 13 November 1948.

"2nd Interracial Tennis Party Repulsed at Park." Afro-American (National edition), 27 November 1948.

"Ruling in Tennis Case Scheduled." Baltimore Afro-American, 22 January 1949.

Morris, Mae. "They Say Time Not Ripe for Integration." Baltimore Afro-American, 28 May 1949.

"Disturb Whose Peace?" Baltimore Afro-American, 15 October 1949.

"Lawyers Study Next Step in Fighting Park JC Here." Baltimore Afro-American, 2 January 1951.

The Baltimore City Park Board maintained scrapbooks of articles relating to Baltimore City parks. They are at the Baltimore City Archives, BCA_BRG51_1 and the series unit for the period of the protest is BCA_BRG51_1_27, which covers the period October 1947 through December 1948. A sample pdf is uploaded here.

COURT OF APPEALS (Briefs), Clark vs. Maryland Institute, April Term 1898, April Term 1898 Case No. 9, pages 1-25, (borrowed from COA)
Baltimore City Superior Court Records
Appellant's Brief
Appellee's Brief

COURT OF APPEALS (Minutes) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, Volume JFF 1 pp. 398 and 432 [MSA S424, 1/66/12/45]

COURT OF APPEALS (Opinions) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, April Term 1898 Case No. 9 [MSA S393, 1/65/13/63]

COURT OF APPEALS (Docket) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, April Term 1898 No. 9, Volume AR 1 folio 28, [MSA S412, 1/66/14/45]

COURT OF APPEALS (Docket) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, January Term 1898, Volume AR 1 page 11, [MSA S412, 1/66/14/45]

COURT OF APPEALS (Docket) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, October Term 1897, Volume JFF 1 page 449, [MSA S412, 1/66/14/44]

BALTIMORE CITY SUPERIOR COURT (Cases Instituted) Number 504, Clark vs. Maryland Institute, 1897 [MSA C1497, MdHR 50,336-49, 2/16/11/35]

COURT OF APPEALS (Maryland Reports) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, Volume 87 pp. 643-664, 2/6/10/26.

U.S. Supreme Court -

Reported Opinions:

Bell v. Maryland, 378 U.S. 226, 12 L. Ed. 2d 822, 84 S. Ct. 1814 (1964).
Lexis Opinion
Shepard's results as of 2/5/2007

Westlaw Opinion
KeyCite Citing References as of 2/6/2007

Briefs: (Note: See also Kurland's Landmark Briefs... and ATTORNEY GENERAL (Case file) for more complete briefs for this case.)
• Brief of Respondent, 25 September 1963 (Downloaded from Westlaw)
• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae, 1963 (Downloaded from Westlaw)

Maryland Court of Appeals -

Reported Opinions:
• Bell v. State, 236 Md. 356, 204 A.2d 54 (1964).
  Lexis Opinion
  Shepard's results as of 2/5/2007

  Westlaw Opinion
  KeyCite Citing References as of 2/6/2007

• Bell v. State, 227 Md. 302, 176 A.2d 771 (1962).
  Lexis Opinion
  Shepard's results as of 2/6/2007

  Westlaw Opinion
  KeyCite Citing References as of 2/6/2007

Appellate Court Records:
• COURT OF APPEALS (Records and Briefs) Bell et al. v. Maryland, 1961, Sept. Term 91 [MSA S1733-1658, 1/27/5/88]
• Brief of Appellants on Remand, Filed 31 August 1964. (Borrowed from the Court of Appeals.)
  
• Brief of Appellees on Remand, Filed 10 September 1964. (Borrowed from the Court of Appeals.)

Other sources -

ATTORNEY GENERAL (Case file) Robert Mack Bell, et al. v. State, Box 92 File No. 4975-61 [MSA T2261-112, HF/5/13/19]

Link to Documents for the Classroom "Is Baltimore Burning?" with materials re: Bell v. Maryland
http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1259/121/2395/html/0000.html

William Reynolds. "The Legal History of the Great Sit-In Case of Bell v. Maryland," 61 Md. L. Rev. 761 (2002).
Lexis
Westlaw

Philip B. Kurland and Gerhard Casper, eds., Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States: Constitutional Law, Vol. 59 (Arlington, VA: University Publications of America, 1975), 143-584.

Green v. Samuelson (168 Md. 421)

BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT (Equity Papers A, Miscellaenous) Aaron Samuelson, et al. vs. Tony Green, et al., and Billie Ethel Hark, et al. vs. Tony Green, et al., 1934, Box 3955 File Nos. A 19399 and A 19400 [MSA T 53-4409, 3/9/6/16]

Edward Meade v. Mary Estelle Dennistone et al. (1937)173 MD 295

Related Materials:

COURT OF APPEALS (Opinions) October 1937 term, Case No. 26 MSA S 393-237

COURT OF APPEALS (Briefs) October 1937 term, Case No. 26 MSA T 2088

BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT (Equity Papers A, Miscellaneous) Case No. 21953 MSA T 53-54595

Biography of William A. C. Hughes , Jr. (1905-1966)

For the best overview of resources related to the Murray case see: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/specialcollections/murray/ prepared by Bill Sleeman.

The user name and password for access to the documents on the Maryland State Archives web site are: aaco/aaco#

"Citizens Battle Speedway Plan." Baltimore Afro American 21 February 1948. (Source: Scrapbook page from the private collection of Michael Mitchell.)

Trial court records:

BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2 (Equity Docket A) Chissell, et al. v. Mayor and City Council, 1948, Liber 57A, p. 297, case no. 29495A [MSA T996-58, 1/40/10/51]

BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2 (Equity Papers A) Chissell, et al. v. Mayor and City Council, 1948, box no. 26, case no. 29495A [MSA T56-2392, 3/25/1/46]
Part 1 Part 2

Appellate court records:

COURT OF APPEALS (Opinions) Chissell, et al. v. Mayor and City Council, 1949, October Term, no. 9, MdHR 11,518-1 [MSA S393-267, 01/66/06/017]

COURT OF APPEALS (Records and Briefs) Chissell, et al. v. Mayor and City Council, 1949, October Term, no. 9 [MSA S1799-1267, 01/27/03/064]

COURT OF APPEALS (Miscellaneous Papers) Chissell, et al. v. Mayor and City Council, 1949, October Term, no. 9, MdHR 11,484-1 [MSA S397-123, 01/65/08/017]

Baltimore City Archives records:

Baltimore City Law Department, case files, R. Garland Chissell et al. vs. Mayor and City Council, Bill to restrain enforcement of ordinance 169, 1948- Druid Hill Ave. & McCulloh Street- one way streets, box no. 809, file no. 82736A [MSA BRG13-2-49-1, BC/30/15/043].

Baltimore City Law Department, case files, R. Garland Chissell et al. vs. Mayor and City Council, Bill to restrain enforcement of ordinance 169, 1948- Druid Hill Ave. & McCulloh Street- one way streets, box no. 809, file no. 82736B [MSA BRG13-2-49-1, BC/30/15/043].

Baltimore City Law Department, case files, R. Garland Chissell et al. vs. Mayor and City Council, Bill to restrain enforcement of ordinance 169, 1948- Druid Hill Ave. & McCulloh Street- one way streets, box no. 810, file no. 82736C [MSA BRG13-2-49-2, BC/30/15/044].

See also R. Garland Chissell, et al v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Papers Collection, MSA SC 5905.

Scanned as msaref 5458-51-3808

Margaret Williams, infant, by Joshua B. Williams, Jr., her father and next friend, and Joshua B. Williams, Jr., individually vs. David W. Zimmerman, Clarence G. Cooper, Henry M. Warfield, et al.

BALTIMORE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Miscellaneous Docket) Margaret Williams, et al. v. David W. Zimmerman, et al., Docket WPC 3 pp., 1937 245 and 291, Case no. 198 [MSA C 387-3, 2/49/12/20]

COURT OF APPEALS (Briefs) Margaret Williams, et al. v. David W. Zimmerman, et al., April Term 1938 No. 28 [MSA T 2088, 1/53/5]

• Transcript of Record from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County
  
  • Testimony of Joshua B. Williams, Jr.
    
  • Testimony of David W. Zimmerman
    
  • Testimony of Clarence G. Cooper
    
  • Testimony of Henry M. Warfield
    
  • Testimony of John T. Herschner
    
  • Additional testimony of David W. Zimmerman
    
  • Testimony of Dr. Francis M. Woods
    
  • Testimony of Violet May Taylor
    
  • Testimony of Elijah L. Gwynn
    
  • Testimony of M. Anne Grace
    
  • Testimony of Nellie B. Gray
    
  • Testimony of Eliza Merritt
    
  • Testimony of Bessie C. Stern
    
  • Testimony of Emilio Cruz
    
  • Testimony of Mrs. Carry Frances Hasty
    
  • Testimony of Thomas G. Pullen, Jr.
    
  • Testimony of Dr. Robert W. Davids
    
  • Additional testimony Nellie B. Gray
    
  • Testimony of Rev. James E. Lee
    
  • Testimony of Dr. Albert S. Cook
    
  • Exhibits
    
• Appellants' Brief
  
• Brief Upon Behalf of Appellees

COURT OF APPEALS (Opinions) Margaret Williams, infant, by Joshua B. Williams, Jr., her father and next friend, and Joshua B. Williams, Jr., individually vs. David W. Zimmerman, Clarence G. Cooper, Henry M. Warfield, et al., April Term 1937 No. 28 [MSA S 393-236, 1/65/14/85]

COURT OF APPEALS (Maryland Reports) 172 Md. 563 MdHR 821528, Location: 02/06/10/46, J848

Biographical materials relating to Margaret Williams and her family taken from Louis Diggs, In Our Voices.

"Margaret W. Rose, 84, subject of pre-'Brown' education case." The Baltimore Sun, 18 February 2006.

Ecpclio 5339-62-9.

Ecpclio 5339-116-28.

Ecpclio 5339-116-29.

Ecpclio 5339-116-109.

Ecpclio 5339-116-110. Zimmerman Case related to the integration of Catonsville High School: Begin with the document packet at http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net.

All cases should be placed in the historical context of their day, utilizing the newspaper resources that are on line and available at the Pratt Library. Students are encouraged to get a Pratt Library card if they do not have one already.

Images of the Afro American are

1) on line through the Afro's web site, with the same images available through Google's news archives

2) Proquest (a commercial service available for free on the Pratt Library site with a Pratt library card; features only the National Edition)

3) in images that reflect their sequence on the security microfilm scans of the Pratt Library, in the possession of the Maryland State Archives, encompassing the late Baltimore City editions.

4)images of the National Edition, 1893-1921

The Baltimore Afro

Purchased by the Maryland State Archives
Security Images from microfilm, available for reference at the Archives and for personal educational use only.
Not to be distributed for sale or for commercial use.

The images are presented as they appear on the microfilm without alteration. The image labels reflect the microfilm accessioning assigned by the Maryland State Archives to its security microfilm as part of the on-going cooperative program to preserve master security electronic and microfilm images of newspapers and periodicals relating to Maryland in the permanent electronic archives of the state. They are presented here in an ebook format developed by the State Archivist designed to provide researchers with the ability to transcribe, annotate, and index the images on line in an effort to enhance access and the educational value of the collection. The transcription and editing functions can only be used when the ebook is accessed by an on-line browser (Firefox is recommended) and are restricted to personal, educational, non-commercial use. The image labels may be used as a standard reference citation.

Note that the jump script at the top and bottom of the page will only work within a reel of film and not across reels of film.

Bill Sleeman provides a very good overview of resources at the Marshall library and will be working with the Seminar beginning February 1.

Students will also be expected to provide biographical sketches of the lawyers and judges as appendices to their papers.