Martin Finding Aids

Scope and Content Note:

The papers and affects of Joseph W. Martin, Jr., longtime Congressman and Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, were deposited as Speaker Martin had bequeathed in the College's Cushing-Martin Library in 1969 and 1975 by his brother, Edward E. Martin. The Collection of approximately 18,000 items in now preserved in and accessible to scholars and the general public through the archives of the Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Law and Society. There are no restrictions on the use of the papers.

Container List:

• Box 001-052      Correspondence 1920-1968
• Box 053-071      Speeches and Press Releases (Public Papers) 1916-1967
• Box 072-073      Diaries and Appointment Books
• Box 074-075      Trips Abroad/Around the World
• Box 078-079      Republican National Committee Publications 1940-1958
• Box 080-082      Congressional Records (Saved by JWM) 1916-1936
• Box 083              Congressional Hearing Reports 1918-1934
• Box 084-091       Photographs
• Box 092-093       Guest Books
• Box 094              Congressional Tributes at Time of Defeat
• Box 095              Congressional Tributes at Time of Death
• Box 096-101       Articles by or About JWM 1927-1971
• Box 102              Miscellaneous
• Box 103              Newsclippings 1920s-1994
• Box 104-131       Scrapbooks 1911-1966

Requests for information can be submitted via email to the College Archivist, Nicole Casper at ncasper@stonehill.edu or 508.565.1396.