Judge Morris S. Arnold Papers

M91-02

 

Judge Arnold’s papers were received on January 26, 1991.  The Morris S. Arnold papers consist of 12 family scrapbooks dating from 1903 through the 1940’s.  The collection also contains his memorandum opinions in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas from 1985-1992, and the United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit from 1992 to present.  The UCA Archives continually receives his opinions and updates this collection periodically.

 

Arnold holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  He also has a master’s degree and a doctorate from Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Arnold was Dean of the Indiana School of Law at Bloomington.  He resigned in 1985 to accept the Federal Judgeship in the Western District of Arkansas.  A conservative Republican, Judge Arnold was appointed to the federal bench by former President Reagan.

 

Birth Place: Texarkana, Texas – 1941

  

Arrangement

 

This collection is arranged in 2 series and is chronological and alphabetically sorted where possible.

 

 

(Note: When requesting material, please specify #M91-2, Series #, Box #, and File #)

 

  

 

Tracings

 

1.      Arnold, Morris S.

2.      Courts

3.      Courts, Arkansas

4.      Courts, Federal

5.      Courts, Judge Morris Arnold

6.      Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals

7.      Colonial Arkansas – 1686-1804; A Social and Cultural History (F411.A788 1991)

8.      Arkansas Colonials (F4111.A7 A8 1986)

9.      Unequal Laws Unto a Savage Race (KFA 3638.A76 1985)

10.  Accident, Mistake, and Rules of Liability in The Fourteenth Century Law of Torts

11.  Arkansas Before the American (contribution on page 1 and Chapter 5-page 69)

12.  The Arkansas Colonial Legal System 1686-1766

13.  The Rumble of a Distant Drum: The Quapaws and Old World Newcomers 1673-1804

 

  

 

Series I

Box I

 

File 1 – Scrapbook #1  (1903-1947)

 

File 2 – Scrapbook #3  (1915-1920)

 

File 3 – Scrapbook #4  (1920-1922)

 

File 4 – Scrapbook #5  (1922-1924)

 

End of Box 1

 

 

Series 1

Box 2

                       

File 1 – Scrapbook #7  (1929-1932)

 

File 2 – Scrapbook #8  (1932-1940)

 

File 3 – Scrapbook #11  (1936)

 

File 4 – Scrapbook #12  (1936-1940)

 

End of Box 2

 

 

Series 1

Box 3

Over-sized books

 

File 1 – Scrapbook #2  (1909-1915)

 

File 2 – Scrapbook #6  (1924-1929)

 

            File 3 – Scrapbook #9  (1932-1933)

 

            File 4 – Scrapbook #10  (1934-1935)

           

            End of Box 3

 

 

Series I

Box 4

 

File 1 – Copy of Scrapbook #1  (1903-1947)

 

File 2 – Copy of Scrapbook #2  (1909-1915)

 

File 3 – Copy of Scrapbook #3  (1915-1920)

 

File 4 – Copy of Scrapbook #4  (1920-1922)

 

File 5 – Copy of Scrapbook #5  (1922-1924)

 

File 6 – Copy of Scrapbook #6  (1924-1929)

 

End of Box 4

 

 

Series I

Box 5

 

File 1 – Copy of Scrapbook #7  (1929-1932)

 

File 2 – Copy of Scrapbook #8, Gas Rate Litigation by W.H. Arnold (19321940)

 

File 3 – Copy of Scrapbook #9  (1932-1933)

 

File 4 – Copy of Scrapbook #10  (1934-1935)

 

File 5 – Copy of Scrapbook #11  (1936)

 

File 6 – Copy of Scrapbook #12  (1936-1940)

 

End of Box 5

 

 

Series I

Box 6

 

File 1 – Copy of the book The Arnold Family by W.H. Arnold (Grandfather of Morris S. Arnold) – published 1935

 

File 2 – Letters, Memorabilia, and Photos from Scrapbook #1 kept by Mrs. Morris     (Lucile) Sheppard – 1903-1947

 

File 3 – Memorial address on the “Life and Character of John L. Sheppard” delivered by a Representative from Texas in The House of Representative and The Senate, 57th Congress, 2nd Session – Jan. 25, 1903

 

File 4 – William H. Arnold, Western Military Academy – June 9,1909

 

File 5 – Fraternal and Other Addresses by Morris Sheppard, 2nd Edition – 1941

 

File 6 – Women’s Suffrage, Amendment #XIX (2 copies) – Aug. 26, 1920

 

File 7 – Memorabilia from Scrapbook #5 – 1923

 

File 8 – Memorabilia, letters, etc. from Scrapbook #6 – 1924-1929

 

File 9 – Bryan’s undelivered speech arraigning evolution and its exponents –

July 29, 1925

 

File 10 – Memorabilia from Scrapbook #7 – June 1929 to Nov. 1932

 

File 11 – Official Ballot, Democratic Primary Election – Aug. 9, 1932

(Note: National Committeeman-Brooks Hays, National Committeewoman – Mrs. William H. Arnold)

 

File 12 – Invitation and Inauguration Ceremonies Program to the Inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt – March 4, 1933

 

File 13 – Memorabilia and photos from Scrapbook #10 – May 1933-1936

 

File 14 – In memoriam of David Christopher Arnold – 1896-1936

 

File 15 – Memorabilia from Scrapbook #11 – 1936-1938

 

File 16 – American Bar Association (Proceedings of the House of Delegates) –

            Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, 1937

  

File 17 – Memorabilia from Scrapbook #12 – Oct. 1937-1941

 

File 18 – Memorial address for late Senator Morris Sheppard from Texas, delivered in the 77th Congress, 1st Session – Thurs., May 8, 1941

 

File 19A – Memorial address delivered in Congress for the late Morris Sheppard (Grandfather of Morris Sheppard Arnold) – 1943

 

File 19B – Address Delivered By Will Steel on May 12, 1947, In the United States District Court For The Western District Of Arkansas At the Memorial Exercises Held  In Honor of Judge William H. Arnold, Sr.

 

File 20 – Federal Control of Entry into Air Transportation by Lucille Sheppard Keyes (dedicated to Morris Sheppard) – 1951

 

File 21 – American Legion, Charter Membership Roster (Miller Post #58) in Texarkana, Arknsas

 

File 22 – Miscellaneous – 1963-1982

 

File 23 – Studies in Legal History Series at University of North Carolina Press (Morris S. Arnold, Editor) – 1975-1977

 

File 24 – The Investiture of the Honorable Morris Sheppard Arnold (Fort Smith, Arkansas) – Jan. 18, 1986

 

File 25 – Judge Morris S. Arnold nomination for 8th United States Circuit Court of Appeals – Nov. 6, 1991

 

File 26 – Arnold Brothers, Judges Richard S. and Morris S. serve on the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals – 1992-1993

 

File 27 – Memorial service for Samuel Edmund Thorne.  Remembrance given by Judge Morris S. Arnold (U.S. Court of Appeals for Eighth Circuit) – Wed, May 18, 1994

                       

File 28 – New items covering Judge Morris S. Arnold’s career – 1994-2002

 

File 29A – [Photo Negatives], Judge Morris S. Arnold and his wife (Gail Arnold) at his UCA Reception – Nov. 10, 1999

 

File 29B – U.S. District Judge Morris S. Arnold To Speak at UCA November 11, 1999

 

File 30 – Remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse by Judge Morris S. Arnold – March 11, 2004

 

File 31 – Speech University of Connecticut Commencement May 22, 2005

 

End of Box 6

 

 

Series I

Box 7

 

File 1 – Partial bibliography of Morris S. Arnold, relevant to Law and Legal History (2)

 

File 2 – Accident, Mistake, and Rules of Liability in the Fourteenth – Century Law of Torts by Morris S. Arnold (Reprint from University of Pennsylvania Law Review) – Dec. 1979

 

File 3 – The American Civil Jury by the Honorable Morris S. Arnold.  This is the final report of the 1986 Chief Justice Earl Warren conference on advocacy in the United States.

 

File 4 – The Ames Foundation; year books of Richard II (1378-1379), edited for the Ames Foundation by Morris S. Arnold – 1991-1992

 

File 5 – A Personal Statement: Arkansas Women Artists (an exhibition sponsored by the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts).  Judge Arnold is listed on page 4 as a donor – 1991-1992

 

File 6 – “An Early Opinion of an Arkansas Trial Court” by Morris S. Arnold, reprinted from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, Vol. 5 #2 – 1982

 

File 7 – Arkansas before the Americans, Morris S. Arnold contributed on page 1 (Introduction) and page 69 (Chapter 5 – “The Myth of John Law’s German Colony on the Arkansas)

 

File 8 – The Arkansas Colonial Legal System (1686-1766) by Morris S. Arnold

 

File 9 – Benchmark: A Quarterly Review of the Constitution and the Courts, Vol. IV #3, and includes the article “A Judge’s View of Legal History” by Morris S. Arnold – 1990

 

File 10 – Friday’s Law Issue – The Daily Record, Vol. 46 #78 – Fri., Apr. 23, 1999

            And includes the article “Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts” by Morris S. Arnold – 1998

 

File 11 – Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 18 #2 Reprint article “Comment on Hans Baade’s the Gens De Couleur of Louisiana; Comparative Slave Law in Microcosm” by Morris S. Arnold – Nov. 1996

 

File 12 – Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 64 #1, article page 265 “Doing More Than Remembering the 19th Amendment” by Morris S. Arnold – 1988

  

File 13 – Colonial Arkansas 1686-1804: A Social and Culture History by Morris S. Arnold – 1991

 

File 14 – Reprint from the Loyola Law Review (2 copies), Cultural Imperialism and the Legal System: The Application of European Law to Indians in Colonial Louisiana by Morris S. Arnold – Apr. 12, 1996

 

File 15 – Proofing from Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 17 #1 for the article “The Diversity of the Federalist Society” by Morris S. Arnold – Winter 1994

 

File 16 – Reprint from The Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 35 #2 entitled “Fourteenth-Century Promises” by Morris S. Arnold – Nov. 1976

 

File 17 – Arkansas Law Review, Vol. 52 #2 is entitled “Tributes to Judge J. Smith Henley” – 1999

 

File 18 – The Butler Banner (newsletter), Vol. 2 #2 is entitled “Jews and Colonial Arkansas” by Judge Morris S. Arnold – March 1999

 

File 19 – The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, Vol. 1 #1 is entitled “Tribute to the Honorable Richard S. Arnold” for his service as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit – Winter 1999

 

File 20 – Law and Fact in Medieval Jury Trial: Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Morris S. Arnold.  This is reprinted from The American Journal of Legal History, Vol. XVIII – 1973

 

File 21 – Law With A Vengeance by Honorable Morris S. Arnold, proofing from The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law, 2nd Series, Vol. 1 #3 – Spring 1998

 

File 22 – A Modest Replication to a Lengthy Discourse by Morris S. Arnold, reprinted from University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 128 #4 – April 1980

 

File 23 – The Myth of John Law’s German Colony on the Arkansas by Morris S. Arnold (2 reprints)

 

File 24 – Book (Classical English Law Text, The Old Tenures c.1515 and The Old Natura Brevium c. 1518 with an introduction by Morris A. Arnold – 1974

            (Note: This was reprinted from copies in the library of King’s College, Cambridge)

  

File 25 – “On the Laws and Customs of England” edited by Morris S. Arnold – 1981

 

File 26 – “Origin of “Jeofail” (reprinted from The Law Quarterly Review) by Morris S. Arnold and others – 1971

 

File 27 –Reprint from the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. XLII #4 is entitled “The Relocation of Arkansas Post to Ecore Rouges in 1779” by Morris S. Arnold – Winter 1983

 

File 28 – Reprinted article “The Right to Jury Trial at the Adoption of the Seventh Amendment” by Morris S. Arnold – 1978

 

File 29 – The Rights Retained by the People: The History and meaning of the Nineteenth Amendment, edited by Randy E. Barnett and book review by Jim Powell (article by Morris S. Arnold- page 257)

 

File 30 – The Rumble of a Distant Drum: The Quapaws and Old World Newcomers 1673-1804The Rumble of a Distant Drum: The Quapaws and Old World Newcomers 1673-1804 by Morris S. Arnold

 

End of Box 7

 

  

Series I

Box 8

 

File 1 – Select Cases of Trespass from the King’s Courts 1307-1399, Vol. I, edited by Morris S. Arnold – 1985

 

File 2 – Select Cases of Trespass from the King’s Courts 1307-1399, Vol. II, edited by Morris S. Arnold – 1987

 

File 3 – Reprint from Arkansas Historical Quarterly, “The Significance of the Arkansas Colonial Experience” by Morris S. Arnold – 1991

 

File 4 – Societal Versus Official Law, by Morris S. Arnold is reprinted from Stanford Law Review – 1985

 

File 5 – Somewhere Apart “My Favorite Place in Arkansas” by Morris S. Arnold and others – 1997

 

File 6 – Statutes as Judgments: The Natural Law Theory of Parliamentary Activity in Medieval England by Morris S. Arnold, reprinted from University of Pennsylvania Law Review – 1977

 

File 7 – Reprint from Law and History Review, Vol. 5 #2, Essay – “Towards an Ideology of the Early English Law of Obligations” by Morris S. Arnold –

Fall 1984

 

File 8A – UALR Law Review, Vol. 26 No. 3, “A Tribute to Governor Sidney S. McMath by Morris S. Arnold – Spring 2004

 

File 8B – Unequal Laws Unto A Savage Race, European Legal Traditions in Arkansas 1686-1836 by Morris Arnold – 1985

 

File 9 – University of Pennsylvania Law Review, reprint “In Honor of George L. Haskins” by Morris S. Arnold and others – 1985

 

File 10– “The Validity of Choice-of-Forum Clauses” article by Morris S. Arnold

 

File 11– Reprint from The Yale Law Journal, “Transcending Covenant and Debt Simpson: A History of the Common” by Morris S. Arnold – 1976

 

File 12 – Hogakuronshu, The Yamanashigakuin Law Review (Article by Morris S. Arnold, pg. 105) by the Yamanashigakuin University Law Association

 

File 13 – Book Reviews by Morris S. Arnold

  

File 14 – Newspaper articles and papers by Morris S. Arnold – 1993-2000

 

File 15 – Speeches made by Morris S. Arnold – 1982-1984

 

File 16 – Drafts made while at the University of Pennsylvania, by Vice-President Morris S. Arnold

 

File 17 – Speeches by Morris S. Arnold – 1986-1992

 

File 18 – Speeches by Morris S. Arnold – 1993-1995

 

File 19A-Speeches by Morris S. Arnold – 1995-1999

 

File 19B-Newspaper - The Echo - Judge Morris Arnold Lecture Series “Discusses early 

             Native American relations” - Nov. 17, 1999

 

File 20 – Speeches by Morris S. Arnold – 2000-2001

 

File 21 – Speeches by Morris S. Arnold – 2003

 

File 22 – Eulogy for former Arkansas Governor Sidney S. McMath at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church by Federal Judge Morris S. Arnold – Oct. 9, 2003

 

File 23 – What Shakespeare Says About It, more than 4000 comments of Shakespeare on subjects of general interest.  Compiled and titles by U.S. Senator Morris Sheppard from Texas – 1912-1941

 

End of Box 8

 

 

Series I

Box 9

 

Item 1 – [Binder], biography of Morris S. Arnold’s grandfather entitled Reconstructing the Southern Ideal: W.H. Arnold of Arkansas by Mari Serebrov – 2004

 

File 1- Guest Pass to “The Arnold Lecture” (Oct. 1, 2004)

 

File 2- Newsletter The Scrivener, The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects

with the article “Lifetime Achievement Award for The Late Richard S. Arnold” (summer/fall 2004)

 

File 3 – Arkansas Law Review Vol. 57 Number 4 (2005)

            Tribute to Judge Stephen M. Reasoner by Judge Morris S. Arnold

 

File 4 - Newspaper Texarkana Gazette with article titled "Appeals Judge Arnold to Take Senior Status" By Lisa Bose McDermott, October 11, 2005

 

File 5 -  Bookmark from book signing in the UCA Archives for the book The Life and Times of W.H. Arnold of Arkansas by Mari Serebrov 2005

 

 End of Box 9

End of Series I

 

  

Series II

Box 1

 

File 1 – United States District Court – Western District, Fort Smith Division and Texarkana Division (Memorandum Opinions- A thru P) – 1986

 

File 2 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – R thru W) – 1986

 

File 3 – U.S. District Court - Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – A thru M) – 1987

 

File 4 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – N thru W) – 1987

 

File 5 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – A thru F) – 1988

 

File 6 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – G thru N) – 1988

 

File 7 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – P thru W) – 1988

 

File 8 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – A thru F) – 1989

 

File 9 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – G thru K) – 1989

 

File 10 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – L thru R) – 1989

 

File 11 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – S thru Y) – 1989

 

 End of Box I

 

 

Series II

Box 2

 

File 1 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – A thru L) – 1990

 

File 2 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – M thru W) – 1990

 

File 3 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – A thru R) – 1990

 

File 4 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – S only) – 1991

 

File 5 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinions – T thru W) – 1991

 

File 6 – U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith division (Memorandum Opinion) – 1992

 

File 7 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru W) - 1992

 

File 8 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

(Memorandum Opinion – A thru E) – 1993

 

File 9 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – G thru M) – 1993

 

File 10 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

             (Memorandum Opinion – I thru W) – 1993

 

File 11 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru D) – 1994

 

File 12 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – F thru M) – 1994

 

File 13 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – N thru Z) – 1994

 

End of Box 2

  

 

Series II

Box 3

 

File 1 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru F) – 1995

 

File 2 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – G thru M) – 1995

 

File 3 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – N thru Z) – 1995

 

File 4 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru H) – 1996

 

File 5 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion –  J thru W) – 1996

 

File 6 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru F) – 1997

 

File 7 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – G thru O) – 1997

 

File 8 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – P thru Z) – 1997

 

File 9 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru L) – 1998

 

File 10 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – M thru W) – 1998

 

File 11 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru H) – 1999

 

File 12 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – I thru P) – 1999

 

File 13 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – R thru Z) – 1999

 

End of Box 3

  

 

Series II

Box 4

 

File 1 – Judge Morris S. Arnold Manuscript Collection ( A thru F) - 2000

 

File 2 – Judge Morris S. Arnold Manuscript Collection ( G thru M) – 2000

 

File 3 – Judge Morris S. Arnold Manuscript Collection ( N thru Z) – 2000

 

File 4 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru H) – 2001

 

File 5 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – I thru W) – 2001

 

File 6 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru L) – 2002

 

File 7 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – M thru W) – 2002

 

File 8 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru D) – 2003

 

File 9 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – E thru K) – 2003

 

File 10 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – L thru P) – 2003

 

File 11 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – R thru Y) – 2003

 

File 12 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru L) – 2004

 

File 13 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – L thru Z) – 2004

 

File 14 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – A thru G) – 2005

 

File 15 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – H thru R) – 2005

 

File 16 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – S thru Z) – 2005

 

File 17 – United States Court of Appeals / Eighth Circuit

            (Memorandum Opinion – B thru W) – 2006

 

 

End of Box 4

End of Series II

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