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Maloney (Francis T.) Papers
Summary Information
- Repository:
- Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library
- Title:
- Francis T. Maloney Papers
- ID:
- 1979.0010
- Date [inclusive]:
- undated, 1931-1959
- Physical Description:
- 5 Linear Feet
- Language of the Material:
- English
- Abstract:
- Francis T. Maloney was a United States Senator from 1934 until his death in 1945. Previous to that, he was a Congressman and, before that, Mayor of his hometown, Meriden, Connecticut. During World War I he was a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve Force.
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], Francis T. Maloney Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library.
Biography
Francis Thomas Maloney, son of Patrick and Grace (Hickey), was born in Meriden, Connecticut, on 31 March 1894. After attending public and parochial schools in Meriden, he became a reporter for The Meriden Morning Record (1914-1921). During World War I, Maloney was a member of the United States Naval Reserve Force as a seaman first class.
In 1918, Maloney married Martha Herzig of Wallingford. They had a son, Robert, and three daughters, Marilyn, Grace, and Ann. Maloney sold real estate and fire insurance from 1921 until 1929 when he was elected mayor of Meriden. He served for two terms.
He was elected as a Democratic member to the 73rd Congress in 1933, and in 1934 was elected to the United States Senate. While in the Senate he chaired the Special Committee Investigating Gasoline and Fuel Shortages. He also was chairman of the Special Committee to Study International Petroleum Production and Distribution. Maloney was reelected to the Senate in 1940. While in the Senate, Maloney supported the social reforms of the New Deal. He opposed President Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the Supreme Court in 1937.
Maloney held membership in many organizations, including the American Legion, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Fraternal Order of the Eagles, Knights of Columbus, Loyal Order of Moose, Meriden Turner Society, Sons of Union Veterans, and Young Men's Temperance and Benevolence Society.
While working on a proposal to modernize Congressional procedure in December 1944, Maloney became ill from exhaustion. He died in Meriden, Connecticut, on 16 January 1945.
Scope and Content
These papers were the only ones to survive basement flooding before the collection was donated to Special Collections in 1969. In Series I, correspondence between Senator Maloney, Albert N. Jorgensen, the War Department, and the Federal Works Agency which deal with a proposal to construct an armory at the University of Connecticut were photocopied from the Albert N. Jorgensen correspondence in the records of the President's Office in the University of Connecticut Archives. In Series II, subject index excerpts have been removed from the original notebooks and placed in manuscript folders. In Series V, loose newspaper clippings were removed and placed in manuscript folders, chronologically.
Arrangement
Series I: Correspondence (1931-1944) contains incoming and outgoing letters written between 1931 and 1944. Several of the letters are between Francis T. Maloney and the Library of Congress. They request information Maloney needed for speech writing. There are photocopies of correspondence between Senator Maloney, Albert N. Jorgensen, the War Department, and the Federal Works Agency which deal with a proposal to construct an armory at the University of Connecticut. The letters were written between August 1940 and November 1940. These letters were copied from the Albert N. Jorgensen correspondence in the records of the President's Office.
Series II: Writings (undated, 1931-1944) is organized into two sections. The first part consists of speeches, radio broadcasts, and articles written by Maloney. The second part consists of excerpts from the Congressional Record relating to Maloney. They were mounted in looseleaf notebooks and organized by Congressional term, by session and then by form—remarks and speeches, bills, resolutions, and petitions. At the beginning of the papers for each session, there is a subject index. These excerpts have been removed from the notebooks and places in folders.
Series III: Biographical Material (undated, 1945-1947) contains information about Maloney, such as published articles, photographs, and campaign posters. There are several photographs, including two of Senator Maloney and Jimmy Durante visiting war plants in Connecticut. There is a bound volume of the Congressional memorial service for Maloney, which was held on 23 May 1945. Several oversized campaign posters are located in box 2.
Series IV: Speech Reference File (undated, 1943) is an alphabetized series of material Maloney used as research for speeches.
Series V: Scrapbooks (1929-1959) is organized into two sections. The first section contains nine volumes dating between 1929 and 1945. Three of the volumes (1937 December - 1939 January, 1939 January - 1939 July, and 1939 November - 1944 June) contain clippings relating only to Meriden events and personalities. The second section contains loose newspaper clippings, some of which were removed from scrapbooks because they had become unglued and others, which were found loose among the papers. A tenth scrapbook, dating from December 1944 to May 1945 was filled with loose clippings, which were removed and placed in folders, chronologically.
Administrative Information
Publication Statement
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library
University of Connecticut Library405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205archives@uconn.eduURL: http://lib.uconn.edu/libraries/asc/
Revision Description
Revised for consistency. 2017 December
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from the owner(s) of the copyright.
Acquisition Information
The Francis T. Maloney Papers were donated to the University of Connecticut Library circa 1969 by Senator Maloney's son, Robert Maloney. These papers were the only ones to survive basement flooding.
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Controlled Access Headings
- Catholics
- College presidents
- Connecticut (state)
- Storrs (inhabited place)
- Twentieth century.
- Population
- Ethnic groups
- Local government
- College buildings
- Waterways
- Transportation
- Posters
- Speeches (documents)
- Meriden (inhabited place)
- Obituaries
- Political participation
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Petitions
- Photographs
- Notebooks
- United States (nation)
- Fliers (printed matter)
- History
- Correspondence
- Bombardment of Stonington (Connecticut : 1814)
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Congressional record (Washington, D.C.: Periodical)
- Education
- Armories
- Universities and colleges
- New Deal (1933-1939)
- War of 1812
- Catholic Church
- United States. Congress. House
- United States. Congress. Senate
- Jorgenson, Albert N. (Albert Nels)
- University of Connecticut
- Maloney, Francis Thomas, 1894-1945
Collection Inventory
Series I: Correspondence, 1931-1944 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1931-1940 | |||
box 1 | folder 1 | ||
1943-1944 | |||
box 1 | folder 2 | ||
Series II: Writings, undated, 1931-1944 | |||
Speeches and Articles | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1931-1933 | |||
box 1 | folder 3 | ||
1934 January - September | |||
box 1 | folder 4 | ||
1934 October | |||
box 1 | folder 5 | ||
undated, 1934 November - December | |||
box 1 | folder 6 | ||
1935-1940 | |||
box 1 | folder 7 | ||
1942-1943 | |||
box 1 | folder 8 | ||
1944 January - June | |||
box 1 | folder 9 | ||
"July 4 Oration", 1944 July | |||
box 1 | folder 10 | ||
1944 August - December | |||
box 1 | folder 11 | ||
undated | |||
box 1 | folder 12 | ||
Excerpts from The Congressional Record | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
73rd Congress | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1st Session, Index, pp 1-6 | |||
box 1 | folder 13 | ||
2nd Session, Index, pp 7-17 | |||
box 1 | folder 14 | ||
74th Congress | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1st Session, Index, pp 18-24 | |||
box 1 | folder 15 | ||
2nd Session, Index, pp 25-37 | |||
box 1 | folder 16 | ||
75th Congress | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1st Session, Index, pp 38-67 | |||
box 1 | folder 17 | ||
2nd Session, Index pp 68-72 | |||
box 1 | folder 18 | ||
3rd Session, Index, pp 73-104 | |||
box 1 | folder 19 | ||
76th Congress | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1st Session, Index, pp 105-133 | |||
box 1 | folder 20 | ||
1st Session, pp 134-155 | |||
box 1 | folder 21 | ||
1st Session, pp 156-174 | |||
box 1 | folder 22 | ||
2nd Session, Index, pp 175-184 | |||
box 1 | folder 23 | ||
3rd Session, Index, pp 185-209 | |||
box 1 | folder 24 | ||
3rd Session, pp 210-232 | |||
box 1 | folder 25 | ||
3rd Session, pp 233-254 | |||
box 1 | folder 26 | ||
78th Congress | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1st Session, Index, pp 405-422 | |||
box 1 | folder 27 | ||
1st Session, pp 423-451 | |||
box 1 | folder 28 | ||
1st Session, pp 452-478 | |||
box 1 | folder 29 | ||
1st Session, pp 479-495 | |||
box 1 | folder 30 | ||
1st Session, pp 496-521 | |||
box 1 | folder 31 | ||
2nd Session, Index, pp 522-548 | |||
box 1 | folder 32 | ||
2nd Session, pp 549-572 | |||
box 1 | folder 33 | ||
2nd Session, pp 573-591 | |||
box 1 | folder 34 | ||
2nd Session, pp 592-612 | |||
box 1 | folder 35 | ||
79th Congress | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1st Session, Index, pp 613-617 | |||
box 1 | folder 36 | ||
Series III: Biographical Material,, undated, 1945-1947 | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Articles about Maloney, undated | |||
box 1 | folder 37 | ||
Photographs, undated | |||
box 1 | folder 38 | ||
Memorial Services...in Eulogy of Francis Thomas Maloney, [1945 May 23], (Washington, 1947) | |||
box 1 | folder 39 | ||
Campaign posters | |||
box 2 | folder data_value_missing_1bb229fa22364fd810a9a517873792c5 | ||
Series IV: Speech Reference File,, undated, 1943 | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Battle of Stonington | |||
box 1 | folder 40 | ||
Catholics in the American Revolution | |||
box 1 | folder 41 | ||
Commencement Address | |||
box 1 | folder 42 | ||
Independence Day Oration 1943 | |||
box 1 | folder 43 | ||
Ireland and Irish Americans | |||
box 1 | folder 44 | ||
Italian-Americans | |||
box 1 | folder 45 | ||
Massachusetts | |||
box 1 | folder 46 | ||
Ukranian Quarterly | |||
box 1 | folder 47 | ||
Water way improvements | |||
box 1 | folder 48 | ||
Series V: Scrapbooks,, 1929-1959 | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
1929 November - 1931 December | |||
volume 1 | |||
1931 December - 1934 January | |||
box v.2 | |||
1937 December - 1939 January | |||
box v.3 | |||
Meriden,, 1939 January - 1939 July | |||
volume 4 | |||
Meriden,, 1939 November - 1944 June | |||
box v.5 | |||
1934 January - 1940 March | |||
volume 6 | |||
1940 April - 1941 September | |||
box v.7 | |||
1941 September - 1943 July | |||
box v.8 | |||
1943 July - 1945 August | |||
volume 9 | |||
Scrapbooks, Newspaper Clippings,, 1931-1946 | |||
box 2: | folder 1 | ||
Scrapbooks (clippings), 1943 Jul-1945 Aug | |||
box 2: | folder 2-9 | ||
Scrapbook,, 1944 December - 1945 May | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Illness, 1944 December - 1945 January | |||
box 2: | folder 11 | ||
Obituaries, 1945 January 16 | |||
box 2: | folder 12 | ||
Obituaries, 1945 January 17 | |||
box 2: | folder 13 | ||
Obituaries, 1945 January 17 | |||
box 2: | folder 14 | ||
Obituaries, 1945 January 18 | |||
box 2: | folder 15 | ||
Obituaries, 1945 January 18 | |||
box 2: | folder 16 | ||
Maloney's Successor, 1945 January 17 - 22 | |||
box 2: | folder 17 | ||
Maloney's Successor, 1945 January 22-30 | |||
box 2: | folder 18 | ||
1945 January | |||
box 2: | folder 19 | ||
1945 February - May | |||
box 2: | folder 20 | ||
Newspaper Clippings | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Mayoral Election, 1930 | |||
box 2: | folder 21 | ||
Senatorial Election, 1934 | |||
box 2: | folder 22 | ||
Family Events, 1943, 1952 | |||
box 2: | folder 23 | ||
Maloney High School Dedication, 1956 August - 1959 April | |||
box 2: | folder 24 | ||