Series III: Thompson v. McNamara Trial Materials
Scope and Content Note
Series III "Thompson v. McNamara" contains materials related to Sylvia Thompson's efforts to have her late husband interred in Arlington National Cemetery. It includes court documents exhibits and briefs, press clippings, photographs and correspondence. Also included is "The Arlington Case: Robert Thompson-story of an unburied soldier," which is a pamphlet published by Sylvia Thompson in 1967 in an effort to publicize her attempts at interring her husband in Arlington National Cemetery.
Thompson v. McNamara correspondence, 1965-1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thompson v. McNamara correspondence, 1965-1968, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thompson v. McNamara Exhibits, 1941-1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thompson v. McNamara-Legal 1 USCA Arlington, 1966-1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thompson v. McNamara-Legal 2 Briefs and Pleadings USDC, 1966, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Arlington: Legal (Briefs) 3, 1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Arlington: Legal 4, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Arlington: Legal 4, 1966-1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Arlington: Legal 4, 1966-1968, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Final judgment and original petition of Sylvia Thompson, 1966-1969, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings-Denial of Arlington burial, 1966, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Article published in "Tresa" Lithuania U.S.S.R., Jan 28, 1966, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Congressional Record Clippings, 1966-1968, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings-granting Arlington burial, 1968, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Arlington Case: Robert Thompson-story of an unburied soldier, 1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Post clipping on Thompson disability benefits, Jun 29, 1960, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thompson v. McNamara (press releases), 1966-1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Correspondence and clippings regarding Arlington burial], 1965-1966, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Correspondence and clippings regarding Arlington burial], 1966, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
