Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Frank Gardiner Wisner Jr. memorabilia
Wisner, Frank, 1909-1965
MSS.2014.02
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6 items
1931-1941
English
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four letters sent to Frank Gardiner Wisner by assistant dean of the Department of Law George B. Eager Jr. and by Armistead M. Dobie, dean of the Department of Law of the University of Virginia, and an oversized photo of the 1931 UVA Varsity Track team, and a certificate permitting Wisner to practice law in NY.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Wisner siblings, John Ellis Knowles Wisner, Frank George Wisner, Elizabeth Wisner Hazard, and Graham Gardiner Wisner, donated this collection in April of 2014.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Gardiner Wisner was born in Laurel, Mississipi, 23 June 1909. He studied at the University of Virginia where he received his BA in 1931, and LLB in 1933. After law school, he worked on Wall Street. In 1941, he enlisted in the United States Navy and later became head of OSS operations in southeastern Europe. In 1946, he returned to practice law at the New York firm of Carter Ledyard. He began working for the State Department's Office of Occupied Territories in 1947. By 1948, Mr. Wisner was working as the head for the new covert action division of the CIA. In 1952, he became head of the Directorate of Plans at the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Wisner died 29 October 1965.
letters (correspondence)
Wisner, Frank, 1909-1965
Eager, George B., Jr., 1888-1942
Dobie, Armistead M. (Armistead Mason), 1881-1962
University of Virginia Department of Law announcement of the Samuel Baker Woods, Jr. Memorial Award for the session of 1933-34 to Frank Gardiner Wisner, June 29, 1933
Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/793291933-06-291Geo B. Eager Jr. to Frank Gardiner Wisner, June 29, 1933 – Congratulatory letter for receiving unanimous vote of the Law Faculty to be the recipient of the Samuel Baker Woods Jr. Memorial AwardArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/793301933-06-291Office of the Dean Announcement conferring the Samuel Baker Woods, Jr. Award to Mr. WisnerArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/793311Letter from Dean of Department of Law Armistead M. Dobie, January 3, 1934 certifying that Frank Gardiner Wisner was an applicant for the degree of bachelor of laws in June 1934
Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/793321934-061Frank Gardiner Wisner's Southern District of New York Certificate to practice law, March 28, 1941Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/793341941-03-281Oversized photograph of 1931 University of Virginia Track Team, Gitchell photographer. [Front row: 3rd from left Lamont Bryan; center with pale stripe Frank Gardiner Wisner; 3rd from right [?]Herbert Bryant]Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/7933319311