Hilmer Gellein papers, 1925-1946, undated

Summary

Creator:

Gellein, Hilmer.

Abstract:

Clerk of the Detroit (Michigan) Recorders Court and director of the state department of corrections during the gubernatorial administration of Frank Murphy. Reports and other papers concerning the Michigan state penal system; and material on the Sweet Murder Trial of 1925 and the career of Frank Murphy.

Extent:

0.3 linear feet

Language:

English

Call Number:

851280 Aa 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Michigan Historical Collections staff

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection contains reports and other papers concerning the Michigan state penal system. There is also material collected on the Ossian Sweet Murder Trial of 1925 and the career of Frank Murphy.

Biographical / Historical:

Hilmer Gellein was clerk of Detroit Recorder's Court presided over by Frank Murphy. During his time as court stenographer, Gellein was witness to perhaps the most significant case before Judge Murphy, the Ossian Sweet murder trials of 1925-26. Years later, following Murphy's election as governor of Michigan in 1936, Gellein was appointed commissioner of pardons and paroles.

Acquisition Information:

The collection was the gift of Hilmer Gellein (donor no. 4807 ) and came to the library beginning in 1969.

Accruals:

Periodic additions to the records are not expected.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Crime.

Names:

Michigan. Dept. of Corrections.
Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949.
Sweet, Ossian, 1895-1960.