Article by H. Wahl and Other Biographical Materials

The Scott M. Loftin collection is limited in scope. It contains newspaper clippings related to Loftin's career, particularly those that covered his 1936 U.S. Senate appointment. Death notices and resolutions honoring Loftin at the time of his death also are included.

Several drafts of speeches that Loftin gave as President of the American Bar Association are included, as well as drafts of speeches he gave at commencement ceremonies and other public events. The speeches are organized in folders chronologically. The collection also includes a number of speeches collected by Loftin regarding law, crime, and other topics.

The collection contains several folders of correspondence, most of which is congratulatory in nature and relates to either Loftin's election as President of the American Bar Association in 1934 or his appointment to the U.S. Senate in May 1936. A letter from November 1943 is noteworthy because Edward, Prince of Wales, thanks Loftin for the courtesy he received while traveling with the Florida East Coast Railway.

A folder of photographs and two scrapbooks also are included in the collection. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings covering Loftin's career, particularly his American Bar Association presidency and his appointment to the U.S. Senate.