B. Campbell Thornal Papers
Scope and Content
The collection includes Justice Thornal's correspondence, court opinions, and speeches. There are also several files pertaining to court rules, conferences of justices, and the Florida Bar.
Dates
- Creation: 1944-1970
Creator
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
B. Campbell Thornal was a Florida Supreme Court Justice. He was born in South Carolina in 1908 and moved to Orlando, Florida, in 1922. He received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1930. He was an attorney for the city of Orlando in the 1930s and 1940s. He was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Governor LeRoy Collins in 1955 and served until his death in 1970.
Extent
8 Linear feet (19 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, court opinions, speeches, and other papers of Florida Supreme Court Justice, B. Campbell Thornal.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Acquisition Information
Gift of Alyce Letton Thornal and Mrs. Charles Henderson.
Subject
- Florida. Supreme Court. (Organization)
- Florida Bar. (Organization)
- Gideon, Clarence Earl. (Person)
- Huie, William Bradford, 1910-1986. (Person)
- Kelly, Richard, 1924- (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to the B. Campbell Thornal Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
- Date
- December 2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu