Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges, Records, 1914-1979 (C3658)

1.2 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

Minutes, bylaws, correspondence, resolutions, association histories, probate decisions and financial reports of the Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges from its founding in 1914 as the Missouri Probate Judges' Association to 1979. The organization has also been called the Missouri Association of Probate Judges and the Missouri Association of Probate and Magistrate Judges during the course of its history.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges Records were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by the association through John R. Baty on 26 October 1979 (SHS Accession No. 2279).

ORGANIZATIONAL SKETCH

The Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges grew out of a meeting of Missouri probate judges held at Jefferson City, 22 February 1914. A temporary organization was formed and a constitution and bylaws of the organization to be called the Missouri Probate Judges' Association were drafted by a committee. Judge Charles A. Leedy of Clinton County was elected President. Plans were made for an annual meeting to be held beginning 6 December 1915, at Sedalia, Missouri. Annual meetings were held thereafter with the exception of 1918 and the period 1921-1922.

For most of its history, the organization was called the Missouri Association of Probate Judges. Its name was changed to Missouri Association of Probate and Municipal Judges in 1970 and to the present name around 1978.

The organization's primary purposes were to enable probate judges to get to know their fellow judges better and to promote improvements in the welfare of probate judges and the administration of probate law. Association members were active in the revision and reform of the Probate Code in the 1920s and the 1950s. The group was also active in court cases involving the compensation of probate judges and their staffs and in lobbying for legislation before the Missouri legislature.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges Records are arranged by type of material. More complete descriptions of the records are in the folder list.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1-32Minutes and Bylaws. Minutes of the annual meetings of the association from 1914 to 1975. Programs, treasurer's reports, committee reports, notes and some memorabilia are included, as well as the original constitutions and bylaws of the Association. There is no material available for 1918 or for the period 1921-1922.
f. 1Constitution and bylaws, 1914.
f. 11Photograph of Association meeting in Kansas City, 1939.
f. 281972 constitution.
f. 32Miscellaneous notes, ca. 1976-1978.
f. 33-36Correspondence. Correspondence regarding purchase of Treasury notes by the Association, and other miscellaneous topics, 1969, 1971-1979.
f. 37-43Resolutions, histories, pamphlets. Resolutions passed by the Association, primarily concerning appreciation for dinners, memorials for deceased judges or compensation of probate judges, 1930-1975. Brochures, pamphlets and bar journals pertaining to probate laws and judges. Four short histories of the Association, written in 1927, 1939, 1952 and 1965.
f. 42Brochures, pamphlets and bar journals.
f. 43Histories.
f. 44-52Probate decisions, laws, rules. Laws, Supreme Court decisions, rules and constitutional amendment regarding probate administration. A digest of probate decisions, 1965-1978, compiled by Commissioner John A. Borron, Jr., of the Probate Division of the Jackson County Circuit Court is included.
f. 51Laws regarding probate
f. 52Supreme Court rules and constitutional amendment regarding probate.
f. 53-75Financial reports. Annual financial reports, 1931-1977, including lists of membership fees, convention registration, payments to legislation fund and statements of accounts.
f. 53-751959-1977
v. 1-31931-1959

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Achelpohl, William F.
  • Alexander, Albert R.
  • Association of Probate Judges of Missouri
  • Borron, John A., Jr.
  • Gallatin, John M.
  • Hoffman, Dimmitt (1884-1965)
  • Judges--Missouri
  • Missouri Association of Probate & Associate Circuit Judges
  • Missouri Association of Probate & Magistrate Judges
  • Missouri Association of Probate Judges
  • Missouri Probate Judges Association
  • Missouri State Association of Probate Judges
  • Welch, Leslie A.
  • Wilson, Stephen N.