Arthur C. Warner Papers, 1819-2003 (mostly 1946-2003)

Warner's papers document his involvement in legal reform and other issues pertaining to gay rights. The papers largely consist of legislative and court documents about cases affecting gay civil liberties, and related memoranda, correspondence, and writings. Warner's papers also include materials related to gay rights activist groups, including the NCSCL, publications on issues facing the gay community, family correspondence, his doctoral dissertation on English naval history, and a small amount of material regarding his teaching career.

Collection Creator Biography:

Warner

Arthur Cyrus Warner (1918-2007), Princeton University Class of 1938, was a prominent figure in the gay liberation movement, focusing his efforts on legal reform to protect the civil liberties of the gay community. His work included successful efforts to overturn anti-sodomy and other laws used to persecute gay people in many states. Warner was also chair of the legal department of The Mattachine Society of New York, and founder and director of the National Committee for Sexual Civil Liberties (NCSCL), later renamed the American Association for Personal Privacy (AAPP), a high-level think tank mainly concerned with legal reform.

Acquisition:

Gift of Arthur C. Warner in 2000 and 2007 [ML2007-032].

Appraisal

Duplicate materials have been removed. Four boxes of materials, primarily duplicates, were separated from the collection in January 2009 and returned to the source.

Processing Information

This collection was originally accessioned in 2000 and updated in 2007 [ML.2007.32]. An inventory list of the original deposit and 2007 accrual were created in 2007. The finding aid and MARC record were updated at this time.

The finding aid was restructured by Will Clements in 2024, with the file descriptions arranged into series. Materials were rehoused in archvial folders, but no physical arrangement was done at this time.

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The collection is open for research.

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Arthur C. Warner Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Subject Terms:: Gay liberation movement -- United States
Gay people -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Gay rights.
Homophobia.
Law reform -- United States
Privacy, Right of.
Same-sex marriage.
Genre Terms:: Correspondence
Legal files.
Publications.
Names:: American Association for Personal Privacy
Warner, Arthur Cyrus (1918-2007)

Early Years and Education, 1855-1960

The Board of Trade, Samuel Plimsoll, circa 1949

The Roots of the Plimsoll Movement, The Merchant Shipping Act of 1871 Part I, circa 1949, 1871

Our Seamen and Its Sequel, George Howell, the Trades Union Movement, and the Plimsoll Committee, circa 1949

The Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships Parts I and II, circa 1949

The Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships, Part III, The Merchant Shipping Act of 1873 Part II, circa 1949, 1873

Appendices and Bibliography, circa 1949

The Protection of Merchant Seaman, undated

Our Seamen and its Sequel, undated

The Merchant Shipping Act of 1873 I, undated, 1873

The Merchant Shipping Act of 1873 II, undated, 1873

Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships Part I, undated

Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships Part II, undated

The Roots of the Plimsoll Movement, undated

Plimsoll's Bill of, 1874

George Howell, the Trades Union Movement, and the Plimsoll Committee, undated

1870 and Before, undated, 1870

Merchant Shipping Act, 1867-1880

The Election of 1874 and Plimsollite Prospects, undated, 1874

Samuel Plimsoll, undated

Miscellaneous Index Cards, undated

Petitions, 1870-1873

Shipping Bill of 1869 Photocopies, 1869

Derby Mercury, Transcripts of Articles, 1868-1876

Book Lists, undated

Introductory Chapters and Addenda, undated

The International Load Line Convention, its Origins and its Influence, 1946

Act of, 1871

Royal Commission Remains, undated

Research Notes, Essays and Papers, 1949-1950

Transcripts, 1952-1956

Typed Dissertation Pages, undated

Royal Commission Research Notes and Drafts, undated

Bibliography and Appendices, undated

Merchant Shipping Act of 1871, undated

Merchant Shipping Act of 1873 Draft, undated, 1873

Mitchell's Maritime Register, Copies, 1873-1874

Naval Science Magazine Articles, Copies, 1872-1875

Our Seamen and Its Sequel Draft, undated

The Protection of Merchant Seamen Manuscript, 1949

Research on Plimsoll, Copies of Published Materials, 1866-1874

Board of Trade, Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships, undated

Nautical Magazine [Article Copies], 1866

Mitchell's Maritime Register [Article Copies], 1863-1876

The Life Boat [Article Copies], 1867

Board of Trade, Merchant Shipping Act [Article Copies], 1867

The Loss of the "London" Inquiry [Article Copies], 1866

Journal of the Society of Arts [Article Copies], 1866-1870

Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom [Article Copies], 1869-1874

"The International Load Line Convention, Its Origins and Its Influence," by Cyrus Warner, 1946

Thesis Correspondence, 1957-1960

Russian History Course Notebooks, Harvard, circa 1948-1949

Russian History since 1855 Course Notebooks, Harvard, 1855

Maritime History Course Notebooks, Harvard, 1948-1949

American History Course Notebooks, Princeton, circa 1934-1938

History Course Notebooks, Princeton, circa 1934-1938

Roman History Course Notebooks, Princeton, circa 1934-1938

Maritime History Course Notebooks, Princeton, circa 1934-1938

Latin American History Course Notebooks, Princeton, 1938

Greek History Course Notebooks, Princeton, circa 1934-1938

European History Course Notebooks, Princeton, circa 1934-1938

Binder of Class Syllabi and Notes, circa 1950

Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1946

Harvard University Course Materials, 1947-1950

Warner, Miles, Princeton University, 1939-1943

Princeton Old Guard Correspondence, 1951-1959

Syllabi and Lecture Notes, 1951-1952

Family Correspondence, Financial, and Estate Matters, 1934-2000

Warner, Anna R., Estate of, 1964-1983

Warner, Barnett., Estate of, 1967-1984

Warner Properties After Buyout, 1972-1991

Barnett Warner versus Pleasantdale Development Company, 1959-1966

Warner Properties, Closing, 1986-1989

Family Correspondence, 1947-1957

Warner, Anna R., Estate of, 1963-1997

Warner, Anna R, 1934-1967

Warner, Anna R. and B. W. Warner, Estates, Tax Returns, 1967-1989

Family Correspondence, 1946-1964

Family Correspondence, 1948-1958

Slatoff Sale, 1967