Louis M. Shimel Papers 
   
   
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  A. Correspondence (1917-1953): two letters (1917) between Shimel and the Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, re. a desertion case; letter (1941) from Alva M. Lumpkin, (U.S. District Court Judge, Columbia, SC) re. the years he worked with Shimel (as Assistant U.S. Attorney); letters (1953) to Shimel from Judge D. Gordon Baker of the South Carolina Supreme Court and C.T. Graydon, (Washington attorney) offering congratulations on Shimel’s retirement.  
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  B. Certificates (1914-1952): Certificate from United States District Court (South Carolina) granting Louis M. Shimel the right to practice as Attorney, Solicitor and Proctor in the U.S. District Court for South Carolina (1914); Fifty Year Certificate from Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons (SC), 1965; Thirty Year Certificate from Attorney General of the United States for service to the Department of Justice (1952)  
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  C. Photographs (1940s-1970s): Black and white image (ca. 1940s) of Louis Shimel in his office with three men; color photograph (ca. 1970) of South Windermere shopping center, Charleston, SC (note: South Windermere was created by Shimel’s son-in-law, William Ackerman)  
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  D. Misc. Remarks of Hon. L. Mendel Rivers and Hon. Hale Boggs on Louis M. Shimel retirement after 31 years as Assistant United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina (from 1953 Congressional Record)  
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  E. Oversize (1914-1953): Certificate (1914) granting Louis M. Shimel right to practice law before the Supreme Court of South Carolina; Certificate of Honor (1918) presented to Shimel on the occasion of his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army and in recognition of service as a Four Minute Man to the Committee on Public Information during World War I; Certificate (1919) granting Shimel right to serve as attorney for the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, 4th District; Certificate (1929) granting Shimel right to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States; press release (typed and mounted on cardboard) announcing Retirement of the Honorable Louis M. Shimel, Assistant United States Attorney (June 6, 1953).  
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