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Frank Gardiner Wisner Jr. memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2014-02

Scope and Contents

This collection includes four letters sent to Frank Gardiner Wisner by assistant dean of the Department of Law George B. Eager Jr. and by Armistead M. Dobie, dean of the Department of Law of the University of Virginia, and an oversized photo of the 1931 UVA Varsity Track team, and a certificate permitting Wisner to practice law in NY.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931 - 1941

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Frank Gardiner Wisner (June 23, 1909 – October 29, 1965) was born in Laurel, Mississipi, 23 June 1909. He studied at the University of Virginia where he received his BA in 1931, and LLB in 1933. After law school, he worked on Wall Street. In 1941, he enlisted in the United States Navy and later became head of OSS operations in southeastern Europe. In 1946, he returned to practice law at the New York firm of Carter Ledyard. He began working for the State Department’s Office of Occupied Territories in 1947. By 1948, Mr. Wisner was working as the head for the new covert action division of the CIA. In 1952, he became head of the Directorate of Plans at the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Wisner died October 29, 1965.

Full Extent

6 items

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Wisner siblings, John Ellis Knowles Wisner, Frank George Wisner, Elizabeth Wisner Hazard, and Graham Gardiner Wisner, donated this collection in April of 2014.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States