Engineering Department at RCA, c. 1942 - 1943. Front row, left to right: Mary Jane Hambright, Doris Miller, Ethel Winer, Mary Louise Mylin, Natalie Steinbrecher, Kitty Myers, Harry Seelen, Dr. Dayton Ulrey, Mildred Maysilles, Dorothy Lane, Louise Logan, Paulin Goodman and Lousie Rankin. Second row, left to right: Charles Poet, Ray Carter, Matthew Nesbit, Harry Sheffy, Alan Hollinger, Julius Forman, Linwood Lessig, Howard Shekels, Richard Stoudenheimer, Dr. George Briggs, Stanley Horrocks, Wellsley Dodds and Irwin Boak. Third row, left to right: Lester Harnish, Donald Loomis, Charles Yost, James Quinn, Watson Kintner, Arnold Rose, Carl Greeff, Charles Quarnstrom, Ed Bialecki, Richard Handle, Lloyd Swedlund, Delos Wamsley, Harold Jacobs, Walter Mutter, Howard Zachariason and James Dugan.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
