ORAL HISTORY 2015-17-40 PT. 1 SIDE A. Thomas Stewart talks about his personal background, coming to Alaska in 1919 when he was three weeks old, his father working for Alaska Juneau Gold Mine Co., the family home, attending the University of Washington, his military service during WWII, obtaining a graduate degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, studying Russian, attending Yale Law School, working as a law clerk for Judge George Folta, working with John Dimond, J. Gerald Williams, election to the Territorial Legislature, employed as the Executive Director of the Statehood Committee to plan for the Constitutional Convention, approval of the Constitution in 1956, working as an adviser for the state of Tennessee on water law, private practice in Juneau, his activity in the Democratic Party, election to the first Alaska state Senate, serving on the Judiciary Committee with Ralph Moody, serving as the Administrative Director of Courts, David Luce, his appointment as the Superior Court judge in Juneau, his appointment with the Alaska Court System as the Reviser of Rules, some of the early lawyers in Juneau, John A. Hellenthal (Jack), Simon Hellenthal, Mary Claire Hellenthal, his father's position as head of the Territorial Department of Mines, Bert Faulkner, Frank Doogan, Abraham Gross, Michael Holmes, Ralph E. Robertson, Frederick Eastaugh, Mike Monagle, James Wickersham, Grover Winn, racial discrimination in education in early Alaska, admitting Native children into the schools in the 1930s, lawyers representing some of the salmon industry operations, A.W. Foxx, George Grigsby, George Alexander, judgeships appointed by the President of the United States during territorial times, Raymond F. Kelly, Tony Dimond, J.L. McCarrey, a case concerning hunting by military personnel, George Folta, Holzheimer, Ernest Bailey, Wilfred Stump, William L. Paul, Sr., Bert Faulkner and Norman Banfield serves as counsel for the Light & Power Company, some lawyers representing anti-statehood activities, Robert Atwood, the statehood movement and Democrats, Mike Monagle, Howard Stabler, Douglas Gregg, Joe McLean, Albert H. White, Henry Roden, Grover Winn, and Mildred R. Hermann,

ORAL HISTORY 2015-17-40 PT. 1 SIDE B. Thomas Stewart talks about opposition to Mildred R. Hermann entering the Alaska Bar, Hermann serving at the Constitutional Convention, Bill Egan, Attorney Wadleigh, George Folta as a judge, Warren Taylor, Warren William Taylor, Richard Peters, management of the judicial system and statehood, Pat Gilmore, Peter Gilmore, W.C. Arnold, handling of discipline prior to 1955, the Integrated Bar Act, Peter Kalamarides, Wilfred C. Stump, Robert E. Ellis, the suspension of Bill Stump, Bill Smith and Bill Boardman, Fred Eastaugh introducing a bill for the Integrated Bar Act in 1953, John C. Doyle (Jack), William C. Foster, Tom Boggs, working on the Integrated Bar Act with Peter Kalamarides, Glen Winters, and the Alaska Bar Commission.

ORAL HISTORY 2015-17-40 PT. 2 SIDE A. Thomas Stewart talks about the enactment of the Alaska Bar Act in the 1955 Legislative session, changes to the Act after statehood, appointment of judges prior to statehood and politics, Herald Stringer, the Judicial Council, the Board of Governors, Wendell Kay, Warren Christianson, Bob Boochever, Jack Werner, John Cross, William Whitehead, Harold Butcher, Bill Egan choosing Buell Nesbett for Chief Justice, being nominated for a judgeship, Walter Walsh, Stan McCutcheon, Walter Hodge, location of the Supreme Court, George Daub, and the appointment of David Luce as the Administrative Director of the court system.

ORAL HISTORY 2015-17-40 PT. 2 SIDE B. Thomas Stewart talks about the geographical distribution of the Supreme Court seats, appointment of Harry Arend, Everett Hepp, Jay Rabinowitz, becoming Court Administrator, differences in the different Bar Associations, the South Tongass Bar Association from Ketchikan, people in the Fairbanks Bar Association, solo practitioners, Frank Doogan, the Robertson & Monagle law firm, Fred Easthaugh, Bob Annis, Hellenthal, Hellenthal and Cottis law firm, Ralph Cottis, Douglas Gregg, Shirley Kohls, Tom Schultz, Gladys Stabler, Howard Stabler, Gail Fraties, Peter Page, Bruce Monroe, Jim Peterson, Floyd Davidson, the court-bar fight, Joe McLean, rules for discipline, and the court forcing the Bar Association to accept the rules.

ORAL HISTORY 2015-17-40 PT. 3. Thomas Stewart talks about the court-bar fight, Roger Cremo, removing bar funds, Dan Cuddy, Harold Butcher, Wendell Kay, Ed Boyko, discipline of Neil MacKay, Bob Ziegler, and compromises on the rules of discipline.