Hoosier Legal Literaries
From Settlement to Sesquicentennial

George Sanders Rainey
21 Nov. 1893 - 2 Feb. 1989

George Sanders Rainey was born in Crawford County, Indiana.  On March 16, 1921, he was admitted to the Indiana bar.  Rainey worked for several railroads throughout his forty-six year career as a railroad worker.  He retired as a train dispatcher for New York Central in 1958.  He also practiced law in Lafayette, Indiana, for a time.  He published his first full-length book, Demise of the Iron Horse, in 1969.  He had earlier published an essay titled Bibles in Public School; or, A Plea for Religious Liberty (1924).

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Bibliography
Bibles in Public School; or, A Plea for Religious Liberty. Lafayette, IN, 1924. [ISL call number: I 377.1 R156b]
Demise of the Iron Horse. Berne, IN: Economy Printing Concern, 1969. [ISL call number: I 385 R156d]
It's in the Bible. New York: Vantage Press, 1975. [ISL call number: I 220 R156i]

Frederick E. Schortemeier
25 Mar. 1889 - 18 June 1965

Frederick E. Schortemeier was born in Shelbyville, Indiana. He worked as a reporter for the Indianapolis Star from 1908 to 1917 and was admitted to the bar in 1915. Schortemeier also served as Indiana Secretary of State.

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Bibliography
Indiana Corporation Law. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1952. [ISL call number: I 380 I385s 1952]
Indiana General Corporation Law and Companion Acts, with Explanatory Notes by Frederick E. Schortemeier and Paul V. McNutt. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1929. [ISL call number: I 380 I385s]
Rededicating America: Life and Recent Speeches of Warren G. Harding. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1920. [ISL call number: I 923 H2635s]

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Select Bibliography
The First Capitol of Indiana Territory (1800-1913) and of the District of Louisiana. Vincennes: Vincennes Fortnightly Club, 1934. [ISL call number: Ip 977.201 K74 no. 13]
General Washington Johnston: An Early Opponent of Slavery. 1929. [ISL call number: Ip 923 J73 no. 1]
A History of Vincennes University. Vincennes: Vincennes University, 1928. [ISL call number: Ip 378 V767 no. 10]
The Old Cathedral and Its Environs. Vincennes: Old Cathedral Association, 1944. [ISL call number:  I 282 S527o]
A Naval History of Vincennes, Indiana. Evansville, IN: Keller-Crescent Co., 1936. [ISL call number: Ip 977.201 K74 no. 16]
Vincennes University Buildings Through 150 Years. Vincennes: Vincennes University, 1955. [ISL call number: Ip 378 V767 no. 33]