United States. Supreme Court
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Dean Gooderham Acheson papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1087
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, writings, speeches, memoranda, and photographs, documenting Dean Acheson's life after leaving the U.S. State Department in 1953. Also documented is his work as a member of the Yale Corporation and his long friendship with Felix Frankfurter, Archibald MacLeish, and others. The correspondence and memoranda contain Acheson's views on many contemporary issues in American foreign policy such as Korea, the Middle East, NATO, Germany, the war in Vietnam, and Rhodesia...
Dates:
1898-1989
Alexander Mordecai Bickel papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 762
Overview:
The papers of Alexander M. Bickel include correspondence; writings, both published and unpublished; memoranda on legislation and government policy; papers from his legal practice; papers relating to his teaching at the Yale Law School; and personal papers and photographs. Bickel's writings as well as his legal cases reflect his general political position as a classical liberal, and revolve around such issues as segregation in the schools, racial discrimination, the role of the Supreme Court in...
Dates:
1916-1987, bulk 1930-1975
Brown vs. Board of Education collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 759
Overview:
Interview notes, correspondence, clippings, copies of court transcripts and briefs assembled by Richard Kluger for his book, Simple Justice: Brown vs. Board of Education. Kluger's interview notes, taken either in person or by mail, with over one hundred people make up the core of the collection. Especially full materials are available for Alexander Bickel, Hugo L. Black, Esther Brown, Linda Brown, John W. Davis, Felix Frankfurter, William H. Hastie, Kenneth B....
Dates:
1950-1975
Charles Edward Clark papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1344
Overview:
The bulk of the papers date from 1935-1963 and reflect Clark's position as reporter on the United States Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules for Civil Procedure (1935-1956) and as associate judge of the Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit (1939-1963). The papers contain his files for the Committee on Rules for Civil Procedure including preparatory papers, committee proceedings, rule draft reports and correspondence. His years on the Second Circuit Court are documented with complete...
Dates:
Circa 1905-1968, bulk 1935-1963
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Charles Edward Clark papers
Abe Fortas papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 858
Overview:
The papers consist of Supreme Court materials, correspondence, writings, an unpublished typescript, "The Constitution and the Presidency," by former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas. and photographs that document the various aspects of Abe Fortas's career as a law school professor, government official, lawyer in private practice, presidential advisor, patron and practitioner of the arts, public figure, and Supreme Court justice.
Dates:
1935-1983, bulk 1956-1982
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Abe Fortas papers
Potter Stewart papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1367
Overview:
The papers consist of United States Supreme Court case files and supporting documentation, Appellate Court case files and supporting documentation, subject files, correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, date books, photographs, and audiovisual materials that document Potter Stewart's career as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and as a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. There is a small amount of documentation and photographs relating to his service on...
Dates:
1885-1986, bulk 1958-1980
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Potter Stewart papers
Thomas Day Thacher papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 757
Overview:
Correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, reports, minutes of meetings, speeches, printed matter, photographs and memorabilia of Thomas Day Thacher, judge and political figure in New York City. The papers include significant material relating to his activities as solicitor-general, to the New York City charter of 1936, and legal papers from his period on the New York Court of Appeals. There is also considerable documentation of his service on the boards of various professional and educational...
Dates:
1779-1984, bulk 1914-1950
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Thomas Day Thacher papers