Correspondence

Series Note

This series consists almost entirely of letters dealing with the two major phases of Hart's professional career: the time he spent working in Washington, and the time in which he taught at the Harvard Law School. Beginning in about 1928, when Hart was a student at the Harvard Law School, the letters trace his activities and his friendships with the people around him. Of particular interest are the files of letters to and from Felix Frankfurter and Frederick Wiener, a friend of Hart's from Law Review days onward.

The material in this series demonstrates in an impressive way the clarity of Hart's mind. This same quality is also manifest in the material preserved in Series IV; Writings and Speeches.

The series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The dates following the entry for each individual correspondent indicate the inclusive dates of that particular sequence of correspondence. Folders for individuals include both incoming and outgoing nail and enclosures. Persons having a correspondence of less than five items are grouped under "Miscellany" at the end of each alphabetical letter, e.g. A Miscellany, B Miscellany, etc.