Dates
- Creation: 1920-1965
Conditions Governing Access
Access to these papers is governed by the rules and regulations of the Harvard Law School Library. This collection is open to the public, but is housed off-site at Harvard Depository and requires 2 business-day advance notice for retrieval. Consult the Special Collections staff for further information.
Extent
18.5 linear feet boxes (45 boxes and one oversize folder)Physical Location
Harvard Depository
General note
Series Note
Correspondence is limited to a few selected exchanges with fellow judges on Calvert Magruder's own and other federal courts. His most extensive and most significant correspondence is that with his former teacher and Law School colleague, Felix Frankfurter who proceeded to the U.S. Supreme Court a year after Magruder's appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals; their correspondence in these files extends from 1928 to the time of Frankfurter's death in 1965. There is also material relating to Magruder's retirement from the Bench and an exchange with President Lowell of Harvard in 1927 concerning the report of the so-called "Lowell Committee" on the Sacco-Vanzetti case.
Correspondence covers the years 1927 to 1965, and it is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. For additional correspondence, see Series VII: ADDENDA.
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Law School Library, Historical & Special Collections Repository
Harvard Law School Library's Historical & Special Collections (HSC) collects, preserves, and makes available research materials for the study of the law and legal history. HSC holds over 8,000 linear feet of manuscripts, over 100,000 rare books, and more than 70,000 visual images.
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