Overview
Prints and photographs relating to the life and career of Felix Frankfurter.
Dates
- 1895 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access
Access to these materials is governed by the rules and regulations of the Harvard Law School Library. Open to the public without restrictions. This collection requires 2 business-day advance notice for retrieval.
Conditions Governing Use
The vast majority of material in Historical & Special Collections (HSC) is either in the public domain or under copyrights not controlled by HSC. If researchers wish to quote, publish, perform, reproduce or otherwise make any use of an item in HSC's collections that requires permission from the copyright holder(s) of the item, it is the researcher's responsibility to obtain all such permissions.
Extent
1 collection (205 images, 16 x 20 in. and smaller, stored; in 2 boxes)The majority of images in the collection are black and white photographs of Felix Frankfurter and his family and friends and include both candid photographs and formal and informal portraits. In addition, there are a few etched and/or engraved portraits of Frankfurter, one original portrait sketch, and three caricatures/political cartoons, most signed by the artists. Approximately half of the images are undated, but in most cases a date can be inferred based on the subject’s history.
Historical/Biographical Information
- 1882, Nov 15Born in Vienna, Austria
- 1894 Immigrated with parents to New York City
- 1902 A.B.,College of the City of New York (City College of New York -CCNY)
- 1906 LL.B., Harvard Law School
- 1906-1910 Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
- 1911-1914 Law Officer, Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of War
- 1914-1920 Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- 1917 Major and Judge Advocate, Officers’ Reserve Corps, U.S. Army
- 1917-1918 Assistant to the Secretary of War; Secretary and Counsel to the President’s Mediation Commission
- 1918 Assistant to the Secretary of Labor
- 1918-1919 Chairman, War Labor Policies Board
- 1919, Dec. 20 Married Marion A. Denman (died 1975)
- 1920-1939 Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, Harvard Law School
- 1931 Declined Governor Ely’s nomination to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- 1933-1934 George Eastman Visiting Professor, Balliol College, Oxford University, England
- 1939, Jan. 5 Nominated Associated Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1939, Jan. 17 Confirmed by U.S. Senate
- 1939, Jan. 30 Took Office
- 1962, Aug. 28 Retired from Supreme Court of the United States
- 1965, Feb. 22 Died, Washington, D.C.
- 1882, Nov 15
- Born in Vienna, Austria
- 1894
- Immigrated with parents to New York City
- 1902
- A.B., College of the City of New York (City College of New York - CCNY)
- 1906
- LL.B., Harvard Law School
- 1906-1910
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
- 1911-1914
- Law Officer, Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of War
- 1914-1920
- Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- 1917
- Major and Judge Advocate, Officers’ Reserve Corps, U.S. Army
- 1917-1918
- Assistant to the Secretary of War; Secretary and Counsel to the President’s Mediation Commission
- 1918
- Assistant to the Secretary of Labor
- 1918-1919
- Chairman, War Labor Policies Board
- 1919, Dec. 20
- Married Marion A. Denman (died 1975)
- 1920-1939
- Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, Harvard Law School
- 1931
- Declined Governor Ely’s nomination to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- 1933-1934
- George Eastman Visiting Professor, Balliol College, Oxford University, England
- 1939, Jan. 5
- Nominated Associated Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1939, Jan.17
- Confirmed by U.S. Senate
- 1939, Jan. 30
- Took Office
- 1962, Aug. 28
- Retired from Supreme Court of the United States
- 1965, Feb. 22
- Died, Washington, D.C.
Physical Location
Art Office, Langdell Hall
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most of the collection was donated by the Frankfurter Estate along with Frankfurter’s papers; the photographs and other visual materials were separated from the manuscripts for processing and storage. Other images were acquired from a variety of sources, including from Frankfurter himself and his various acquaintances and/or colleagues, and were incorporated into the larger collection; these are noted in the finding aid.
Processing Information
Processed by Jane Bowers Fall 2004.
Processed by Melinda Spitzer Johnston Spring 2006.
Additional edits made by Lesley Schoenfeld, 2015-2016.
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941
- Bundy, McGeorge
- Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
- Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994
- Hand, Learned, 1872-1961
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
- Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001
- Sander, Frank E. A.
- Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946
- Title
- Felix Frankfurter. Visual Materials, ca. 1895-1982: Finding Aid
- Author
- Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- law00228
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Law School Library, Historical & Special Collections Repository
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