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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Edward J. Holmes collection of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. materials

Collection Identifier: LAW-MMC-243
Overview:

Edward Holmes was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr's nephew. The Edward J. Holmes collection of materials relating to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and his family consists of correspondence, estate matters, and various family documents.

Ezra Ripley Thayer papers

Collection Identifier: HOLLIS 601661
Overview:

Papers relating to Thayer's student and teaching career at Harvard Law School, work as a practicing attorney, and involvement in professional affairs. Includes notes, financial records (1884-1891), and examination questions from his student days at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and studies for the Massachusetts Bar Association and Carnegie Foundation on the quality and content of bar examinations and methods of teaching in American law schools.

The John G. Palfrey (1875-1945) collection of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. papers

Collection Identifier: LAW-MMC-240
Overview:

Chiefly correspondence, biographical and family papers, together with drafts of writings, diaries, autographs, clippings, and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection is dated 1861-1935.

Thomas Reed Powell papers

Collection Identifier: HOLLIS 601714
Overview:

Collection consists of papers relating to Powell's career as law teacher and legal scholar, consultant and mediator in legal cases involving tax, insurance, and railroad matters, and as president of the American Political Science Association. It also includes mss. of his humorous prose and verse.