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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 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.

John Knox papers

Collection Identifier: HOLLIS 601642
Overview:

This collection contains reminiscences of John Knox of his year as law clerk and private secretary to Justice James C. McReynolds of the Supreme Court of the United States . Also included are miscellaneous letters including those of Civil War veterans reminiscing about their experiences in the Civil War.

Learned Hand papers

Collection Identifier: HOLLIS 601605
Overview: Materials relating to Hand's private and public life, his activities as an alumnus of Harvard University, his friendship with Felix Frankfurter, and to the Hand family. Includes material on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York City; information on the Progressive movement (1909-1914) and the beginnings of the New Republic and its early staff; and transcripts of oral-history interviews conducted by Gerald...

Mark De Wolfe Howe research materials relating to life of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Collection Identifier: LAW-MMC-239
Overview:

Research materials created or collected by Mark De Wolfe Howe in his capacity as the official biographer of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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.

Zechariah Chafee papers

Collection Identifier: HOLLIS601667
Overview:

This collection includes materials relating to Chafee's activities as law teacher, legal scholar, historian, and defender of civil liberties. Includes research material for drafts of the Federal Interpleader Act of 1936.