Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Earl Warren papers, 1864-1974 |
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Span Dates | 1864-1974 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1953-1974) |
ID No. | MSS52258 |
Creator | Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 |
Extent | 250,000 items ; 846 containers plus 12 oversize plus 1 classified ; 340.4 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Papers dating chiefly from Warren's appointment as chief justice and relating principally to his activities with the Supreme Court and to the various landmark decisions identified with his tenure (1953-1969) in such areas as civil rights, race relations, criminal procedure, legislative reapportionment, freedom of speech and press, and church-state relations. Includes personal, family, and official correspondence; speeches and writings; Supreme Court files consisting of calendars, docket books, conference lists, bench memoranda, notes, opinions, and correspondence with associate justices; records relating to lower courts; and organizational files, scrapbooks, and other papers. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000012 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82052258 |