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1. Gerhard Alden Gesell papers, 1913-2003

   69,000 items. 193 containers plus 6 oversize and 1 classified. 78 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Judge and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts of writings, speeches, agenda and minutes of meetings, opinions, orders, dockets, notes, sentencing information, case files, and other legal papers and material pertaining primarily to Gesell's career as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and documenting his cases in the areas of civil rights, constitutional law, antitrust matters, patent cases, and government regulations.

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2. Harry A. Blackmun papers, 1913-2001

   530,800 items. 1,576 containers plus 9 oversize. 630.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, judge, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, legal papers, subject files, speeches, and writings relating primarily to Blackmun's judicial career from 1959 to 1994.

3. John Garrett Penn papers, 1918-2007

   50,000 items. 170 containers. 68 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Judge. Correspondence, memoranda, bench books, orders, opinions, briefs, motions, exhibits, trial transcripts, depositions, notes, appointment books, reports, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Penn's career as a superior court judge and a federal district court judge.

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4. Ruth Bader Ginsburg papers, 1897-2021

   55,250 items. 157 containers plus 66 restricted. 61.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. Supreme Court justice, judge, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, speeches, lectures, writings, reports, interviews, briefs, orders, opinions, motions, depositions, and other papers relating chiefly to Ginsburg's efforts as an advocate for women's rights, particularly through her speeches and writings and her endeavors as general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union and director of its Women's Rights Project. Documents her work as a proponent for the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, as law professor at Columbia University, and as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1980-1993. Also includes family papers and material relating to Ginsburg's travels.

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5. John Paul Stevens papers, 1939-2019

   470,000 items. 1281 containers. 512 linear feet. 32 digital files (4.73 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, judge, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Case files, docket sheets, and certiorari memoranda and other material in both physical and digital formats documenting primarily Stevens's tenure as a Supreme Court justice.

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6. Sandra Day O'Connor papers, 1944-2008

   256,575 items. 851 containers plus 1 classified and 10 oversize. 339.8 linear feet. 356 digital files (0.88 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, judge, and state legislator of Arizona and first woman associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, legal papers, subject files, speeches, and writings relating primarily to O'Connor's judicial career.

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