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1. William J. Brennan papers, 1945-1998

   379,000 items. 1,088 containers. 435.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, legal case files, speeches and writings, administrative files, printed matter, and newspaper clippings related to Brennan's activities as associate justice of the Supreme Court.

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2. Thurgood Marshall papers, 1949-1991

   173,700 items. 579 containers plus 1 oversize. 231.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, judge, solicitor general, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, legal papers, and subject files relating to Marshall's career as a federal judge, solicitor general, and associate justice of the Supreme Court.

3. Clarence Darrow papers, 1894-1941

   15,000 items. 25 containers plus 3 oversize. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, lecturer, lawyer, and reformer. Correspondence, legal records, and writings by Darrow as well as notes, correspondence, and printed matter collected by Irving Stone while writing a biography of Darrow.

4. Paul Field Sifton and Claire Sifton papers, 1912-1980

   25,500 items. 78 containers plus 2 oversize. 32.3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Paul Field Sifton, playwright, government official, and Claire Sifton, editor and author. Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject files, family papers, printed matter, and miscellany relating to the Siftons' literary, labor, and governmental careers.

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5. Anthony Lewis papers, 1941-2007

   347,000 items. 998 containers plus 1 classified. 399.0 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Newspaper columnist and author. Correspondence, memoranda, book drafts, research files for books, notebooks and notes, articles and columns by Lewis, reports, speeches, newsletters, photographs, press releases, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting primarily Lewis’s professional activities.

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6. Elmer Gertz papers, 1789-1997

   168,725 items. 484 containers plus 4 oversize. 193 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, author, and manuscript collector. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, legal files, subject files, speeches, writings, manuscripts collected by Gertz, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to Gertz’s career as a lawyer.

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7. E. Barrett Prettyman papers, 1901-1971

   57,000 items. 147 containers plus 1 oversize. 62 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Judge and lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject and case files, and other papers relating primarily to Prettyman's judicial career, including his work as corporation counsel of the District of Columbia, general counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, private attorney, and professor of law at Georgetown University.

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8. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights records, 1943-2014

   128,000 items. 364 containers plus 1 oversize and 7,620 digital files (13.61GB). 145.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a national association of civil rights organizations, was founded in 1950 by Roy Wilkins (chairman), A. Philip Randolph, and Arnold Aronson. The records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes of meetings, position papers, reports, financial records, congressional testimony, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, digital files including text, image, sound, and moving image files as well as multimedia content, and other records documenting efforts by the organization to lobby for and monitor enforcement of civil rights legislation at the national level.

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9. 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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