Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Hugo LaFayette Black, lawyer, United States senator from Alabama, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, were given to the Library of Congress by his widow, children, and others, 1972-1976. A small addition was given to the Library by Mae Jurow in 1998.
Processing History
The papers of Hugo LaFayette Black were first arranged and described by Beverly Brannan in 1974. Subsequent additions were incorporated by Allan Teichroew with the assistance of Pedro Alvarez, Paul Colton, Robert Doyle, Sheralyn McCoy, and Susie Moodie into an earlier version of this register published in 1982. Additional material received in 1998 was incorporated into the collection in 2000 by Patrick Kerwin.
Transfers
Dictaphone recordings, phonodiscs, magnetic tapes, and motion pictures have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library, where they are identified as part of these papers. Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library, where they are also identified as part of the Black Papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Hugo LaFayette Black Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.