Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Wiley Rutledge, Jr., law professor, university administrator, associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals, and associate justice of the Supreme Court, were given to the Library of Congress from 1980 to 1985 by his wife, Annabel Rutledge. Small additions were given to the Library by non-family members from 1950 to 2009. Three small additions were given to the Library by Daniel Rutledge Pollitt, grandson of Rutledge, from 2014 to 2018.
Processing History
The papers of Wiley Rutledge, Jr., were arranged and described in 1980 by Allan Teichroew. Additions were processed in 1987 by David Mathisen, by Patrick Kerwin in 1999, and by Connie L. Cartledge in 2016 and 2018. The finding aid was updated in 2024 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Transfers
Photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Wiley Rutledge, Jr., Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.