Melville Weston Fuller papers, 1794-1949

Collection Summary

Title	Melville Weston Fuller papers, 1794-1949
Span Dates	1794-1949
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1849-1910)
ID No.	MSS21691
Creator	Fuller, Melville Weston, 1833-1910
Extent	5,000 items
Extent	16 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent	6.4 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010165
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81021691
Summary	Lawyer and jurist; chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Chiefly correspondence, 1849-1910, between Fuller and members of his family, friends, and professional associates. Also includes printed matter, notes, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, and memorabilia. The papers relate to personal and family affairs; Fuller's student life at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine; his activities in Chicago, including his law practice, Democratic politics, and his real estate holdings; his term on the Supreme Court; and his work on behalf of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, negotiations for shipping rights of Muscat dhows, 1905, the Venezuelan boundary dispute, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Peabody Education Fund.