Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Willis Van Devanter papers, 1884-1941 |
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Span Dates | 1884-1941 |
ID No. | MSS43950 |
Creator | Van Devanter, Willis, 1859-1941 |
Extent | 17,000 items |
Extent | 53 containers |
Extent | 21.3 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.ms011229 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82043950 |
Summary | Lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, letterbooks, legal records and briefs, speeches, lectures, and scrapbooks documenting Van Devanter’s law practice in Wyoming, his involvement in Republican Party politics, and his service as associate justice of the Supreme Court. |