Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Carl Brent Swisher collection of research material relating to Roger Brooke Taney was given to the Library of Congress by Swisher in 1966 in accordance with an agreement with the Oliver Wendell Homes Devise. The Holmes Devise was established to write a multivolume history of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Processing History
The collection were arranged and described in 1973 by Mary M. Wolfskill. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Carl Brent Swisher Collection of Research Material relating to Roger Brooke Taney, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.