Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | James McCauley Landis papers, 1916-2004 |
|---|---|
| Span dates | 1916-2004 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1927-1962) |
| ID No. | MSS29348 |
| Creator | Landis, James M. (James McCauley), 1899-1964 |
| extent | 63,000 items |
| extent | 202 containers plus 2 oversize |
| extent | 82 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.ms013144 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78029348 |
| Summary | Government official, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, legal drafts and briefs, memoranda, drafts and copies of Landis's writings, scrapbooks, financial papers, and other material relating to his career as professor at Harvard, dean of the Harvard Law School, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, U.S. State Department minister to the Middle East, advisor to John F. Kennedy, and supervisor for the town of Harrison, N.Y. |