Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of James McCauley Landis, government official, lawyer, and educator, were given to the Library of Congress in 1967 to 1972 by his son-in-law, Charles C. McLaughlin and in 1974-1975 from his daughter, Ann Landis McLaughlin. Additional items were obtained from various sources between 1969 and 1977. In 2005, Landis papers which had been part of the Joseph P. Kennedy papers were transferred to the Library of Congress from the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts. Donald Ritchie, who had gathered papers while working on his biography of Landis, gave additional papers to the Library in 2009.
Processing History
The papers of James McCauley Landis were arranged and described in 1968. Additional material received between 1972 and 1977 was incorporated into the collection in 1979. The Kennedy Library and Donald Ritchie materials were added and the finding aid revised in 2013.
Transfers
Some 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, James McCauley Landis Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.