Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Ruth Bader Ginsburg papers, 1897-2021 |
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Span Dates | 1897-2005 |
Bulk Dates | 1970-1997 |
ID No. | MSS84318 |
Creator | Ginsburg, Ruth Bader |
Extent | 55,250 items |
Extent | 157 containers plus 66 restricted |
Extent | 61.6 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.ms019019 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm98084318 |
Summary | U.S. Supreme Court justice, judge, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, speeches, lectures, writings, reports, interviews, briefs, orders, opinions, motions, depositions, and other papers relating chiefly to Ginsburg's efforts as an advocate for women's rights, particularly through her speeches and writings and her endeavors as general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union and director of its Women's Rights Project. Documents her work as a proponent for the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, as law professor at Columbia University, and as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1980-1993. Also includes family papers and material relating to Ginsburg's travels. |