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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

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Blair Family Papers

Identifier: MSS12930
Abstract

Prominent family in nineteenth century national politics. Correspondence, speeches and writings, legal files, financial records, historical research files, printed matter, and estate records documenting principally the careers of Francis Preston Blair, journalist and presidential advisor, Frank P. Blair, soldier and politician, and Montgomery Blair, lawyer and cabinet officer.

Dates 1755-1968; Majority of material found within 1829-1892
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Edward William Brooke Papers

Identifier: MSS58347
Abstract

Lawyer, attorney general of Massachusetts, and United States senator. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches, transcripts of interviews, reports, notes, subject files, draft and printed legislative bills, briefing books, press releases, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Brooke's career as attorney general of Massachusetts and as U.S. senator.

Dates 1941-2015; Majority of material found within 1963-1978
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Clark M. Clifford Papers

Identifier: MSS84499
Abstract

Government official and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, congressional testimony, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Clifford's personal and professional life, including his role as an adviser and counsel to four Democratic presidential administrations, his service as United States secretary of defense, 1968-1969, and his career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Dates 1883-1999; Majority of material found within 1946-1998
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William Smith Culbertson Papers

Identifier: MSS17392
Abstract Diplomat, lawyer and professor of law. Correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, government documents, writings, memoranda, and scrapbooks relating to Culbertson's career as vice chairman of the U.S. Tariff Commission, minister to Romania, ambassador to Chile, chief of the military intelligence service in the War Department, member of the Planning Group of the Office of Strategic Services, and other duties during World War II. Includes papers relating to his law career, lecturer as professor...
Dates 1897-1965
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James William Denver Papers

Identifier: mm79018309
Abstract

Lawyer, army officer, United States representative from California, United States commissioner of Indian affairs, and governor of Kansas. Letterpress books containing correspondence relating to Denver's law practice in Washington, D.C., which was concerned with Choctaw Indian claims and land disputes in California and elsewhere in the West; his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, 1884; and correspondence describing Denver's experience during the Mexican War, 1847.

Dates 1847-1884
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Dunlop Family Papers

Identifier: MSS19174
Abstract

Correspondence, financial papers, business and legal records, and miscellaneous material concerning the mercantile interests and law practice of the Dunlop family.

Dates 1713-1930; Majority of material found within ( 1776-1876)
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Charles Ewing Family Papers

Identifier: MSS20073
Abstract

Lawyer and army officer. Correspondence, diaries, biographical material, genealogical notebooks, legal and business papers, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers relating to the family of Charles Ewing during and after the Civil War.

Dates 1769-1951; Majority of material found within ( 1850-1890)
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Charles Fahy Papers

Identifier: MSS20164
Abstract Jurist, lawyer, United States solicitor general, and United States delegate to the United Nations. Diaries, correspondence, legal case files, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers. Primarily related to Fahy's service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Other papers relate to Fahy's role as an advisor and representative of the presidential administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy,...
Dates 1857-1985; Majority of material found within 1942-1975
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George P. Fisher Papers

Identifier: MSS20636
Abstract

Public official and judge of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. Correspondence, legal papers, commissions, biographical sketches, essays, speeches, and other material relating to Fisher's legal career and other topics.

Dates 1772-1905
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John Spalding Flannery Papers

Identifier: MSS83668
Abstract

Lawyer. Chiefly records from McKenney, Flannery & Craighill, the Washington, D.C. law firm in which Flannery was a principal partner.

Dates 1902-1953; Majority of material found within 1902-1929
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Warner W. Gardner Papers

Identifier: MSS86450
Abstract

Government official and lawyer. Diaries, correspondence, memoranda, notes, speeches and statements, writings, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting Gardner's career as a public official and lawyer in private practice.

Dates 1930-2006; Majority of material found within 1941-1996
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Leonard Garment Papers

Identifier: MSS61585
Abstract

Lawyer and government official. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, appointment books, press releases, and other papers relating to Garment's work at the White House during the administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford as well as his subsequent work as a private practice attorney in Washington D.C. Also includes drafts and working papers for his book Crazy Rhythm (1997) and other writings.

Dates 1949-1997; Majority of material found within 1969-1997
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Gerhard Alden Gesell Papers

Identifier: MSS81163
Abstract

Judge and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts of writings, speeches, agenda and minutes of meetings, opinions, orders, dockets, notes, sentencing information, case files, and other legal papers and material pertaining primarily to Gesell's career as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and documenting his cases in the areas of civil rights, constitutional law, antitrust matters, patent cases, and government regulations.

Dates 1913-2003; Majority of material found within 1962-1992
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David Ginsburg Papers

Identifier: MSS85332
Abstract

Lawyer, author, and teacher. Correspondence and memoranda, newspaper clippings and press releases, legal material, speeches and writings, reports, research material, minutes, political campaign material, legislation, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Ginsburg's involvement with civil rights, the recovery of German assets after World War II, and his legal career.

Dates 1919-2007; Majority of material found within 1945-2005
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Arthur J. Goldberg Papers

Identifier: MSS65670
Abstract

Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, lawyer, secretary of labor, and diplomat. Correspondence, case files, certiorari memoranda, legal files, speeches and writings, subject files, reports, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating to Goldberg's career as a lawyer, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, secretary of labor, and United States representative to the United Nations.

Dates 1793-1995; Majority of material found within 1941-1985
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Theodore Granik Papers

Identifier: MSS75822
Abstract

Lawyer and radio and television moderator. Correspondence, legal proceedings, printed transcripts of radio and television broadcasts, scripts, memoranda, production inventories, and newspaper clippings documenting Granik's law practice in Washington, D. C., and New York, N.Y., and his work in broadcasting.

Dates 1930-1970; Majority of material found within 1941-1967
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Thomas Watt Gregory Papers

Identifier: MSS24109
Abstract

United States attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. Chiefly legal material and correspondence from the period of Gregory's law practice in Washington, D.C. Correspondence also reflects Gregory's interest in the University of Texas, the Woodrow Wilson administration, and the presidential campaign of 1932.

Dates 1896-1933; Majority of material found within ( 1919-1933)
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William LePre Houston Family Papers

Identifier: MSS57570
Abstract

Lawyers. Correspondence, diaries, financial records, academic papers, printed matter, and miscellaneous material related to the Houstons’ family life, fraternal organizations, the law, and Charles Hamilton Houston’s military service during World War I.

Dates 1777-1936; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1936)
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Robert Green Ingersoll Papers

Identifier: MSS27151
Abstract

Lawyer and lecturer. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, writings, lectures, scrapbooks, family papers, and miscellaneous financial, legal, and personal material relating to Ingersoll's involvement in politics and law and as a lecturer and writer on agnosticism and religion.

Dates 1826-1940; Majority of material found within ( 1866-1899)
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Harold Leventhal Papers

Identifier: MSS59162
Abstract

Lawyer and jurist. Chiefly correspondence, case files, notebooks and notes, and office files documenting Leventhal's service as judge on the United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; together with private correspondence, files from his legal practice in Washington, D.C., speeches and writings, and other papers.

Dates 1932-1980; Majority of material found within 1964-1979
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Sol M. Linowitz Papers

Identifier: MSS84721
Abstract

Lawyer, businessman, diplomat, and consultant to United States presidents. Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, interviews, an oral history, organizational records, reports, photographs, printed matter, clippings, and travel files documenting Linowitz's career as an attorney, executive for Xerox Corporation, ambassador to the Organization of American States, co-negotiator of the Panama Canal treaties, and presidential representative to Middle East peace negotiations.

Dates 1778-1999; Majority of material found within 1946-1995
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James P. McGranery and Regina Clark McGranery

Identifier: MSS32169
Abstract James P. McGranery, United States attorney general, district court judge, and member of Congress from Pennsylvania; and Regina Clark McGranery, lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial and legal papers, family papers, appointment books, press releases, and printed matter relating principally to James P. McGranery's duties while assistant to the United States attorney general, United States district judge, United States attorney general, member of the United States...
Dates 1909-1975; Majority of material found within 1943-1975
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Henry Mason Morfit Papers

Identifier: MSS33431
Abstract

Lawyer. Correspondence and financial and business papers relating to Morfit's Washington, D.C., practice as a claims lawyer and as a political figure in the administrations of Andrew Jackson.

Dates 1819-1858; Majority of material found within ( 1844-1855)
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P. Phillips Family Papers

Identifier: MSS36087
Abstract Lawyer, state legislator, and United States representative from Alabama. Correspondence, letter books, legal record books, journals, dockets, notebooks, and an unpublished autobiography of P. Phillips, relating chiefly to the law practice of P. Phillips and his son, W. Hallet Phillips, both of whom practiced before the Supreme Court. Contains the writings of P. Phillips's wife, Eugenia, including her journal written while interned during the Civil War, and of her parents, Jacob Clavius Levy...
Dates 1832-1914
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Joseph L. Rauh Papers

Identifier: MSS62041
Abstract Lawyer, civil rights activist, and civil libertarian of Washington, D.C. Chiefly legal files together with correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, subject files, appointment books, and other papers relating to Rauh's career as a public interest lawyer handling cases pertaining to civil rights, civil liberties, and labor disputes. Includes files relating to his activities with Americans for Democratic Action and to his participation in...
Dates 1913-2008; Majority of material found within 1950-1984