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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

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Henry White Edgerton Papers

Identifier: MSS36038
Abstract

Jurist, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, case files, reports, notes, pamphlets, lists, newspaper clippings, and printed matter, relating mainly to White's career as a law professor and judge.

Dates 1910-1970; Majority of material found within 1929-1966
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Harry T. Edwards Papers

Identifier: MSS85605
Abstract

Judge, labor arbitrator, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, speeches, writings, reports, interviews, briefs, orders, opinions, motions, family papers, and other papers relating chiefly to Edwards's legal career as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Dates 1940-2012; Majority of material found within 1980-2010
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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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Harold H. Greene Papers

Identifier: MSS85346
Abstract

Lawyer and judge. Case material, correspondence, opinions, orders, printed matter, reports, and writings relating to Greene's career in the Department of Justice and on the bench of the District of Columbia Superior Court and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Dates 1951-2001; Majority of material found within 1958-1998
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Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit, Oral History Project, Oral History Interviews

Identifier: mm00084708
Abstract

Transcripts of oral history interviews with judges, judges' spouses, lawyers, and court staff associated with the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. Topics include biographical information, judicial procedures, prominent cases, and law clerks.

Dates 1959-2020; Majority of material found within 1991-2020
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Carl McGowan Papers

Identifier: MSS65835
Abstract

Chief judge, United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit). Chiefly case files depicting McGowan's judicial career, especially as judge on the United States Court of Appeals District for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Dates 1921-1988; Majority of material found within 1962-1988
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John Garrett Penn Papers

Identifier: MSS85429
Abstract

Judge. Correspondence, memoranda, bench books, orders, opinions, briefs, motions, exhibits, trial transcripts, depositions, notes, appointment books, reports, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Penn's career as a superior court judge and a federal district court judge.

Dates 1918-2007; Majority of material found within ( 1971-1999)
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E. Barrett Prettyman Papers

Identifier: MSS48983
Abstract

Judge and lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject and case files, and other papers relating primarily to Prettyman's judicial career, including his work as corporation counsel of the District of Columbia, general counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, private attorney, and professor of law at Georgetown University.

Dates 1901-1971; Majority of material found within 1945-1965
 Collection

Harold M. Stephens Papers

Identifier: MSS41343
Abstract

Jurist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, and books, biographical papers, legislative material, photographs, degrees, memoranda, and other personal and legal writings and papers relating primarily to Stephens's career as a lawyer and judge.

Dates 1895-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1935-1955)
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Robert H. Terrell Papers

Identifier: MSS42556
Abstract

Teacher, lawyer, and judge. Correspondence, speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Terrell's interest in African American education and welfare, courts and schools in Washington, D.C., Republican politics, and the Washington Board of Trade.

Dates 1870-1954; Majority of material found within 1884-1925
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J. Skelly Wright Papers

Identifier: MSS58982
Abstract

Attorney, judge, and educator. Personal and professional correspondence, case files, opinions, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, financial papers, teaching material, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to Wright's legal and judicial career.

Dates 1933-1987; Majority of material found within 1948-1986