Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Felix Frankfurter papers, 1846-1966
Personal name
Main title
- Felix Frankfurter papers, 1846-1966 (bulk 1907-1966).
Links
Links
- Freedom's Fortress: the Library of Congress, 1939-1953 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000001
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms999002
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms999002.3
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Description
- 70,625 items.
- 259 containers.
- 165 microfilm reels.
- 106.4 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
- Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms999002
Local shelving no.
- 0322G
- Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 24,911)
- Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 25001)
- Microfilm 18,868-165N-165P
Related names
Biography/History note
- Professor of law and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in ten series. Series 1: Diaries, 1911-1965; Series 2: Family Papers, 1894-1965; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1878-1965; Series 4: Special Correspondence, 1916-1965; Series 5: Subject File, 1846-1965; Series 6: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1907-1965; Series 7: Legal File, 1924-1963; Series 8: Miscellany, 1861-1966; Series 9: William Henry Moody Papers, 1906-1916; and Series 10: Addenda, 1898-1965.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, oral history interviews, writings, speeches, notes, legal file, newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers reflecting Frankfurter's involvement with significant political and social movements and events and his acquaintance with leaders in many segments of society. Documents his early years as a lawyer in public service, his tenure at Harvard Law School (1914-1939), and his years as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939-1962). Also includes material pertaining to Frankfurter's participation in the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) as a member of the Zionist Commission, his years as trustee of and contributor to The New Republic, and his role in the New Deal as unofficial advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Subjects include the judicial process, law, development of legal and social institutions, the personalities and legal philosophies of members of the Supreme Court, the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and the relation between law and social action. Other topics include banking structure, a survey of crime and criminal justice in Boston conducted by Harvard Law School, foreign affairs, independent regulatory commissions, industrial relations, labor injunctions, literary events and personages between the two world wars, the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, national politics in the United States and Great Britain, public utilities, railroad reorganization, and unemployment. Also includes material pertaining to various organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Law Institute, Cleveland Foundation, National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (U.S. Wickersham Commission), National Consumers' League, Social Science Research Council, and U.S. War Labor Policies Board.
- Includes some papers (1906-1910) of William Henry Moody and files containing materials by or about Oliver Wendell Holmes including correspondence (1929-1935) of his law clerks. Also includes Frank W. Buxton's memoir, Chum Felix Frankfurter : A Retired Journalist's Account of a Genius In His Off-duty Hours (197-).
- Family correspondents include Frankfurter's wife, Marion Denman Frankfurter, and his sisters, Estelle S. Frankfurter and Ella Rogers. Other correspondents include Dean Acheson, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Emory R. Buckner, Charles C. Burlingham, Frank W. Buxton, Loring Christie, Alfred E. Cohn, Herbert David Croly, Albert Einstein, Herbert Feis, Jerome Frank, Albert M. Friedenberg, Henry J. Friendly, Francis Hackett, Learned Hand, Julian Huxley, Harold Joseph Laski, W.S. Lewis, Max Lowenthal, Archibald MacLeish, Reinhold Niebuhr, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Henry Lewis Stimson.
LC Subjects
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971--Correspondence.
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941--Correspondence.
- Buckner, Emory R. (Emory Roy), 1877-1941--Correspondence.
- Burlingham, Charles C. (Charles Culp), 1858-1959--Correspondence.
- Buxton, Frank W. (Frank William), 1877-1974--Correspondence.
- Christie, Loring--Correspondence.
- Cohn, Alfred E. (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957--Correspondence.
- Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930--Correspondence.
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955--Correspondence.
- Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972--Correspondence.
- Frank, Jerome, 1889-1957--Correspondence.
- Frankfurter, Estelle S.--Correspondence.
- Frankfurter, Marion Denman, 1890-1975--Correspondence.
- Friedenberg, Albert M. (Albert Marx), 1881-1942--Correspondence.
- Friendly, Henry J.--Correspondence.
- Hackett, Francis, 1883-1962--Correspondence.
- Hand, Learned, 1872-1961--Correspondence.
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935.
- Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975--Correspondence.
- Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950--Correspondence.
- Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979--Correspondence.
- Lowenthal, Max--Correspondence.
- MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982--Correspondence.
- Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971--Correspondence.
- Rogers, Ella--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.
- Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950--Correspondence.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States. War Labor Policies Board.
- United States. Wickersham Commission.
- United States. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933.
- American Civil Liberties Union.
- American Law Institute.
- Cleveland Foundation.
- Harvard Law School.
- National Consumers' League.
- Social Science Research Council (U.S.)
- Zionist Commission.
- Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
- New republic.
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Banks and banking--United States.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Crime--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Endowments--Ohio--Cleveland.
- Independent regulatory commissions--United States.
- Industrial relations--United States.
- Judicial process.
- Labor disputes--United States.
- Law.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law--United States.
- Literature.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Public utilities--United States.
- Railroads--United States.
- Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921.
- Social action--United States.
- Unemployment--United States.
- Zionism.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
- United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
- United States--History--20th century.
- United States--History--1933-1945.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
- Educators.
- Jurists.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Bequest, Felix Frankfurter, 1967-1969.
- Gift, purchase, and transfer, 1971-1990.
Constituent unit
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition available, no. 18,868.
- Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Felix Frankfurter, May 15, 1939, also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title, Freedom's Fortress: the Library of Congress, 1939-1953, at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000001
- Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984.
LCCN
- mm 73047571
Invalid LCCN
- su 73047571
Other standard no.
- MSS47571
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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