Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)James McCauley Landis papers, 1916-2004
Personal name
Main title
- James McCauley Landis papers, 1916-2004 (bulk 1927-1962).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013144
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013144.3
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Description
- 63,500 items.
- 202 containers plus 2 oversize.
- 82 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013144
Local shelving no.
- 0511N
- Oversize 0555D
- Oversize 1:1
Biography/History note
- Government official, lawyer, and educator.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in seven series. Series 1: Diaries and Family Correspondence, 1917-1952; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1923-1939; Series 3: Office Files, 1923-1968; Series 4: Subject File, 1931-1962; Series 5: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1924-1962; Series 6: Miscellany, 1916-1963; Series 7: Addition I, 1942-1964; Series 8: Addition II, 1921-2004; and Series 9: Oversize, 1934-1958.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, interviews, writings, legal drafts and briefs, financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Landis's career as professor of law and dean of the Harvard Law School, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, director of economic operations and minister to the Middle East during World War II, advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and supervisor for the town of Harrison, N.Y. Subjects include the controversy over the plan to reorganize the U.S. Supreme Court in 1936, the Harry Bridges legal case, presidential election of 1940, public administration, the U.S. Federal Power Commission, and the motion picture and televison industry. Includes material pertaining to Landis's law practice, New York, N.Y.; papers of Landis's second wife, Dorothy Purdy Brown; and material gathered by Donald A. Ritchie for his biography of Landis.
- Correspondents include Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Zechariah Chafee, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, David Eli Lilienthal, Langdon P. Marvin, Claude Pepper, Roscoe Pound, Richard Manning Russell, and Herbert Bayard Swope.
LC Subjects
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941--Correspondence.
- Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Cardozo, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938--Correspondence.
- Chafee, Zechariah, Jr., 1885-1957--Correspondence.
- Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980--Correspondence.
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965--Correspondence.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Correspondence.
- Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969--Correspondence.
- Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981--Correspondence.
- Marvin, Langdon P. (Langdon Parker), 1876-1957--Correspondence.
- Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989--Correspondence.
- Ritchie, Donald A., 1945-
- Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964--Correspondence.
- Russell, Richard Manning, 1891---Correspondence.
- Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958--Correspondence.
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Board.
- United States. Federal Power Commission.
- United States. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Harvard Law School.
- Aeronautics, Commercial.
- Economic development--Middle East.
- Law--Study and teaching--United States.
- Motion picture industry.
- Practice of law--New York (State)--New York.
- Public administration.
- Securities--United States.
- Television broadcasting.
- World War, 1939-1945--Middle East.
- Harrison (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
- Middle East--Economic conditions.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Educators.
- Lawyers.
- Public officials.
Notes
- Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Charles C. McLaughlin, 1967-1972.
- Gift, Ann Landis McLaughlin, 1974-1975.
- Other gift, 1968-2009.
- Transfer, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, 2005.
Cite as
- 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.
Constituent unit
LCCN
- mm 78029348
Other standard no.
- MSS29348
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)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- 0511N
- Containers 1-190, 192-203
Request in
- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 1:1
- OV 1
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 0555D
- OV 191
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
