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    Edward Bates papers, 1818-1904 Lawyer, politician, and United States attorney general. Correspondence, diary, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material reflecting Bates’s career in Missouri state politics and the United States House of Representatives and as United States attorney general.
    • Contributor: Bates, Edward
    • Date: 1818
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    Harry Augustus Garfield papers, 1855-1961 Lawyer, educator, public official, and son of President James A. Garfield. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, legal files, subject files, writings, scrapbooks, financial matter, printed matter and other papers relating to Garfield's career as a lawyer, professor, and university administrator, and to his interest in politics and international affairs.
    • Contributor: Garfield, Harry Augustus
    • Date: 1855
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    William H. Moody papers, 1879-1916 U.S. Supreme Court justice, attorney general, secretary of the navy, and representative from Massachusetts. Correspondence and related material mainly from Moody’s service as secretary of the navy and attorney general in the administration of Theodore Roosevelt.
    • Contributor: Moody, William H. (William Henry)
    • Date: 1879
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    [Judge Sidney Saylor]
    • Contributor: Harding, Wm. F. - Long, A. W.
    • Date: 1939-07-22

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    Oliver Ellsworth family papers, 1762-1907 Delegate to the Continental Congress, United States senator, and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence, estate, family, financial, and legal papers, and printed matter documenting Ellsworth's personal life, career as a Connecticut lawyer and judge, and his bank and real estate ventures.
    • Contributor: Ellsworth, Oliver
    • Date: 1762
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    Harold M. Stephens papers, 1895-1955 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.
    • Contributor: Stephens, Harold M. (Harold Montelle)
    • Date: 1895
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    Eli T. Sheppard papers, 1872-1924 Diplomat and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, and printed matter pertaining primarily to Sheppard's work as a United States consul in Tienstin, China, and as an adviser in international law to the Japanese foreign office.
    • Contributor: Sheppard, Eli T.
    • Date: 1872
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    William O. Douglas papers, 1801-1980 Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and professor of law. Correspondence, speeches and writings, subject files, Supreme Court files, financial records, family papers and genealogy, printed matter, photographs, and other papers documenting Douglas's legal and judicial career, government service, concern for the environment, and other interests.
    • Contributor: Douglas, William O. (William Orville)
    • Date: 1801
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    George Watterston papers, 1809-1866 Lawyer, editor, and Librarian of Congress. Correspondence, memorandum books, miscellaneous writings, and legal documents pertaining mainly to Watterston’s duties as Librarian of Congress and his life and activities in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Watterston, George
    • Date: 1809
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    Women Trailblazers in the Law Project oral histories, 2005-2018 Transcripts of interviews with prominent women lawyers from the American Bar Association's Women Trailblazers in the Law Project.
    • Contributor: Women Trailblazers in the Law Project
    • Date: 2005
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    D. Heywood Hardy papers, 1913-1924 Lawyer and member of the American Red Cross Mission to Russia, 1917-1918. Correspondence, diaries, reports, notes, speeches, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany pertaining to the activities of the American Red Cross in Petrograd during the early stages of the Bolshevik Revolution.
    • Contributor: Hardy, D. Heywood (Dermot Heywood)
    • Date: 1913
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    Walter Quintin Gresham papers, 1857-1932 United States secretary of state, secretary of the treasure, postmaster general, jurist, statesman, and soldier. Correspondence, letterbooks, and printed matter relating mainly to Gresham's service as postmaster general in the administration of Chester Alan Arthur and judge and secretary of state in the administration of Grover Cleveland. Also includes letters Gresham wrote to his wife during the Civil War.
    • Contributor: Gresham, Walter Quintin
    • Date: 1857
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    Woodrow Wilson papers, 1786-1957 Lawyer, author, educator, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States. Personal, family, and official correspondence, drafts and proofs of books, articles, speeches, academic lectures, scrapbooks, shorthand notes, and memorabilla relating chiefly to Wilson's presidental administrations.
    • Contributor: Wilson, Woodrow
    • Date: 1786
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    Philander C. Knox papers, 1796-1922 U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, articles, notebooks, bills and resolutions, legal records, biographical sketches, library catalog, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, cartoons, and other papers relating chiefly to Knox's service as U.S. attorney general, secretary of state, and senator from Pennsylvania.
    • Contributor: Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase)
    • Date: 1796
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    Benjamin Helm Bristow papers, 1839-1932 Army officer, lawyer, United States secretary of the treasury, and solicitor general. Correspondence, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, other printed material, and photographs relating primarily to Bristow's service as solicitor general and secretary of the treasury in the administrations of Ulysses S. Grant and to his New York City law firm. Includes a letterpress book of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the commissioner...
    • Contributor: Bristow, Benjamin Helm
    • Date: 1839
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    Arthur B. Spingarn papers, 1850-1968 Civil rights leader and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, wills and estate files, reports, briefs, hearing and trial transcripts, and other papers relating chiefly to Spingarn's service with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as vice president, chairman of the legal committee, and president (1911-1965).
    • Contributor: Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett)
    • Date: 1850
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    James D. Lee papers, 1852-1890 United States Navy officer. Correspondence and other papers relating primarily to Lee's military service during the American Civil War.
    • Contributor: Lee, James D.
    • Date: 1852
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    Charles Warren papers, 1874-1954 Lawyer and historian. Correspondence, annotated clippings and memoranda from World War I when Warren was assistant attorney general, official minutes and correspondence of the President's War Relief Control Board, biographical material, and miscellaneous papers.
    • Contributor: Warren, Charles
    • Date: 1874
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    Reverdy Johnson papers, 1830-1876 Lawyer, United States senator from Maryland, and diplomat. Mainly correspondence relating to Johnson's early law practice and political and diplomatic career.
    • Contributor: Johnson, Reverdy
    • Date: 1830
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    Boris Brasol papers, 1919-1954 Russian author and critic, criminologist, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches, drafts and typescripts, notes, memoranda, and other material relating to Russia and the Soviet Union and to Brasol's writings and work as a criminologist.
    • Contributor: Brasol, Boris
    • Date: 1919
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    Albert J. Beveridge collection of John Marshall papers, 1776-1844 Lawyer and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence, a journal, account books, and other papers primarily gathered by Albert J. Beveridge for his research on John Marshall.
    • Contributor: Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah)
    • Date: 1776
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    Louis F. Post papers, 1864-1940 Journalist, lawyer, and public official. Correspondence, manuscripts of articles and books, biographical data, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to Post’s career as a writer, public official, and advocate of the single tax.
    • Contributor: Post, Louis F. (Louis Freeland)
    • Date: 1864
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    Truman K. Gibson papers, circa 1900-1994 Lawyer, business executive, and boxing promoter. Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers reflecting the social life of the Gibson family in Chicago, Illinois. Also included in the papers is Gibson's correspondence with his wife, Isabelle Carson Gibson, written while he served as an adviser on African-American affairs to the United States War Department in Washington, D.C., during World War II.
    • Contributor: Gibson, Truman K. (Truman Kella)
    • Date: 1900
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    Carlyle E. Maw papers, 1925-1979 Lawyer and U.S. government official. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefing books, legal files, printed matter, and other papers chiefly concerning Maw's work for Henry Kissinger as legal adviser and undersecretary of state for security assistance in the State Department.
    • Contributor: Maw, Carlyle E.
    • Date: 1925
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    Roger Sherman papers, 1746-1827 Delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. senator and representative, and jurist from Connecticut. Financial material, legal documents and agreements, correspondence, notebooks, and other items, including while Sherman was a member of the Continental Congress and a U.S. senator and representative.
    • Contributor: Sherman, Roger
    • Date: 1746