10661cpcaa2201585 4500 mm 79013656 DLC 20260227111654.0 cr ||||||||||| 800605|||||||||||| eng mm 79013656 ms 80002032 su 79013656 DLC DLC DLC dacs R lcmd Brant, Irving, 1885-1976. Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977 (bulk 1938-1975). 37,000 items. 64 containers plus 1 oversize. 24 linear feet. Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1926-1976; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1910-1977; Series 3: Conservation Papers, 1926-1976; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1914-1976; Series 5: Research File; Series 6: Miscellany, 1921-1976; Series 7: Addition; and Series 8: Oversize, 1941-1943 Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, research notes, testimonies, newspaper clippings, and other papers reflecting Brant's newspaper career primarily as editor of the St. Louis Star (later the St. Louis Star-Times), his work with the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential administration as speechwriter and conservation consultant for U.S. secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickes, and his literary career as a playwright. Subjects include civil rights and liberties, conservation, constitutional questions, and economic and foreign policy during the Roosevelt administration. Includes material pertaining to Brant's work as editorial writer for the Chicago Sun and to his historical studies of James Madison, the United States Constitution, and the U.S. Bill of Rights. Includes Brant's testimony before congressional committees on conservation, constitutionality of anti-poll tax legislation, revision of Senate filibuster rules, and suffrage for the citizens of Washington, D.C., and Supreme Court reorganization. Documents his activities with the American Civil Liberties Union, National Audubon Society, Overseas Writers Club, and the Emergency Conservation Committee which led to the establishment of Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Washington (State). Correspondents include James Abourezk, Dean Acheson, Clarke F. Ansley, Roger N. Baldwin, Charles A. Beard, Francis L. Berkeley, Francis Biddle, Hugo LaFayette Black, Bruce Bliven, William J. Brennan, James W. Brown, Edmond Cahn, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Emanuel Celler, David Laurance Chambers, Henry Steele Commager, Thomas G. Corcoran, James Couzens, Jay N. Darling, Irving Dilliard, Paul H. Douglas, William O. Douglas, Don Edwards, Marshall Field, Felix Frankfurter, John T. Frederick, Mark O. Hatfield, William T. Hornaday, Hubert H. Humphrey, Harold L. Ickes, Jacob K. Javits, Alice Kauser, James Jackson Kilpatrick, John P. Lewis, Edward C. Mabie, Dumas Malone, Ben Mellon, Walter F. Mondale, Priestly Morrison, Grace Morse, Wayne L. Morse, Allan Nevins, George W. Norris, John B. Oates, Drew Pearson, Marlen Edwin Pew, Ezra Pound, Elzey Roberts, Don W. Robinson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Carl T. Rowan, Wiley Rutledge, Harrison E. Salisbury, Carl Sandburg, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Eric Sevareid, Willard Shelton, Frank Albert Smothers, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harlan Fiske Stone, Norman Lee Swartout, E.G. Swem, Frank W. Taylor, Charles H. Townes, Harry S. Truman, Oswald Garrison Villard, Henry A. Wallace, Earl Warren, James Russell Wiggins, Aubrey Willis Williams, C. Vann Woodward, and the Bobbs-Merrill Company. Audio recording transferred to Library of Congress Music Division. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Author, historian, and newspaper editor. Full name: Irving Newton Brant. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060 Abourezk, James G., 1931- Correspondence. Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 Correspondence. Ansley, Clarke F. (Clarke Fisher), 1869-1939 Correspondence. Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 Correspondence. Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 Correspondence. Berkeley, Francis L. (Francis Lewis), 1911-2003 Correspondence. Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968 Correspondence. Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 Correspondence. Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977 Correspondence. Brennan, William J. (William Joseph), 1906-1997 Correspondence. Brown, James W. (James Wright), 1873-1959 Correspondence. Cahn, Edmond, 1906-1964 Correspondence. Cardozo, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938 Correspondence. Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981 Correspondence. Chambers, David Laurance, 1879-1963 Correspondence. Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 Correspondence. Corcoran, Thomas G. Correspondence. Couzens, James, 1872-1936 Correspondence. Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962 Correspondence. Dilliard, Irving, 1904-2002 Correspondence. Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 Correspondence. Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980 Correspondence. Edwards, Don, 1915- Correspondence. Field, Marshall, 1893-1956 Correspondence. Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Correspondence. Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975 Correspondence. Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011 Correspondence. Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 Correspondence. Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 Correspondence. Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952. Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 Correspondence. Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986 Correspondence. Kauser, Alice, 1872-1945 Correspondence. Kilpatrick, James Jackson, 1920-2010 Correspondence. Mabie, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1892-1956 Correspondence. Madison, James, 1751-1836. Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986 Correspondence. Mellon, Ben Correspondence. Mondale, Walter F., 1928- Correspondence. Morrison, Priestly, 1872-1938 Correspondence. Morse, Grace Correspondence. Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 Correspondence. Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 Correspondence. Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944 Correspondence. Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 Correspondence. Pew, Marlen Edwin, 1878-1936 Correspondence. Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 Correspondence. Roberts, Elzey Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence. Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000 Correspondence. Rutledge, Wiley, 1894-1949 Correspondence. Salisbury, Harrison E. (Harrison Evans), 1908-1993 Correspondence. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 Correspondence. Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007 Correspondence. Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992 Correspondence. Shelton, Willard Correspondence. Smothers, Frank Albert, 1901- Correspondence. Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 Correspondence. Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946 Correspondence. Swartout, Norman Lee Correspondence. Swem, E. G. (Earl Gregg), 1870-1965 Correspondence. Taylor, Frank W., 1887 or 8-1961 Correspondence. Townes, Charles H. Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Correspondence. Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 Correspondence. Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 Correspondence. Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 Correspondence. Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000 Correspondence. Williams, Aubrey Willis, 1890-1965 Correspondence. Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999 Correspondence. United States. Congress. Senate Rules and practice. United States. Supreme Court Reorganization. United States. Constitution. United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments. American Civil Liberties Union. Bobbs-Merrill Company. Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.) National Audubon Society. Overseas Writers Club. Chicago sun. St. Louis star. St. Louis star-times. American drama. American newspapers Missouri St. Louis. Civil rights. Conservation of natural resources. Constitutional history United States. Filibusters (Political science) United States. National parks and reserves United States. Playwriting. Poll tax United States Law and legislation. Suffrage Washington (D.C.) Olympic National Park (Wash.) Olympic Peninsula (Wash.) United States Economic policy 1933-1945. United States Foreign relations 1933-1945. United States Politics and government 20th century. Authors. itoamc Editors. itoamc Historians. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060.3 42135 42135