Brant, Irving 1885-1976 creator mixed material monographic eng 37,000 64 1 24 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. Open to research. 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. United States. 1st-10th Amendments. American Civil Liberties Union. Bobbs-Merrill Company. Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.) National Audubon Society. Overseas Writers Club. 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 Editors Historians mm 79013656 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060.3 Open to research. DLC 800605 20260227111654.0 mm 79013656