09472cpcaa2201345 i 4500 mm 81018853 DLC 20260227111707.0 811116|||||||||||| eng mm 81018853 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980. William O. Douglas papers, 1801-1980 (bulk 1923-1975). 634,875 items. 1,787 containers plus 1 classified and 7 oversize. 716.8 linear feet. Arranged in 4 parts. Part I arranged in 7 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1925-1951; Series 2: Special Correspondence, 1934-1939; Series 3: Subject File, 1925-1939; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1929-1939; Series 5: Supreme Court File, 1938-1953; Series 6: Financial Papers, 1923-1939; and Series 7: Miscellany, 1922-1980. Part II arranged in 11 series. Series 1: Family papers, 1916-1980; Series 2: Correspondence, 1920-1980; Series 3: Subject File, 1856-1979; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1928-1979; Series 5: Supreme Court File, 1952-1980; Series 6: Foreign Countries, 1948-1978; Series 7: Financial Papers, 1921-1980; Series 8: Miscellany, 1801-1980; Series 9: Photographs, 1916-1974; Series 10: Oversize, 1947-1973; and Series 11: Classified, 1942-1968. Part III arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1939-1940; Series 2: Family Papers, 1904-1968; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1939-1980; Series 4: Subject File, 1953-1973; Series 5: Writings, 1957-1972; Series 6: Supreme Court File, 1945; Series 7: Miscellany, 1918-1977; and Series 8: Photographs, 1953-1968. Part IV arranged in 2 series. Series 1: Addition, 1950-2008; and Series 2: Restricted File, 1950-1962. Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, Supreme Court files, financial papers, family papers and genealogy, printed matter, photographs, and other papers documenting Douglas's legal career, his concern for the environment, and other interests. Supreme Court files (1938-1975) comprise the bulk of the collection, containing correspondence, memoranda, drafts and final opinions, docket books, and printed matter relating to cases heard, as well as administrative files of Douglas and his staff. Other papers pertain to his career prior to his Supreme Court appointment, particularly as a faculty member at the law schools of Yale and Columbia universities (1925-1936), director of the Protective Committee Study (1936) of the Securities and Exchange Commission, member and chairman of the SEC (1936-1939), and advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Environmental files include material on conservation, C & O Canal, wildlife, preservation of wilderness areas, and pollution of air and water. Other topics include Douglas's 1928-1929 study of business failures and bankruptcy laws in the United States, corporate finance, his advocacy for a combined business and law school curriculum at Harvard and other universities, legal affairs of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, travels in the U.S. and abroad, his interest in botany and collecting specimens from the Middle East and elsewhere, Fund for the Republic, mass education movement, Albert Parvin Foundation, attempt to impeach Douglas from the Supreme Court, U.S. policy toward Asia and recognition of Red China, support of Israel, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the First Amendment, and family matters. Correspondents include P.K. Bannerjee, George Eugene Bates, David T. Bazelon, Martha Douglas Bost, Jim D. Bowmer, Charles Edward Clark, Clark M. Clifford, Sidney M. Davis, Irving Dilliard, Arthur Douglas, Mercedes D. Douglas Eichholz, Abe Fortas, Jerome Frank, Elon James Gilbert, Dagmar S. Hamilton, John J. Hooker, Edwin Palmer Hoyt, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Eliot Janeway, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Lantz, Francis Thomas Maloney, A. Howard Meneely, Richard L. Neuberger, Ram Rahul, Fred Rodell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Carrol M. Shanks, J. Howard Shubert, Marshall L. Small, Richard J. Smith, Helen M. Strauss, Phil Tippin, and Y.C. James Yen. Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and professor of law. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011 Bannerjee, P. K. Correspondence. Bates, George Eugene Correspondence. Bazelon, David T., 1923- Correspondence. Bost, Martha Douglas, 1897- Correspondence. Bowmer, Jim D. Correspondence. Clark, Charles Edward, 1889-1963 Correspondence. Clifford, Clark M., 1906-1998 Correspondence. Davis, Sidney M. Correspondence. Dilliard, Irving, 1904-2002 Correspondence. Douglas, Arthur, 1902- Correspondence. Eichholz, Mercedes D. Douglas Correspondence. Fortas, Abe Correspondence. Frank, Jerome, 1889-1957 Correspondence. Gilbert, Elon James, 1897-1978 Correspondence. Hamilton, Dagmar S. Correspondence. Hooker, John J. Correspondence. Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977 Correspondence. Hoyt, Edwin Palmer Correspondence. Janeway, Eliot Correspondence. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Correspondence. Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 Correspondence. Lantz, Robert Correspondence. Maloney, Francis Thomas, 1894-1945 Correspondence. Meneely, A. Howard (Alexander Howard), 1899-1961 Correspondence. Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960 Correspondence. Rahul, Ram Correspondence. Rodell, Fred, 1907-1980 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence. Shanks, Carrol M. (Carrol Meteer), 1898- Correspondence. Shubert, J. Howard, -1951 Correspondence. Small, Marshall L. Correspondence. Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joyce), 1903- Correspondence. Strauss, Helen M. (Helen Marion), -1987 Correspondence. Tippin, Phil Correspondence. Yen, Y. C. James, 1893-1990 Correspondence. Douglas family. United States. Constitution. United States. Supreme Court. Albert Parvin Foundation. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. Columbia University. School of Law Faculty. Fund for the Republic. Harvard Law School Curricula. Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration Curricula. Yale Law School Faculty. Air Pollution. Bankruptcy United States. Botany. Business education Curricula. Business failures United States. Conservation of natural resources. Constitutional amendments United States. Constitutional law United States. Corporations United States Finance. Economic assistance, American Israel. Environmental protection. Fundamental education. Impeachments United States. Law Study and teaching. Law Study and teaching Curricula. Law United States. Plants Type specimens Middle East. Railroad law United States. Voyages and travels. Water Pollution. Wilderness areas. Wildlife conservation. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) United States Foreign relations Asia. United States Foreign relations China. United States Foreign relations Israel. United States Politics and government 1933-1945. United States Politics and government 1945-1989. Educators. itoamc Jurists. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011.3 43093 43093