Douglas, William O. (William Orville) 1898-1980 creator mixed material monographic eng 634,875 1,787 1 7 716.8 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. Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. 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. 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 Jurists Public officials mm 81018853 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011.3 Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. DLC 811116 20260227111707.0 mm 81018853 eng