TY - GEN AU - Douglas,William O. TI - William O. Douglas papers, KW - Bannerjee, P. K. KW - Bates, George Eugene KW - Bazelon, David T., KW - Bost, Martha Douglas, KW - Bowmer, Jim D. KW - Clark, Charles Edward, KW - Clifford, Clark M., KW - Davis, Sidney M. KW - Dilliard, Irving, KW - Douglas, Arthur, KW - Eichholz, Mercedes D. Douglas KW - Fortas, Abe KW - Frank, Jerome, KW - Gilbert, Elon James, KW - Hamilton, Dagmar S. KW - Hooker, John J. KW - Hutchins, Robert Maynard, KW - Hoyt, Edwin Palmer KW - Janeway, Eliot KW - Johnson, Lyndon B. KW - Kennedy, Robert F., KW - Lantz, Robert KW - Maloney, Francis Thomas, KW - Meneely, A. Howard KW - Neuberger, Richard L. KW - Rahul, Ram KW - Rodell, Fred, KW - Roosevelt, Franklin D. KW - Shanks, Carrol M. KW - Shubert, J. Howard, KW - Small, Marshall L. KW - Smith, Richard J. KW - Strauss, Helen M. KW - Tippin, Phil KW - Yen, Y. C. James, KW - Douglas family. KW - United States KW - Constitution KW - Supreme Court KW - Albert Parvin Foundation KW - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company KW - Columbia University KW - School of Law KW - Faculty KW - Fund for the Republic KW - Harvard Law School KW - Curricula KW - Harvard University KW - Graduate School of Business Administration KW - Yale Law School KW - Air KW - Pollution KW - Bankruptcy KW - Botany KW - Business education KW - Business failures KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Constitutional amendments KW - Constitutional law KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Economic assistance, American KW - Israel KW - Environmental protection KW - Fundamental education KW - Impeachments KW - Law KW - Study and teaching KW - Plants KW - Type specimens KW - Middle East KW - Railroad law KW - Voyages and travels KW - Water KW - Wilderness areas KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) KW - Foreign relations KW - Asia KW - China KW - Politics and government KW - 1933-1945 KW - 1945-1989 KW - Educators KW - itoamc KW - Jurists KW - Public officials N1 - Restrictions apply; Classified, in part N2 - 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 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002011.3 ER -