Marshall, Thurgood,  1908-1993. <br/><br/>
Thurgood Marshall papers, 1949-1991  (bulk 1961-1991). 

 - 173,700  items. 579  1  containers plus  oversize. 231.6  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 4 series.  Series 1: United States Court of Appeals File, 1957-1965; Series 2: Supreme Court File, 1967-1991; Series 3: Miscellany, 1949-1963; and Series 4: Oversize, 1967, 1991. 
<br/><br/> Open to research.  Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 
<br/><br/> Chiefly correspondence, case files, dockets, and other papers from Marshall's tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court (1967-1991); correspondence, administrative files, and other papers from his service (1961-1965) as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit); and correspondence and legal papers relating to his years as U.S. solicitor general (1965-1967).  The papers reflect Marshall's advocacy for the civil rights of minority and impoverished individuals and of criminal defendants and his opposition to capital punishment.  Correspondents include Benjamin O. Davis, John Doar, John Hope Franklin, Arthur J. Goldberg, Lyndon B. Johnson, J. Edward Lumbard, Adam Clayton Powell, Carl Thomas Rowan, and Roy Wilkins. 
<br/><br/><br/>Records relating to Marshall's early career with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People <br/>the Library's collections of the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. <br/>are located in <br/>Sound recordings <br/>Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Lawyer, judge, solicitor general, and first African-American associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001047 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 92081427  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Davis, Benjamin O. 1912-2002 --Correspondence.<br/>Doar, John, 1921- --Correspondence.<br/>Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009 --Correspondence.<br/>Goldberg, Arthur J.--Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973 --Correspondence.<br/>Lumbard, J. Edward 1901- --Correspondence.<br/>Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908-1972 --Correspondence.<br/>Rowan, Carl T. 1925-2000 --Correspondence.<br/>Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) <br/>United States. Solicitor General. <br/>United States. Supreme Court. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment.<br/>Civil rights.<br/>Constitutional law--United States.<br/>Criminals--Civil rights--United States.<br/>Law--United States.<br/>Minorities--Civil rights--United States.<br/>Poor--Civil rights--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Jurists.<br/>Lawyers.