Carl Brent Swisher collection of research materials relating to Roger B. Taney, 1836-1962.

Open to research.

Chiefly reproductions of correspondence, reports, records, and newspapers gathered by Swisher for a history of Roger B. Taney's tenure as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Subjects include African Americans, the Bank of the United States, censorship, Civil War, currency, emancipation, Indians, international relations, slavery, slave trade, U.S. Supreme Court, and various court cases. Individuals represented include Jeremiah S. Black, James Buchanan, John Catron, Salmon P. Chase, Nathan Clifford, David Davis, John McLean, Richard Peters, Joseph Story, Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster, and Gideon Welles. Includes Swisher's correspondence and notes (1958-1962) chiefly relating to administrative matters of the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. Swisher's correspondents include Joseph P. Blickensderfer, Lloyd A. Dunlap, and Paul A. Freund.

In part, photocopies and transcripts of originals in various repositories including the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, Duke University, Chicago Historical Society, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Maine Historical Society, Maryland Hall of Records Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, William L. Clements Library of the University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia.

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Ill.

Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.

Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine.

Maryland Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis, Md.

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Mich.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Historian.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012136