Leonard Garment papers, 1949-1997 (bulk 1969-1997).

Restrictions apply.

Classified, in part.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, appointment books, press releases, printed material, and other papers relating chiefly to Garment's service as a legal advisor to presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. Files from Garment's White House years include material on the Watergate Affair, Indian relations, Jewish issues, Legal Services Corporation, presidential campaigns, and school integration. Papers documenting Garment's subsequent practice of law in Washington, D.C., include material on the Bank of Credit and Commerce Interntional (BCCI), INSLAW (firm), the Jonathan Jay Pollard espionage case, tension in the Middle East. and Robert C. McFarlane, whom Garment represented in the Iran-Contra investigations. Also includes working papers for Garment's book, Crazy Rhythm (1997), and other writings.

Audio recordings and motion picture films transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Lawyer and government official; born 1924.

Collection material in English.

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

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010192