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040 _aDLC
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100 1 _aWright, J. Skelly.
245 0 0 _aJ. Skelly Wright papers,
_f1933-1987
_g(bulk 1948-1986).
300 _a81,200
_fitems.
300 _a232
_fcontainers.
300 _a116
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1947-1987; Series 2: United States District Court File, 1933-1963; Series 3: United States Court of Appeals File, 1959-1987; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1956-1987; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1935-1981.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aPersonal and professional correspondence, case files, opinions, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, financial papers, teaching material, clippings, printed matter, and photographs documenting Wright's legal and judicial career. The bulk of the papers (1948-1986) pertains to his service as judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1949-1962), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1962-1987), and the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of the United States (1981-1987). Includes files on criminal, regulatory, civil rights, and school integration cases (Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board and Hobson v. Hansen), the Watergate burglary cover-up, and John W. Hinckley, Jr.'s arrest for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Also includes material on Wright's tenure as a law professor at Loyola University, New Orleans, La. (1951-1961) and his early career as a notary public (1936-1942). Correspondents include Robert Andrew Ainsworth,Jack Bass, Hugo LaFayette Black, Wayne G. Borah, H. Payne Breazeale, John Robert Brown, Benjamin Franklin Cameron, Herbert William Christenberry, Robert Coles, Kenneth Culp Davis, Eberhard P. Deutsch, Susan Estrich, Abe Fortas, G.W. Foster, Jr., John P. Frank, Fred W. Friendly, Joseph C. Hutcheson, J. Edward Lumbard, Sidney C. Mize, Lee Mortimer, Thomas F. Murphy, Frank T. Read, Eugene V. Rostow, Ralph Slovenko, and Simon Ernest Sobeloff.
545 0 _aFederal judge and professor of law. Full name: James Skelly Wright. Born 1911; died 1988.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076
600 1 0 _aAinsworth, Robert Andrew,
_d1910-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBass, Jack
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBlack, Hugo LaFayette,
_d1886-1971
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBorah, Wayne G.,
_d1891-1966
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBreazeale, H. Payne
_q(Hopkins Payne),
_d1886-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrown, John Robert,
_d1909-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBush, Earl Benjamin
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 1 0 _aCameron, Benjamin Franklin,
_d1890-1964
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChristenberry, Herbert William,
_d1897-1975
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aColes, Robert
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Kenneth Culp
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDeutsch, Eberhard P.
_q(Eberhard Paul),
_d1897-1980
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEstrich, Susan
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFortas, Abe
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFoster, G. W.
_q(George William),
_d1919-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFrank, John P.
_q(John Paul),
_d1917-2002
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFriendly, Fred W.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHansen, Carl F.
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 1 0 _aHinckley, John W.
600 1 0 _aHobson, Julius W.
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 1 0 _aHutcheson, Joseph C.
_q(Joseph Chappell),
_d1879-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLumbard, J. Edward
_q(Joseph Edward),
_d1901-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMize, Sidney C.
_q(Sidney Carr),
_d1888-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMortimer, Lee,
_d1904-1963
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMurphy, Thomas F.
_q(Thomas Francis),
_d1905-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRead, Frank T.,
_d1938-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReagan, Ronald
_xAssassination attempt, 1981.
600 1 0 _aRostow, Eugene V.
_q(Eugene Victor),
_d1913-2002
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSlovenko, Ralph
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSobeloff, Simon Ernest,
_d1894-1973
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aLoyola University (New Orleans, La.).
_bSchool of Law
_xFaculty.
610 2 0 _aOrleans Parish School Board
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCourt of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit)
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDistrict Court (Louisiana : Eastern District)
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bTemporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
650 0 _aAdministrative agencies.
650 0 _aCivil rights.
650 0 _aCourts
_zLouisiana.
650 0 _aCourts
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aCriminal law.
650 0 _aJudges
_zLouisiana.
650 0 _aJudges
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aLaw
_vCases.
650 0 _aLaw
_xStudy and teaching
_zLouisiana.
650 0 _aNotaries
_zLouisiana.
650 0 _aSchool integration
_zLouisiana.
650 0 _aSchool integration
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aWatergate Affair, 1972-1974.
656 7 _aEducators.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aJurists.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076.3
999 _c43239
_d43239