History of the Federal Judiciary


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Research Collections

Fuller, Melville Weston

Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice (1888-1910)

Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Me.

Papers, 1879-1906.
ca. 75 items; collection contains 3 diaries (1879, 1880, and 1882), 13 letters to George T.
Little, 1 letter to William DeWitt Hyde, and 1 in. of news clippings.

Chicago Historical Society
Chicago, Ill.

Papers, 1833-1951.
12 ft. (ca. 7,000 items); finding aid; collection includes correspondence; legal documents;
newspaper clippings; and other papers relating to Fuller?s personal, professional, and
political life.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Papers, 1794-1949.
5,000 items; finding aid; collection contains personal correspondence, notes, scrapbooks,
speeches, writings, memorabilia, and other printed matter.

Harvard University Law School
Cambridge, Mass.

Papers of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1637-1967; 60 linear ft. (ca. 29,000 items); finding
aid; correspondence; microfilm copy available.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Springfield, Ill.

J. Otis Humphrey correspondence, 1908-1918; 149 items; correspondence.

Lyman Trumbull papers, 1821-1917; ca. 2 ft. (2,970 items); correspondence.

Indiana State Library
Indianapolis, Ind.

Benjamin Harrison papers, 1841-1900; 4 boxes; finding aid; correspondence.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

John Dean Caton papers, 1826-1895; 14 ft. (ca. 9,000 items); finding aid;
correspondence.

Grover Cleveland papers, 1859-1945; 410 ft. (100,000 items); finding aid;
correspondence.

University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Henry Wade Rogers papers, 1873-1920; 1 linear ft.; finding aid; represented.

New Jersey Historical Society
Newark, N.J.

Joseph P. Bradley papers, 1836-1937; 15 ft. (ca. 5,000 items); finding aid;
correspondence.

Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, Va.

Conrad Holmes papers, 1812-1950; 408 items; correspondence.

Yale University
Sterling Memorial Library
New Haven, Conn.

Brewer family papers, 1714-1954; 13.75 linear ft. (21 boxes, 1 folio, 4 vols.); finding aid;
correspondence.

 

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