Official Records

The records of the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Pennsylvania are included among Record Group 21 at the:   

        National Archives at Philadelphia
        900 Market Street
        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-4292

        Email: philadelphia.archives@nara.gov

A guide to the holdings of the regional archives is available at: https://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/finding-aids

A published description of the records is also available in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995 (http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index.html ).

Bibliography

A Court's Heritage. Sidney L. Wickenhaver, ed. (Occasional newsletter of The Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.) Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1985-).

The Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. The Federal Court System in Western Pennsylvania. May 1972.

Bartle, Hon. Harvey III. Mortals with Tremendous Responsibilities: A History of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: St. Joseph's University Press, 2011.

Presser, Stephen B . Studies in the History of the United States Courts of the Third Circuit. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982.