This booklet explains the provisions of the 1789 Judiciary Act and the compromises it embodies, reviews the evolution of the federal judicial system during the nineteenth century, and analyzes the conditions and debates that led to the passage of the Evarts Act in 1891, which established the thre

A chronological study of the development of the clerk's office as an institution from its creation by Congress in 1789 to the present. The report uses legislative material and other primary sources to describe the changing nature of the clerks' duties over the course of American history.

The Court Historian was an occasional newsletter issued by the Federal Judicial History Office from 1989 to 1998.

A publication that discusses the importance of federal judges' papers as a documentary record of judges' careers and the work of the federal courts.