Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Willis Van Devanter papers, 1884-1941
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- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011229
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011229.3
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Description
- 17,000 items.
- 53 containers.
- 21.3 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011229
Local shelving no.
- 0527O
Biography/History note
- Lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court justice.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in four series. Series 1: Letterbooks, 1885-1941; Series 2: Personal Correspondence, 1884-1941; Series 3: Special Correspondence, 1890-1941; and Series 4: Miscellany.
Summary
- Correspondence, letterbooks, legal records and briefs, speeches, lectures, and scrapbooks. Topics include Van Devanter's law practice in Cheyenne, Wyo.; Wyoming and Republican Party politics; the 1896 election; Indian affairs; western land policy; and his service (1910-1937) as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Correspondents include Elmer B. Adams, Charles Fremont Amidon, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Pierce Butler, A.C. Campbell, Joseph M. Carey, Clarence D. Clark, John H. Clarke, William R. Day, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William C. Hook, Charles Evans Hughes, Frank B. Kellogg, John W. Lacey, Frank W. Mondell, John Finis Philips, John C. Pollock, William A. Richards, John A. Riner, William Velpeau Rooker, Edward Terry Sanford, Harlan Fiske Stone, William H. Taft, Luther M. Walter, Francis E. Warren, and Sylvester G. Williams.
LC Subjects
- Adams, Elmer B. (Elmer Bragg), 1842-1916--Correspondence.
- Amidon, Charles Fremont, 1856-1937--Correspondence.
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941--Correspondence.
- Butler, Pierce, 1866-1939--Correspondence.
- Campbell, A. C. (Archibald Colin)--Correspondence.
- Carey, Joseph M. (Joseph Maull), 1845-1924--Correspondence.
- Clark, Clarence D. (Clarence Don), 1851-1930--Correspondence.
- Clarke, John H. (John Hessin), 1857-1945--Correspondence.
- Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923--Correspondence.
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935--Correspondence.
- Hook, William C. (William Cather), 1857-1921--Correspondence.
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948--Correspondence.
- Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937--Correspondence.
- Lacey, John W. (John Wesley), 1848-1936--Correspondence.
- Mondell, Frank W. (Frank Wheeler), 1860-1939--Correspondence.
- Philips, John Finis, 1834-1919--Correspondence.
- Pollock, John C., 1857-1937--Correspondence.
- Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912--Correspondence.
- Riner, John A. (John Alden), 1850-1923--Correspondence.
- Rooker, William Velpeau, approximately 1860-1934--Correspondence.
- Sanford, Edward Terry, 1865-1930--Correspondence.
- Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946--Correspondence.
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Correspondence.
- Walter, Luther M. (Luther Mason), 1877-1947--Correspondence.
- Warren, Francis E. (Francis Emroy), 1844-1929--Correspondence.
- Williams, Sylvester G.--Correspondence.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Elections--United States--1896.
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Law--United States.
- Practice of law--Wyoming--Cheyenne.
- Public lands--West (U.S.)
- Wyoming--History.
- Wyoming--Politics and government.
- Jurists.
- Lawyers.
Notes
- Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Winslow B. Van Devanter, 1980.
Cite as
- Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Willis Van Devanter Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Constituent unit
LCCN
- mm 82043950
Other standard no.
- MSS43950
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)