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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4z09r7tn No online items Register ofthe William H. Rehnquist Papers Processed by David Jacobs, Jessica Lemieux, Natasha Porfirenko, and Elizabeth Konzak Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Ä 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register ofthe William H. 2009C15 1 Rehnquist Papers Register ofthe William H. Rehnquist Papers Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: David Jacobs, Jessica Lemieux, Natasha Porfirenko, and Elizabeth Konzak Date Completed: 2008 Encoded by: Elizabeth Konzak Ä 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: William H. Rehnquist Papers Dates: 1968-2005 Collection number: 2009C15 Creator: Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005 Collection Size: 571 manuscript boxes, 318 cubic foot boxes, 2 card file boxes, 2 oversize boxes (548 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Documents the Supreme Court terms of William H. Rehnquist, associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and chief justice from 1986 to 2005. Materials include court case files, administrative files, conference files, correspondence, speeches and writings, book manuscripts, invitations, and other materials. Also includes Rehnquist's law school notebooks from his time at Stanford Law School in 1951 and 1952. Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Boxes 322-331 and 359-893 closed. The remainder of the collection is open for research. U.S. Supreme Court case files and related materials for the Supreme Court's October Terms 1975-2005 in boxes 359-830 shall remain closed during the lifetime of any member of the Supreme Court who served with William H. Rehnquist. Impeachment files in boxes 322-331, and 893 are closed. Video depositions within the Impeachment files in box 330 are closed until 2048 in accordance with Senate Resolution 474. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], William H. Rehnquist Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2008 Biography Born on 1 October 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, William Hubbs Rehnquist served in the Army Air Corps in North Africa during World War II. Once the war ended he attended Stanford University where he received a B.A. in political science. He then earned master's degrees from both Stanford and Harvard, before completing Stanford Law School in 1952. After completing law school, Rehnquist served as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson. Rehnquist married Natalie Cornell, whom he had met at Stanford during his law school years, on 29 August 1953. They had three children. Rehnquist practiced law in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1953 to 1969, becoming active in Republican politics. Register ofthe William H. 2009C15 2 Rehnquist Papers Joining President Richard Nixon's administration in 1969 as head of the office of legal counsel in the Justice Department, in October 1971, President Nixon nominated Rehnquist to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court. Rehnquist served as an associate justice until 1986, when President Ronald Reagan nominated him to replace retiring Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger. Rehnquist was the sixteenth Chief Justice, serving more than 30 years on the Supreme Court. He has the distinction of serving as the second Chief Justice in U.S. history to preside over an impeachment trial of a president, in 1999. A notable decision in Rehnquist's tenure as chief justice was Bush v. gore (2000), which effectively decided the 2000 presidential election for george W. Bush by stopping the recount of contested ballots in Florida. As Chief Justice, Rehnquist stated that his goal was to be remembered as a good administrator. Known for his strong leadership, conservative interpretation of the Constitution, and decisions enhancing the power of the states in the federal system, Rehnquist retained his conservative perspective throughout his tenure on the Court. Ill with thyroid cancer, Rehnquist served as Chief Justice as long as his health permitted. He died on September 3, 2005, in Arlington, Virginia, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Resources: "William Rehnquist" in American Decades 1990-1999. Tandy McConnell, ed. gale group, 2001 in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: gale, 2008. Accessed 3 November 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC "William Rehnquist" The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Ed. Arnold Markoe, Karen Markoe, and Kenneth T. Jackson. Vol. 7: 2003-2005. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2007 in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: gale, 2008. Accessed 3 November 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Scope and Content of Collection The William H. Rehnquist papers mainly document Rehnquist's time as a justice of the United States Supreme Court, from 1972 to 1986, then as chief justice from 1986 to 2005. A small amount of material also documents Rehnquist's studies at Stanford Law School in 1951 and 1952. The Stanford Law School Notebooks and Journal contain Rehnquist's class notes, with another volume documenting his accounts and personal journal entries with non-continuously dated portions from 1947 to 1965. Documentation on the U.S. Supreme Court includes administrative files, which document the functional management of the court. Materials include stays, opinions, subject files, correspondence, conference and order lists, and vote sheets. Some administrative files contain collected information on subjects such as abortion cases or capital cases. U.S. Supreme Court Case files contain official printed drafts of each case opinion circulated among the justices. Some files also contain concise correspondence, memoranda, and other materials regarding the case. In many instances, there are multiple cases within one file. Materials are organized by the court term, or October term, in which the case was heard. The U.S. Supreme Court Administrative and Case files from 1972 through 1974, and Rehnquist's Stanford Law School Notebooks and Journal were opened November 17, 2008. Printed opinions and syllabi, Correspondence files, and materials on Rehnquist's books, as well as Additional materials including speeches, writings, notebooks, and other documents, opened in August 2009. Arrangement The collection is organized into series: Law School Notebooks and Journal, U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Files 1969-1974, U.S. Supreme Court Case Files 1972-1974, U.S. Supreme Court Opinions and Syllabi, Correspondence, Books, Speeches and Writings, Invitations, Impeachment Files, Notebooks and Calendars, Event Files, Federal Judiciary Administrative Files, National Historic and Public Records Commission files, Supreme Court of the United States Employee Photograph Directories, Personal Files and Miscellany, and Closed U.S. Supreme Court Files 1975-2005. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects United States. Supreme Court Law--United States Boxes: 1-3 Law School Notebooks and Journal, 1947-1965 Scope and Content Note Includes a journal with non-continuous writings dating from 1947-1948 and 1965, and notebooks from Rehnquist's time at Stanford Law School. Å Å Register ofthe William H. 2009C15 3 Rehnquist Papers Law School Notebooks and Journal, 1947-1965 Box: 1 Journal, 1947-1965. Scope and Content Note Labeled Record Book, item contains non-continually dated accounts and journal entries along with documentation of a trip to California in 1948. Å Å Box: 1-3 Stanford Law School Notebooks, 1951-1952. Scope and Content Note Six notebooks include class notes for Administrative Law, Admiralty, Wills, Conflicts, Corporations, Future Interests, Constitutional Law, Equity Notes, Taxation and Conveyances, 1952 Å Å Boxes: 3-16 U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Files, 1969-1974. Scope and Content Note Files contain administrative documentation on cases, including stays, opinions, subject files, correspondence conference and order lists, and vote sheets. Arranged chronologically. Å Å Box: 3 1969-1972. Scope and Content Note Case background material labeled "Personal - to keep" Å Å Å 1971 Box: 3, 4 Capital Cases Files for 1971 Term: 69-5003, William Henry Furman v. State of Georgia; 69-5030, Lucious Jackson, Jr. v. State of Georgia; 69-5031, Elmer Branch v. State of Taxes; 69-5027, Ernest James Aikens, Jr. v. State of California. " Physical Description: (4 folders) Scope and Content Note "Circulated drafts of the opinion, joint memoranda, conference memoranda, per curiam, and concise correspondence between the justices Å Å Box: 4 Cases Held for Decision on Moose Lodge, 1971 Box: 4 Stay applications, 1971 Box: 4 Seventh Circuit and other applications, 1971 Box: 4 Hearing lists and summaries, 1971 Box: 4 Opinions,
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