A Partial Inventory of the William H. Rehnquist Papers 1947-2005 157 manuscript boxes and 503 records cartons (566 linear feet) Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563, Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] http://www.hoover.org/hila/ Prepared by David Jacobs, Natasha Porfirenko, and Elizabeth Konzak © 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title William H. Rehnquist Papers, 1947-2005 Collection Number Consult repository Creator Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005. Extent 157 manuscript boxes and 503 records cartons (566 linear feet) Repository Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University, Stanford CA, 94305-6010 http//www.hoover.org/hila/ 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. Arrangement Statement The collection is organized into series: Law School Notes and Journal, US Supreme Court Administrative Files 1969-1974, US Supreme Court Case Files 1972-1974, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Book Manuscripts, Invitations, Miscellany and Closed US Supreme Court Files 1975-2005. Physical Location Hoover Institution Archives Language of the materials The collection is in English 2 Information for Researchers Access US Supreme Court case files and related materials for the Supreme Court's October Terms 1975-2005 shall remain closed during the lifetime of any member of the Supreme Court who served with William H. Rehnquist. The remainder of the collection is open for research. Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information. 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 Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2008 Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at http://library.stanford.edu/webcat. Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in Stanford University’s online catalog. United States. Supreme Court--History. Judicial process--United States--History. 3 William H. Rehnquist Biographical Note 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. 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 US 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 4 William H. Rehnquist Papers, 1947-2005 Scope and Content Note The William H. Rehnquist papers mainly document Rehnquist's time as a justice of the US 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 US 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. US 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 which court term or October term in which the case was heard by the court. The US Supreme Court Administrative and Case files from 1972 through 1974, and Rehnquist's Stanford Law School Notebooks and Journal opened November 17, 2008. Additional materials, including correspondence, speeches, writings, book drafts, and other documents, will be open in the spring of 2009. 5 William H. Rehnquist Papers, 1947-2005 Series Description Box Nos Series Boxes 1-3 Law School Notebooks and Journal, 1947-1965. Includes a journal with non-continuous writings dating from 1947-1948 and 1965, and notebooks from Rehnquist's time at Stanford Law School. Boxes 3-16 US Supreme Court Administrative Files, 1969-1974. Files contain administrative documentation on cases, including stays, opinions, subject files, correspondence conference and order lists, and vote sheets. Boxes 17-87 US Supreme Court Case Files, 1972-1974. Case files generally contain printed official drafts of each case, with minimal correspondence, notes, and memoranda regarding the case. In many instances, there are multiple cases in a file. In the container list, a "Found in case" notation means that the case number is within another case file. A "See also" notation means that there is another relevant or similar case. Organized by type of document, then by appellate docket number. 59 manuscript Correspondence, CLOSED. Open spring 2009. Includes boxes, 10 records alphabetical files of personal correspondence. cartons 36 records Speeches and Writings, CLOSED. Open spring 2009. Files cartons contain speech documentation, articles, and other writings. 11 records Book Manuscripts, CLOSED. Open spring 2009. Consists of cartons materials related to Rehnquist's book projects, including manuscripts, publishing correspondence, press, and other materials. 37 records Invitations, CLOSED. Open spring 2009. Contains cartons invitations and other materials. 26 records Miscellany, CLOSED. Open spring 2009. Includes slip cartons opinions, information on justices' funerals, documents on inaugurations, and other materials. 11 manuscript US Supreme Court Files 1975-2005. CLOSED during the boxes, 383 lifetime of any member of the Supreme Court who served records cartons with William H. Rehnquist. 6 William H. Rehnquist Papers, 1947-2005 Container List Box Nos Contents Law School Notebooks and Journal, 1947-1965. 1. Journal, 1947-1965. Labeled Record Book, item contains non-continually dated accounts and journal entries along with documentation of a trip to California in 1948. 1-3. Stanford Law School Notebooks, 1951-1952. Six notebooks