Felix Frankfurter Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress 1997 Washington, D.C. Revised 2010 March Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms999002 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm73047571 Prepared by Anita Nolen Expanded and revised by Connie L. Cartledge Collection Summary Title: Felix Frankfurter Papers Span Dates: 1846-1966 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1907-1966) ID No.: MSS47571 Creator: Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Extent: 70,625 items ; 259 containers ; 106.4 linear feet ; 165 microfilm reels Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, oral history interviews, writings, speeches, notes, legal file, newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers reflecting Felix Frankfurter's involvement with significant political and social movements and events and his acquaintance with leaders in many segments of society. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971--Correspondence. Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941--Correspondence. Buckner, Emory R. (Emory Roy), 1877-1941--Correspondence. Burlingham, Charles C. (Charles Culp), 1858-1959--Correspondence. Buxton, Frank W. (Frank William), 1877-1974--Correspondence. Buxton, Frank W. (Frank William), 1877-1974. Chum Felix Frankfurter : a retired journalist's account of a genius in his off-duty hours. 197-. Christie, Loring--Correspondence. Cohn, Alfred E. (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957--Correspondence. Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930--Correspondence. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955--Correspondence. Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972--Correspondence. Frank, Jerome, 1889-1957--Correspondence. Frankfurter, Estelle S.--Correspondence. Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965. Frankfurter, Marion Denman, 1890-1975--Correspondence. Friedenberg, Albert M. (Albert Marx), 1881-1942--Correspondence. Friendly, Henry J.--Correspondence. Hackett, Francis, 1883-1962--Correspondence. Hand, Learned, 1872-1961--Correspondence. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935. Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975--Correspondence. Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950--Correspondence. Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979--Correspondence. Lowenthal, Max--Correspondence. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982--Correspondence. Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917. William H. Moody papers. 1906-1910. Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971--Correspondence. Rogers, Ella--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950--Correspondence. Organizations Felix Frankfurter Papers 2 American Civil Liberties Union. American Law Institute. Cleveland Foundation. Harvard Law School. National Consumers' League. Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) Social Science Research Council (U.S.) United States. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. United States. Supreme Court. United States. War Labor Policies Board. United States. Wickersham Commission. Zionist Commission. Subjects Associations, institutions, etc. Banks and banking--United States. Constitutional law--United States. Crime--Massachusetts--Boston. Criminal justice, Administration of--Massachusetts--Boston. Endowments--Ohio--Cleveland. Independent regulatory commissions--United States. Industrial relations--United States. Judicial process. Labor disputes--United States. Law--Philosophy. Law--United States. Law. Literature. New Deal, 1933-1939. Public utilities--United States. Railroads--United States. Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921. Social action--United States. Unemployment--United States. Zionism. Places Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century. United States--Economic policy--1933-1945. United States--Foreign relations--20th century. United States--History--1933-1945. United States--History--20th century. United States--Intellectual life--20th century. United States--Politics and government--20th century. United States--Social conditions--1933-1945. Titles New republic. Occupations Educators. Jurists. Felix Frankfurter Papers 3 Administrative Information Provenance The papers of Felix Frankfurter, law professor, author, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, were deeded to the Library of Congress in 1955 by Frankfurter. The Library received the papers from 1967 to 1969. Additions have been made through gift, purchase, and transfer between 1971 and 1990. Processing History In 1970, Anita Nolen organized the Frankfurter Papers and prepared a register published by the Library in 1971. In 1972, certain items in the papers were discovered to be missing. Subsequently, some of the missing material was recovered in photocopied form. These items, marked with an X for identification purposes, have been incorporated into the papers in place of the originals. Other items known to be missing and not represented by photocopies are listed in the Appendix to this register. Additional information can be found in the Library's brochure "Material Missing from the Felix Frankfurter Papers." In 1983, additions to the Frankfurter Papers through that year were appended to the papers as a final series, and the papers and a revised published edition of the register entitled Felix Frankfurter: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress, were prepared for microfilming. Other additions to the papers since 1983 comprise the 1997 addition and have not been microfilmed. The original register prepared in 1970 was revised and expanded in 1997. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of Felix Frankfurter in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions The papers of Felix Frankfurter are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Microfilm A microfilm edition of these papers is available on 165 reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Felix Frankfurter Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1882, Nov. 15 Born, Vienna, Austria 1894 Immigrated with parents to New York, N.Y. 1902 A.B., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. 1906 LL.B., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. 1906-1910 Assistant United States attorney, Southern District, New York Felix Frankfurter Papers 4 1911-1914 Law officer, Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department 1914-1939 Professor of law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. 1915 Published, A Selection of Cases Under the Interstate Commerce Act (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 706 pp.) 1917 Major and judge advocate, Officers' Reserve Corps, United States Army 1917-1918 Assistant to the secretary of war Secretary and counsel to the President's Mediation Commission 1918 Assistant to the secretary of labor 1918-1919 Chairman, War Labor Policies Board 1919 Married Marion A. Denman 1922 Published with Roscoe Pound, Criminal Justice in Cleveland (Cleveland: Cleveland Foundation. 729 pp.) 1927 Published with James M. Landis, The Business of the Supreme Court (New York: Macmillan Co. 349 pp.) Published, The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti (Boston: Little, Brown. 118 pp.) Published, Mr. Justice Holmes and the Constitution (Cambridge, Mass.: Dunster House Bookshop. 53 pp.) 1930 Published with Nathan Greene, The Labor Injunction (New York: Macmillan Co. 343 pp.) Published, The Public & Its Government (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. 170 pp.) 1931 Published with Wilber G. Katz, Cases and Other Authorities on Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure (Chicago: Callaghan. 769 pp.) 1932 Declined nomination to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Published with J. Forrester Davison, Cases and Other Materials on Administrative Law (New York: Commerce Clearing House. 1177 pp.) Published, Mr. Justice Brandeis, Essays (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. 232 pp.) 1933-1934 George Eastman visiting professor, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1937 Published, The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney, and Waite (Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press. 114 pp.) 1938 Published, Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 139 pp.) 1939-1962 Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States 1960 Published with Harlan B. Phillips, Felix Frankfurter Reminisces (New York: Reynal. 310 pp.) 1965, Feb. 22 Died, Washington, D.C. Felix Frankfurter Papers 5 Scope and Content Note The papers of Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) cover the period from 1846 to 1966, although the bulk of the material begins in 1907. This collection, which Frankfurter considered to be his personal papers, is supplemented by his Supreme Court files which he gave to the Law School of Harvard