Stuart B. Schimmel - Oliver Wendell Holmes letters and documents, 1860-1946

Creator:
Schimmel, Stuart B
Extent:
2 Volumes 1 box 1 oversize folder
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Correspondence, manuscripts, a Civil War notebook, commemorative postage stamps, an etching, photographs, book reviews and other clippings by and about Holmes. Many of the letters are written to Charles Henry Butler, 1859-1940, Reporter of Decisions at the United States Supreme Court from 1902 until 1916, and contain suggestions for the published reports of Holmes' decisions. There are also many manuscript memoranda of Holmes' suggestions to Butler. There is a letter written to P.E. Mason dated March 1, 1899, giving advice to a young lawyer on what books to read and how to conduct himself; and also Holmes' autograph manuscript of an essay on the legal vocation"Just the Boy That's Wanted in Law.".

Biographical / historical:

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1841-1935 was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 until 1935. His father, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 1809-1894, essayist, poet, and physician, is also represented in the collection.

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Stuart B. Schimmel - Oliver Wendell Holmes letters and documents; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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