Telford Taylor papers, 1918-1998, bulk 1949-1992

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Series II: New Deal Career, 1905-1945


Subseries II.1: Judicial Clerkship - Judge Augustus Hand (Arrangement: Chronological),, 1932-1933



Box 4 Judicial Clerkship: Opinions of Judge Augustus N. Hand, 1932-1933


Subseries II.2: Senior Attorney, Dept. of the Interior (Arrangement: Chronological),, 1933-1936


Box 4 Department of the Interior: Correspondence, 1933-1934


Box 4 Department of the Interior: Departmental Memoranda of Law, 1933-1934


Box 4 Department of the Interior: Miscellaneous, 1934


Box 4 Department of the Interior: Ickes v. Virginia-Colorado Dev. Corp., 295 U.S. 639, 79 L. Ed. 1627, 55 S. Ct. 888, 1935 U.S. LEXIS 1090 (1935): Correspondence and Legal Briefs, 1934


Box 4 Department of the Interior: U.S. v. California (1935)-Elk Hills, CA Decision: Section 36 (Draft Opinion), Undated


Box 4 Department of the Interior: U.S. v. California (1935)-Elk Hills, CA Decision: Section 36 (Opinion of the Secretary), Undated


Box 4 Department of the Interior: U.S. v. California (1935)-Elk Hills, CA Decision: Newspaper Clippings (1934-1936), 1934


Subseries II.3: Senior Attorney, Agricultural Adjustment Adm. (Arrangement: Chronological within each Subject Area),, 1934-1935


Box 4 [Presidential] Executive Order - Rural Electrification Administration: Drafts, 1935


Box 4 Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, U.S. Senate 74th Cong., 1st Sess. on H.R. 8492 (June 21 to 29, 1935), 1935


Box 4 Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, U.S. Senate, 74th Cong., 1st Sess. on H.R. 8492 (June 21 to 29, 1935), 1935


Box 4 Freelance Legal Work - Stock Exchange Bill: Economic and Legal Memoranda, 1933-1934



Box 5 Freelance Legal Work - Stock Exchange Bill: Drafts by Cohen, Stokes and Taylor, 19334


Box 5 Freelance Legal Work - Stock Exchange Bill (1934): Drafts by Stokes, 1934


Box 5 Freelance Legal Work - Stock Exchange Bill (1934): Drafts by Taylor, Undated


Box 5 Freelance Legal Work - Stock Exchange Bill (1934)-Newspaper Account: Alsop, Joseph and Robert Kintner, 'The Battle of the Market Place: Richard Whitney Leads the Fight,' (Part I) The Saturday Evening Post (June 11, 1938): 8-9, 74-78., 1938


Box 5 Freelance Legal Work - Stock Exchange Bill (1934)-Newspaper Account: Alsop, Joseph and Robert Kintner, 'The Battle of the Market Place: Wall Street and Washington Make Peace,' (Part II) The Saturday Evening Post (June 25, 1938): 10-11, 78, 80-82., 1938


Subseries II.4: Assoc. Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce (1935 - 1939) (Arrangement: Chronological),, 1906-1941


Box 5 Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. No. 943. In the Matter of Consolidations and Combinations of Carriers, Relations Between Such Carriers, and Community of Interests Therein, Their Rates, Facilities, and Practices. Report of the Commission, 1906


Box 5 Little Kanawha Railroad Company: Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission (64th Cong., 1st Sess., Dec. 10, 1915), 1915


Box 5 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 68th Cong., 2nd Sess. on S. 2224, Part 2 (Jan. 7, 9, 10, and 13, 1925), 1925


Box 5 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 69th Cong., 1st Sess. on S. 1870, Part 2 (Feb. 16, 18, 19, 24, and 25, 1926), 1926


Box 5 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 69th Cong., 2nd Sess. on S. 4892 (Jan. 12, 14, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, Feb. 7 and 8, 1927), 1927


Box 5 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 69th Cong., 2nd Sess. on S. 4892 (Jan. 12, 14, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, Feb. 7 and 8, 1927), 1927


Box 5 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 70th Cong., 1st Sess. (Jan. 9 to 21, and Mar. 3, 1928), 1928


Box 5 In re the Application of Wabash Railway Company (Before the Interstate Commerce Committee, June 28, 1929), 1929


Box 5 In re the Application of the Delaware and Hudson Company (Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Sept. 17, 1929), 1929



Box 6 Regulation of Stock Ownership in Railroads in Three Parts, Part 1 (Feb. 20, 1931), 1931


Box 6 The New England Railroads: Recommendations for a Policy with Respect to Consolidation and Ownership,' Report of the New England Railroad Committee to the Governors of the New England States, 1931


Box 6 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 72nd Cong., 1st Sess. on H.R. 9059 (Feb. 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, Mar. 1, 15, 16, 17, 23, and 24, 1932), 1932


Box 6 Interstate Commerce Commission, No. 12964 Consolidation of Railroads, In the Matter of Consolidation of the Railway Properties of the United States into a Limited Number of Systems, 1932


Box 6 Interstate Commerce Commission, No. 12964 Consolidation of Railroads, In the Matter of Consolidation of the Railway Properties of the United States into a Limited Number of Systems, 1932


Box 6 The Four System Plan: Draft, 1932


Box 6 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 73rd Cong., 1st Sess. on H.R. 5500 (May 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 22, 1933), 1933


Box 6 Emergency Railroad Transporation Act, 1933, 1933


Box 6 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 73rd Cong., 1st Sess. on S. 1580 (May 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1933), 1933


Box 6 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 74th Cong., 1st Sess. on S. Res. 71 (Mar. 20 to Mar. 27, 1935), 1935



Box 7 Preliminary Report of the Committee on Interstate Commerce U.S. Senate Pursuant to Senate Resolution 71, 74th Cong., Report No. 180, (75th Cong., 1st Session, Mar. 15, 1937), 1937


Box 7 Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 75th Congress, 3rd Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 71 (74th Congress) Authorizing an Investigation of Interstate Railroads and Affiliates: Part 19 (Dec. 18 - 21, 1937 and Jan. 4, 1938), 1938


Box 7 Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 75th Congress, 3rd Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 71 (74th Congress) Authorizing an Investigation of Interstate Railroads and Affiliates: Part 20 (Jan. 5 - 7, 11 - 13, 1938), 1938


Box 7 Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 75th Congress, 3rd Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 71 (74th Congress) Authorizing an Investigation of Interstate Railroads and Affiliates: Part 21 (Jan. 19 - 20 and Feb. 2 - 4, 1938), 1938


Box 7 Preliminary and Additional Reports of the Committee on Interstate Commerce: Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, and Affiliates, No. 25, Parts 1-3, 5-14, 1939-1940


Box 7 Additional Reports of the Committee on Interstate Commerce: Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, and Affiliates, No. 25, Parts 15-27; No. 26, Parts 1-2, 1940-1941


Box 7 Railroad Reorganization: Hearing before the Special Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Rep., 76th Cong., 1st Session on S. 1869, Serial No. 11, Part 1, 1939


Box 7 Railroad Reorganization: Hearing before the Special Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Rep., 76th Cong., 1st Session on S. 1869, Serial No. 11, Part 2: Supplemental Statements, Letters and Exhibits, 1939


Box 7 Hearings to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 76th Cong., 1st Session on S. 2610 [Amended and Reintroduced as S. 2903], 1939


Subseries II.5: Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General (Arrangement: Alphabetical by Case Name),, 1939



Box 8 Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General: Kobilkin v. Pillsbury, 103 F.2d 667, 1939 U.S. App. LEXIS 4788 (9th Cir. Cal.), cert. granted, 308 U.S. 530, 60 S. Ct. 97, 84 L. Ed. 447, 1939 U.S. LEXIS 256 (1939): Brief for Respondent, 1939


Box 8 Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General: Lukens Steel Co. v. Perkins, 70 U.S. App. D.C. 354, 107 F.2d 627, 1939 U.S. App. LEXIS 4676, cert. granted, 309 U.S. 643 (1939): Petition for Writ of Certiorari, 1939


Box 8 Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General: Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co., 310 U.S. 113, 84 L. Ed. 1108, 60 S. Ct. 869, 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1051 (1940): Brief for the Petitioners, 1939


Box 8 Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General: Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co., 310 U.S. 113, 84 L. Ed. 1108, 60 S. Ct. 869, 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1051 (1940): Appendix to Brief for the Petitioners, 1939


Box 8 Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General: Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co., 310 U.S. 113, 84 L. Ed. 1108, 60 S. Ct. 869, 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1051 (1940): Supplemental Statement for the Petitioners, 1939


Box 8 Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General: Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co., 310 U.S. 113, 84 L. Ed. 1108, 60 S. Ct. 869, 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1051 (1940): Appendix to Brief for Respondents, 1939


Subseries II.6: General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission (1940 - 1942) (Arrangement: Chronological),, 1939-1945


Box 8 The Code of the National Association of Broadcasters (Adopted by 17th Annual Convention of the NAB, July 11, 1939), 1939


Box 8 Federal Communications Commission v. Columbia Broadcasting System, 310 U.S. 617, 60 S. Ct. 977; 84 L. Ed. 1392; 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1257 (1940): Brief for Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Certiorari, 1939


Box 8 Federal Communications Commission v. Columbia Broadcasting System, 311 U.S. 132, 61 S. Ct. 152, 85 L. Ed. 87. 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1229 (1940): Brief for FCC, 1939


Box 8 Federal Communications Commission v. Columbia Broadcasting System, 311 U.S. 132, 61 S. Ct. 152, 85 L. Ed. 87, 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1229 (1940): Transcript of Record, 1940



Box 9 Final Report of the Attorney General's Committee on Administrative Procedure (Jan. 24, 1941), 1941


Box 9 A Public Primer: Radio (FCC, 1941): Pamphlet, 1941


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 316 U.S. 447, 62 S. Ct. 1214, 86 L. Ed. 1586, 1942 U.S. LEXIS 487 (1942): Brief for U.S. and FCC, 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Plaintiffs Brief, 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Appendices to Plaintiffs Brief, 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Affidavit of Frank E. Mullen, 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Brief of CBS, 1942



Box 6 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Brief for U.S. and FCC, 1942



Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Brief for the Government-Appendices, 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Reply Brief for U.S. and FCC, 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 940, 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2192 (D.N.Y. 1942): Reply Brief of Mutual Broadcasting System, Inc. [Intervener], 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission, 76 U.S. App. D.C. 238, 132 F.2d 545, 1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 4619 (1942): Decision on Reargument, 1942


Box 9 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 190, 63 S. Ct. 997, 87 L. Ed. 1344, 1943 U.S. LEXIS 1119 (1943): Brief for the U.S. and the FCC, 1943



Box 10 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 190, 63 S. Ct. 997, 87 L. Ed. 1344, 1943 U.S. LEXIS 1119 (1943): Brief for Appellant NBC, 1943


Box 10 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 190, 63 S. Ct. 997, 87 L. Ed. 1344, 1943 U.S. LEXIS 1119 (1943): Appendices to Brief for Appellant National Broadcasting Co., Inc., 1943


Box 10 National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 190, 63 S. Ct. 997, 87 L. Ed. 1344, 1943 U.S. LEXIS 1119 (1943): Brief for Appellant CBS, 1943


Box 10 Memorial to the House of Representatives for Fair Play to the Federal Communications Commission (A.C.L.U., Sept. 1943), 1943


Box 10 Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate FCC, U.S. House of Representatives: Correspondence (1944), 1944


Box 10 Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate FCC, U.S. House of Representatives: Legal Memoranda, 1943-1944


Box 10 Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate FCC, U.S. House of Representatives, 78th Congress, Washington, D.C, Vol. 98 (Nov. 27, 1944): 10695-10877-Hearing Transcript and Legal Memoranda, 1943-1944


Box 10 Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate FCC, U.S. House of Representatives, 78th Congress, Washington, D.C, Vol. 98 (Nov. 28, 1944): 10878-10894-Hearing Transcript, 1944


Box 10 Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate FCC, U.S. House of Representatives, 78th Congress, Washington, D.C, Vol. 98 (Nov. 28, 1944): 10878-10894-Hearing Transcript, 1944


Box 10 Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate FCC, Final Report, U.S. House of Representatives, 78th Congress, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 2, 1945), 1945