Herbert Wechsler Papers, 1919-2000, bulk 1932-1995

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Series X: Correspondence, 1932-1997

Series X: Correspondence(13 boxes, 6.5 linear feet). The series of Wechsler's correspondence contains both personal and professional exchanges with a variety of people and organizations. Of particular note is Wechsler's lengthy correspondence with Francis Biddle, Justice Felix Frankfurter, academic criminologist Sir Leon Radzincowitz, and President Richard Nixon (regarding advice on the amendment to reduce the voting age to 18).



Box 90 Folder 1 A: General, Undated , 1933-1982


Box 90 Folder 2 Adler, Mortimer, 1934-1938


Box 90 Folder 3 Allen, James, 1933-1970


Box 90 Folder 4 American Academy of Sciences, 1964-1968 , 1976


Box 90 Folder 5 American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1978-1980


Box 90 Folder 6 Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1946-1947


Box 90 Folder 7 Attorney General of the United Stats of America, 1958 , 1976


Box 90 Folder 8 B: General, 1932-1934 , 1947-1950


Box 90 Folder 9 B: General, 1957-1984


Box 90 Folder 10 Baker, Joan, 1972-1977


Box 90 Folder 11 Baldwin, Frank B., III, 1967-1968



Box 91 Folder 1 Beatty, John C., Jr., 1947-1955 , 1965 , 1976


Box 91 Folder 2 Bickel, Alexander M., 1961


Box 91 Folder 3 Biddle, Francis, 1945 , 1947-1967


Box 91 Folder 4 Biddle, Francis: Regarding, 1968-1984


Box 91 Folder 5 Burger, Warren E., 1970-1971


Box 91 Folder 6 Birkett, Baron Norman, 1951-1955


Box 91 Folder 7 Black, Charles, 1965-1968


Box 91 Folder 8 Burling, John L. (Department of Justice), 1946-1950


Box 91 Folder 9 C: General, 1933-1939 , 1946-1950


Box 91 Folder 10 C: General, 1958-1981



Box 92 Folder 1 Chronological File, 1973


Box 92 Folder 2 Chronological File, 1974


Box 92 Folder 3 Chronological File, 1975


Box 92 Folder 4 City College Centennial Fund, 1946-1947


Box 92 Folder 5 Clare Committee Report, 1975-1976


Box 92 Folder 6 Clark, Ramsey, 1967


Box 92 Folder 7 Cohen, Felix S. (and wife), 1954-1955


Box 92 Folder 8 Committee of the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1947


Box 92 Folder 9 Conference on Crimes of Violence, 1949


Box 92 Folder 10 Cutler, Lloyd N., 1968


Box 92 Folder 11 Cutter, Amy R., 1959-1965 , 1975-1980



Box 93 Folder 1 D: General, 1950-1953


Box 93 Folder 2 D: General, 1954-1985


Box 93 Folder 3 Department of Justice, 1940, 1997


Box 93 Folder 4 Darrell, Norris, 1961-1976


Box 93 Folder 5 Doskowi, Ambrose, 1940-1948 , 1957


Box 93 Folder 6 Dowling, Noel T., 1947-1958 , 1963-1969


Box 93 Folder 7 Doyle, James E., 1946-1966 , 1971-1973 , 1981


Box 93 Folder 8 Dyke, Durward H., 1953-1959 , 1961-1968


Box 93 Folder 9 E: General, 1953-1981


Box 93 Folder 10 Elwyn-Jones, Baron Frederick, 1953-1956 , 1968-1976 , 1985


Box 93 Folder 11 Epstein, Eddie, 1941-1945


Box 93 Folder 12 F: General, 1934 , 1946-1980



Box 94 Folder 1 Foundation for the Establishment of the International Criminal Court, 1971


Box 94 Folder 2 Frankfurter, Justice Felix, Undated , 1934-1964


Box 94 Folder 3 Friendly, Henry, 1966 , 1969 , 1972-1976


Box 94 Folder 4 Freund, Paul A., 1952-1958 , 1961-1974


Box 94 Folder 5 G: General, 1934 , 1948-1980


Box 94 Folder 6 Gasch, Oliver, 1959


Box 94 Folder 7 Get-Well, 1990


Box 94 Folder 8 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1983 , 1993


Box 94 Folder 9 Goldring, Benjamin, 1940-1941


Box 94 Folder 10 Gunther, Gerald, 1962-1965 , 1968-1972 , 1980


Box 94 Folder 11 Guttmacher, Dr. Manfred S., Undated , 1953-1955


Box 94 Folder 12 H: General, 1947-1952


Box 94 Folder 13 H: General, 1954-1998


Box 94 Folder 14 Hand, Learned: Regarding, 1955-1959 , 1962-1965 , 1970


Box 94 Folder 15 Hoover, J. Edgar, 1946 , 1948-1949


Box 94 Folder 16 Hufstedler, Shirly M., 1973 , 1979


Box 94 Folder 17 Humphrey, Hubert H., 1968



Box 95 Folder 1 Hall, Livingston, 1957-1962 , 1965


Box 95 Folder 2 Hart, Henry M. (includes writings by Hart), 1954-1975


Box 95 Folder 3 Hart, Henry M.: Regarding "The time Chart of the Justices," foreword for Supreme Court 1958 Term, 1959


Box 95 Folder 4 Hays, Paul R., 1941-1971


Box 95 Folder 5 I: General, 1955-1981


Box 95 Folder 6 J: General, 1947-1949


Box 95 Folder 7 J: General, 1955 , 1963-1965 , 1972-1982


Box 95 Folder 8 Jackson, Robert H., 1949-1953


Box 95 Folder 9 Jenkins, Gertrude, 1947


Box 95 Folder 10 Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1963-1965


Box 95 Folder 11 K: General, 1948-1950 , 1954-1982


Box 95 Folder 12 Kaplan, Benjamin, 1936 , 1954 , 1963-1973


Box 95 Folder 13 Kamisar, Yale, 1955-1958 , 1973


Box 95 Folder 14 Kennedy, John F., 1960 , 1963


Box 95 Folder 15 Kennedy, Robert F., 1967



Box 96 Folder 1 L: General, 1946-1998


Box 96 Folder 2 Langbein, Irwin L., 1953-1962


Box 96 Folder 3 Levene, Ricardo, 1961


Box 96 Folder 4 Leventhal, Harold, 1965-1976


Box 96 Folder 5 Levi, Edward H., 1953-1977


Box 96 Folder 6 Lewis, Anthony, 1957-1977


Box 96 Folder 7 Lindsay, John W., 1968


Box 96 Folder 8 Llewellyn, Karl N., 1971-1975


Box 96 Folder 9 Lopez-Rey, Manuel, 1964 , 1967


Box 96 Folder 10 Loss, Louis, 1979-1980



Box 97 Folder 1 M: General, 1946-1982


Box 97 Folder 2 Marbury, William L., 1968-1969 , 1977-1978


Box 97 Folder 3 McGowan, Carl, 1970-1981


Box 97 Folder 4 McGranery, James P., 1947-1958


Box 97 Folder 5 McKusick, Vincent L., 1977


Box 97 Folder 6 McClellan, John, 1976


Box 97 Folder 7 Mishkin, Paul J., 1953 , 1959-1972 , 1978


Box 97 Folder 8 Moody, Linda A., 1965-1972



Box 98 Folder 1 N: General, 1934 , 1954-1979 , 1991


Box 98 Folder 2 National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, 1988


Box 98 Folder 3 New York County Lawyers Association, 1935


Box 98 Folder 4 Nixon, Richard M.: Regarding Minimum Voting Age, 1970


Box 98 Folder 5 O: General, Undated , 1937 , 1947-1952


Box 98 Folder 6 O: General, 1963-1965 , 1970-1977 , 1981


Box 98 Folder 7 O'Dwyer, William, 1947-1950


Box 98 Folder 8 P: General, 1934 , 1947-1951


Box 98 Folder 9 P: General, 1957 , 1963-1976


Box 98 Folder 10 Powell, Thomas Reed, 1946


Box 98 Folder 11 Prosser, William L., 1949 , 1955



Box 99 Folder 1 R: General, 1940 , 1946-1948


Box 99 Folder 2 R: General, 1955-1959


Box 99 Folder 3 Radzinowicz, Sir Leon, 1948-1952 , 1956-1962


Box 99 Folder 4 Radzinowicz, Sir Leon, 1963-1964


Box 99 Folder 5 Radzinowicz, Sir Leon, 1965-1967


Box 99 Folder 6 Radzinowicz, Sir Leon: Festschrift, 1972-1975 , 1979


Box 99 Folder 7 Reisman, David, 1939



Box 100 Folder 1 Rockefeller, Nelson D., 1968


Box 100 Folder 2 Rutledge, Wiley B.: Regarding, 1950-1951


Box 100 Folder 3 Rostow, Eugene, 1955 , 1957 , 1961-1962


Box 100 Folder 4 Rowe, James H., 1956-1973


Box 100 Folder 5 Russel Sage Foundation, 1940 , 1950


Box 100 Folder 6 S: General, Undated , 1934-1950


Box 100 Folder 7 S: General, 1955-1980


Box 100 Folder 8 Segal, Bernard G., 1968-1979


Box 100 Folder 9 Seymour, Whitney North, 1971


Box 100 Folder 10 Sobell, Morton: Regarding, 1956-1957 , 1966


Box 100 Folder 11 Solomon, Harold W., 1959-1967


Box 100 Folder 12 Stroock, Alan (Bill) M., 1954-1957


Box 100 Folder 13 Stone, Harlan Fisk, 1932-1940 , 1958 , 1975-1980


Box 100 Folder 14 Stone, Harlan Fisk: Regarding, 1946-1948


Box 100 Folder 15 Supreme Court, 1946-1958 , 1960-1961 , 1970



Box 101 Folder 1 T: General, 1940-1952


Box 101 Folder 2 T: General, 1966 , 1971-1980


Box 101 Folder 3 Taylor, Telford, 1947-1962


Box 101 Folder 4 Thank You's and "Fan Mail", 1957-1991


Box 101 Folder 5 Traynor, Madeline, 1984-1986


Box 101 Folder 6 Truman, Harry S., 1948 , 1972


Box 101 Folder 7 Tweed, Harrison, 1950-1977


Box 101 Folder 8 U: General, 1957 , 1970-1977 , 1980


Box 101 Folder 9 Uebersee Finanz Korporation case, 1946-1950


Box 101 Folder 10 Unidentified, Undated , 1933-1991


Box 101 Folder 11 United States Congress, 1939 , 1958-1978


Box 101 Folder 12 United States Senate: Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, 1968-1969 , 1973-1974


Box 101 Folder 13 University of Pennsylvania, 1956-1957



Box 102 Folder 1 V: General, 1957 , 1965-1968 , 1973-1978


Box 102 Folder 2 W: General, 1931 , 1946-1952


Box 102 Folder 3 W: General, 1953-1981 , 1991


Box 102 Folder 4 Wagner, Robert F., 1938 , 1965


Box 102 Folder 5 Waelder, Robert, 1959 , 1961


Box 102 Folder 6 Webster, Bethuel M., 1953 , 1959


Box 102 Folder 7 Weinstein, Jack B., 1964-1969 , 1975-1979


Box 102 Folder 8 West Publishing Company, 1933-1934 , 1964-1980


Box 102 Folder 9 White, Morton, 1955-1968 , 1973-1975


Box 102 Folder 10 White, Morton: Regarding The Institute for Advanced Study, 1973-1974


Box 102 Folder 11 Wisdom, John Minor: Regarding Splitting of the Fifth Circuit Court, 1964 , 1971


Box 102 Folder 12 Wolfe, Albert, 1973


Box 102 Folder 13 World Peace Through Law Center, 1965 , 1977


Box 102 Folder 14 Weinfeld, Edward, 1950-1964


Box 102 Folder 15 Wyzanski, Charles, 1948-1964 , 1967-1968


Box 102 Folder 16 Z: Genereal, 1965