Overview
Materials relating mainly to Felix Frankfurter's work on the Supreme Court and Elman's work with the Solicitor General. Includes numerous notes from Frankfurter pertaining to cases before the Supreme Court, particularly the historic cases of Willie Francis, Rosenberg, Brown v. Board of Education, and Cooper v. Aaron.
Dates
- Creation: 1925 - 1979
Physical Description
Extent is approximate.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to these papers is governed by the rules and regulations of the Harvard Law School Library. This collection is open to the public, but is housed off-site at Harvard Depository and requires 2 business-day advance notice for retrieval. Consult the Special Collections staff for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Harvard Law School Library holds copyright on some, but not all, of the material in our collections. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be directed to the Special Collections staff. Researchers who obtain permission to publish from the Harvard Law School Library are also responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations who hold copyright.
Extent
4 boxes (400 items)This collection mainly documents Felix Frankfurter's work on the Supreme Court and Elman's work with the Solicitor General. Collection includes correspondence, opinions, memoranda, articles, pamphlets, clippings, and other papers. Also includes numerous notes from Frankfurter pertaining to cases before the Supreme Court, particularly the historic cases of Willie Francis, Rosenberg, Brown v. Board of Education, and Cooper v. Aaron.
Historical/Biographical Information
Government attorney, professor of law, legal scholar.
- 1939-1940 Law clerk to Judge Calvert Magruder, U.S. Court of Appeals, Boston
- 1940-1941 Attorney, Federal Communications Commission
- 1941-1943 Law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
- 1944-1961 Assistant to Solicitor General
- 1961-1970 Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
- 1970-1976 Professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center
- 1939-1940
- Law clerk to Judge Calvert Magruder, U.S. Court of Appeals, Boston
- 1940-1941
- Attorney, Federal Communications Commission
- 1941-1943
- Law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
- 1944-1961
- Assistant to Solicitor General
- 1961-1970
- Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
- 1970-1976
- Professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers were donated to the Harvard Law School Library by Philip Elman, October, 1990.
Processing Information
Prepared by David De Lorenzo, Curator of Manuscripts and Archives, October, 1990.
Subject
- Bundy, McGeorge (Person)
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955. (Person)
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 (Person)
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 (Person)
- Rutledge, Wiley, Jr., 1894-1949 (Person)
- United States. Supreme Court (Organization)
- Title
- Elman, Philip. Papers, 1925-1979: Finding Aid.
- Author
- Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- law00050
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Law School Library, Historical & Special Collections Repository
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