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Powell Papers

 

 

 

 

 

The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Papers, like all of the  the manuscript collections held by the Powell Archives, has an XML/EAD encoded finding aid.  This was made possible by the Virginia Heritage Project Task Force of the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.   


Powell, Lewis F. Jr., Papers, 1921-1998: #001 
     Washington and Lee University School of Law

Secondary, more detailed finding aids to specific portions of the Powell Papers, including a listing of all Supreme Court case files and listings of Powell correspondents, are listed below.  These listings are still being edited and corrected. They are word processing documents, with the exception of the Excel spreadsheet format of the Supreme Court cases listing.  These documents are not EAD or XML encoded.  There are, however, links from the relevant portions of the encoded guide to these indices.

Series 2.1.1: Correspondence, 1932-1971 

Series 3.1.3:  World War II Correspondence in bound volumes, 1943-1947

Series 2.1.2:

"Get Well" Correspondence, 1956

"Get Well" Correspondence, 1967

"Get Well" Correspondence, 1979

Correspondence re National Defense, 1957-1971

Series 10.1 (part):  Supreme Court Nomination Congratulations, 1971-1972

Series 10.2.1: General Correspondence, 1972-1987

Series 10.2.2: Correspondence with Fellow Justices, 1972-1987

Series 10.6: Supreme Court Case Files, 1972-1987

Series 11.1.1:  Retirement -- General Correspondence, 1987-1998 

Series 11.6.1:  4th Circuit Case Files, 1987-1995

Series 11.6.2:  11th Circuit Case Files, 1989-1991

Series 11.9.2:  Justice Powell's Death and Funeral

Separated Materials: Justice Powell's Chambers and Personal Library

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Selected Digitized Documents 

Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Entrprise System

 

Supreme Court Case Files

 

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Related Collections

Two collections especially complementary to the Powell Papers are the papers of Powell's spouse of over sixty years, Josephine Rucker Powell and the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Collection.  The later comprises all of the small donations and the materials pertaining to Powell collected by the Powell Archives. 

Powell, Josephine Rucker, 1929-1996: #014
     Washington and Lee University School of Law

Powell, Lewis F. Collection, 1937-1999: #002
     Washington and Lee University School of Law