A Guide to the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Collection , 1937-1999 #002

Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, Washington and Lee University

Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives
Washington and Lee University
School of Law
Lexington, Virginia 24450-0303
USA
Phone: (540) 458-8969
Email: powell@wlu.edu
URL: http://law.wlu.edu/library/powell/

Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives Staff

Note

These materials relating to Lewis F. Powell's life come from a variety of miscellaneous sources and are collected by the Powell Archives. This collection should not be confused with the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Papers, Ms 001. The Powell Papers contain the documentation of Powell's life which he created and maintained.

Administrative Information

Access

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Lewis F. Powell Jr. Collection, 1937-1999, Ms 002, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives, Lexington, VA

Scope and Content Information

This open-ended collection comprises discrete gifts of usually small amounts of documentation relating to the life of Justice Powell. These materials come from a variety of sources including friends, associates, and the geneal public. The Powell Archives staff have also added news clippings. Materials separated from the Powell Papers that would, in most cases, have been discarded, are also housed here for possible exhibition or other use not directly related to research. These materials include duplicate speeches,clippings, and Supreme Court slip opinions.

Contents List

Box 1

Lewis F. Powell Jr. letters to Virginius Dabney (111 leaves), 1971-1994

These letters were removed by the donor from the Virginius Dabney Papers, before those papers were given to the University of Virginia Special Collections.

Box 1

Louis F. Oberdorfer Corresponcence, October 1989

This single exchange begins with Judge Oberdorfer's letter of October 20, 1989 (copy) enclosing a copy of Henry W. Anderson's 1931 report of the Wickersham Commission concerning prohibition of alcohol. Justice Powell's letter of acknowledgement (original) of October 24, 1989 is also here.

Powell Death and Funeral 1998

Box 1
Lewis F. Powell III Eulogies for His Mother and Father 1996, 1998
Box 1
Funeral Program August 31, 1998
Box 1 & oversize folder # 2 in map case
Clippings 1998
Box 1
Memorial Service at U.S. Supreme Court May 18, 1999
Box 1
Symposium in Honor Of Lewis F. Powell's Birth Centenary. National Press Club. Video (dvd) Recording by C-Span2 April 6, 1991
Box 1
Duplicate Portrait Photographs of Lewis F. Powell Jr. 1972-1976
Box 2
Audio and Video Tape Recordings 1998

FBI File 1964-1988

This is a copy of Lewis F. Powell Jr.'s file provided to the Powell Archives by the Federal Bureau of Investigation through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Box 3
General Correspondence 1964-1983
Box 3-4
Supreme Court Background Check
Box 4
Threat Investigations 1974-1988

Video Recordings of Constitutional Law Classes at Washington and Lee School of Law March - April, 1989

Box 7

Justice Powell taught seven Constitutional Law classes at Washington and Lee University School of Law between March 15 and April 27, 1989. These recordings are on 3/4" videotape.

Duplicate and Separated Materials from the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Papers

Box 8-11A
Speeches and Writings 1956-1987
Box 12-12A
Published Materials 1968-1993

Duplicate copies of Ultra and the Army Air Forces in World War II , and of journals or reprints containing writing by or about Powell.
Published Court Opinions
- Box 13-30
  Supreme Court Slip Opinions 1970-1989
- Box 31
  United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1987-1992
Box 32
Bakke Decision Scrapbook 1977-1978

Four copies of the scrapbook of documents and clippings re the 1978 Supreme Court "reverse discrimination" case.
Materials Retained for Exhibit Potential
- Box 33
  Artifacts and Duplicate Documents
- Box 43-35
  Photos and Captions from Supreme Court "Justices In World War II" Exhibit
Box 36
Scrapbooks re Retirement from U. S. Supreme Court, 1987-1988

Duplicate materials removed from 001 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Papers at 10.9.3
Box 36
U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit Printed Opinions, 1987-1992

Duplicate materials removed from 001 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Papers at 11.6.1.2. All of these opinions were written by Powell. Though all are printed, some are "unpublished. "