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Washington and Lee University, School of Law, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives
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By terms of the donor agreement, researches must obtain permission of the archivist before doing research in the case files from the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals portions of the papers. Additionally, portions of the Family Papers series are closed or require special permission for access and use. Specific terms of access are available from the Powell Archives or from its World Wide Web site.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. Papers, 1921-1998, Ms 001, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
The portions of these papers, including personal and family correspondence, created prior to Lewis F. Powell, Jr.'s joining the Supreme Court in 1972 were stored in his Hunton & Williams law firm office in the Electric Building in Richmond, Virginia or in that firm's storage facility known as the Presbyterian Building. Most of these pre-court papers were deposited at the Virginia Historical Society in August 1983.
In 1988, Justice Powell authorized the writing of his biography by University of Virginia (UVA) law professor John C. Jeffries Jr. In December 1989, Powell announced his decision to leave his papers to Washington and Lee University (W & L) to be housed in a specially constructed facility at the School of Law. Before going to W & L, however, personal and professional papers, which had been on deposit at the Virginia Historical Society, along with selected Supreme Court files, were transferred to the UVA School of Law's Special Collections department, for use in Professor Jeffries' biography. At Powell's request, the papers were housed there in courtesy storage for four years. Only Jeffries and his research assistants were allowed access to the papers during this period.
Papers from Powell's tenure on the Supreme Court (1972-1987) were stored in his chambers and in a storage room in the court building. In the Spring of 1989, as part of the project mentioned above, Professor Jeffries was allowed to have selected files (which were, for the most part, files of cases in which Powell wrote the Court opinion or a dissenting opinion) shipped to the UVA Law Library. Most of the Court files not chosen by Jeffries were shipped to W & L on March 4, 1992.
Powell's son, Lewis F. Powell III, located ten bound volumes of his father' s law school notes in a Hunton & Williams storage facility in the late 1980's. These volumes were kept in Lewis III's Hunton & Williams office until February 1991 when they were shipped to Professor Jeffries at the UVA law school. He, in turn, sent them to the W & L law school when he had finished with them.
The papers held in courtesy storage at UVA were moved to W & L in two shipments: September 8, 1992, and August 31, 1993. Subsequently some small additions have been mailed from the court to W & L.
On December 3, 1996, all Powell papers remaining at the Supreme Court were shipped to Washington and Lee School of Law in anticipation of the January 7, 1997 closing of Justice Powell's Supreme Court chambers. This shipment of 210 cubic feet of materials included: 110 cubic feet of papers; the Powell chambers' library; fine art; photographs; awards; and artifacts (including Justice Powell's Supreme Court bench chair). Most of these papers are from after Powell's 1987 retirement from the Supreme Court and include extensive documentation of Powell's work as an extra judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Approximately three feet of these papers came from Justice and Mrs. Powell's Washington apartment. In February 1999, shortly after the chambers closing, a final 16 cu. ft. of materials were transferred from the Supreme Court. Of this accession, 12 ft. were records and the remaining 4 ft. were artifacts.
The papers resided at W & L School of Law under a deposit agreement with Justice Powell. They were opened to researchers under the terms of this deposit agreement in April 1994. Following the 1998 death of Justice Powell, title to the papers passed to the School of Law by terms of his will.
In May 1999, approximately 35 cu. ft. of books, papers, photographs, and artifacts from Justice Powell's Richmond, Virginia home were transferred to the Powell Archives. Artifacts from Powell's student days at W & L and from his military service were included in this accession.
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. CHRONOLOGY |
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| 1907 | Sept. 19, Born, Suffolk, Virginia | |
| 1925 | B.S. magna cum laude, Washington & Lee University | |
| 1931 | LL.B, Washington & Lee University; Admitted to Virginia Bar | |
| 1932 | LL.M, Harvard Law School; Joined Richmond Law Firm of Christian, Barton & Parker | |
| 1935 | Joined Richmond law firm of Hunton, Williams, Anderson, Gay & Moore | |
| 1936 | Married Josephine Pierce Rucker | |
| 1938 | Jan.1, Became partner of Hunton, Williams; July 1 Josephine McRae (Jody) Powell born | |
| 1938-1941 | Instructor in economics, Evening School of Business, University of Richmond | |
| 1940 | Sept. 19, Ann Pendleton (Penny) Powell born | |
| 1941 | Elected Chairman, Junior Bar Conference, American Bar Association | |
| 1942 | Volunteered for service in Army Air Forces | |
| 1946 | Discharged from Army with rank of colonel; resumed practice at Hunton, Williams | |
| 1947 | July 1, Mary Lewis Gwathmey (Molly) Powell born | |
| 1947-1948 | Chairman, Richmond Charter Commission | |
| 1948-1949 | President, Richmond Bar Association | |
| 1948-1952 | Special Assistant to the Attorney General re Selective Service | |
| 1950 | Joined Richmond School Board | |
| 1952 | Sept. 14, Lewis F. Powell, III born | |
| 1952-1961 | Chairman, Richmond School Board | |
| 1954 | June 1 Became senior, named partner of Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell | |
| 1958 | Member of American Bar Association delegation to Soviet Union | |
| 1961-1969 | Member of Virginia State Board of Education | |
| 1962 | Represented Albemarle Paper Manufacturing in Acquisition of Ethyl Corporation | |
| 1964-1965 | President, American Bar Association | |
| 1965-1966 | Member, National Advisory Committee on Legal Services to the Poor | |
| 1965-1967 | Member, President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice | |
| 1967-1968 | Member, Virginia Constitutional Revision Commission | |
| 1969-1970 | Member, Blue Ribbon Defense Panel; President, American College of Trial Lawyers | |
| 1969-1971 | President, American Bar Foundation | |
| 1971 | Oct. 21, Nominated to Supreme Court by President Nixon; Dec. 7, Nomination confirmed by Senate | |
| 1972 | Jan. 7, Sworn-in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | |
| 1987 | June 26, Retired as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | |
| 1987-1996 | Sat on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as an extra judge | |
| 1996 | July 24 Josephine Rucker Powell died | |
| 1997 | Jan. 7, Powell Supreme Court Chambers closed | |
| 1998 | August 25, Lewis F. Powell Jr. died | |
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. Papers document the life of this Richmond, Virginia attorney and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The papers span the years 1921-1998(some few items of family history pre-date this period)and document his legal career; military service in World War II; leadership positions in varied civic and professional organizations; and friendships and family relations. Documentation of his work as an attorney is limited, as client files remain with his former law firm, Hunton & Williams. At one hundred forty two cubic feet, Supreme Court case files, 1972-1987, constitute almost half of the collection.
The papers are arranged in twelve subgroups. There are also
oversized materials that are housed separately for
preservation purposes. The first eleven subgroups represent
different aspects of Powell's life and career. The final
subgroup contains series of materials by form. These materials
had never been integrated into the preceding larger body of
papers. Most series are divided into subseries. Further
divisions beneath this level are common.
1. Biographical Materials, 1797, 1859, 1873, 1942-1983
Series 1.1 General, 1942-1983
Series 1.2 Biographical & Historical Memoranda,
1959- 1983
Series 1.3 Genealogical Materials, 1797,1859, 1873,
1951-1981
2. Personal Papers, 1921-1996
Series 2.1 Correspondence, 1932- 1971
Series 2.2 Family Papers, 1941- 1996
Series 2.3 Education, 1921-1932
Series 2.4 Speeches, Statements and Writings, 1937-1971
3. Military Service Papers, 1942- 1994
Series 3.1 World War II, 1942-1946
Series 3.2 Post World War II, 1946-1964
Series 3.3 Historical Studies & Interviews, 1971-
1994
4. Law Firm (Hunton & Williams) Records, 1945-1972
Series 4.1 Correspondence, 1954,1958
Series 4.2 Memoranda, 1945-1972
Series 4.3 Forms File, 1945-1951
Series 4.4 Financial Statement, 1949-1954
Series 4.5 "Housekeeping" Records, 1949-1972
5. Professional Associations, 1937- 1971
Series 5.1 American Bar Association, 1937-1971
Series 5.2 American Bar Foundation, 1960-1971
Series 5.3 American College of Trial Lawyers, 1958-1971
Series 5.4 American Judicature Society, 1958- 1963
Series 5.5 American Law Institute, 1947-1967
Series 5.6 Association of Life Insurance Counsel,
1957-1963
Series 5.7 National Center for State Courts, 1971
Series 5.8 Richmond Bar Association, 1946- 1966
Series 5.9 Virginia State Bar Association, 1948-1970
6. Federal Commissions, Panels and Conferences,
1948-1971
Series 6.1 Special Assistant to the Attorney General re
Selective Service, 1948-1952
Series 6.2 Joint Civilian Defense Orientation
Conference, 1957- 1958
Series 6.3 Attorney General's Conference on Court
Congestion and Delay In Litigation, 1958-1960
Series 6.4 President' s Commission On Law Enforcement
and Administration of Justice, 1965-1967
Series 6.5 Blue Ribbon Defense Panel, 1969-1970
Series 6.6 Advisory Commission of the Federal Judiciary
Center, 1971
7. Civic Activities, 1946- 1971
Series 7.1 Richmond Chamber of Commerce, 1946- 1960
Series 7.2 Richmond Charter Commission, 1947-1957
Series 7.3 American Cancer Society--Richmond Chapter,
1949- 1950
Series 7.4 Richmond School Board, 1950- 1962
Series 7.5 State Library Board (Virginia), 1954-1964
Series 7.6 Virginia Industrialization Group, 1958-1964,
1980
Series 7.7 Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges,
1959-1961
Series 7.8 Virginia State Board of Education, 1961- 1969
Series 7.9 Virginia Magna Carta Commission, 1964-1965
Series 7.10 Commission On Constitutional Revision
(Virginia), 1968-1971
8. Board Memberships, 1937-1994
Series 8.1 Civic, 1940-1966
Series 8.2 Educational, 1937- 1994
Series 8.3 Corporate, 1946- 1972
9. Political Campaigns, 1952-1970
Series 9.1 Virginia Democrats for Eisenhower, 1952-1956
Series 9.2 Walter Robertson Senate Campaign, 1965- 1966
Series 9.3 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Senate Campaign, 1970
10. United States Supreme Court, 1968-1994 (bulk
1972-1987)
Series 10.1 Papers re Nomination and Confirmation,
1968-1971
Series 10.2 Correspondence, 1972-1987
Series 10.3 Memoranda, 1972-1987
Series 10.4 Subject Files, 1972-1987
Series 10.5 Opinion Assignments, 1972-1987
Series 10.6 Supreme Court Cases, 1972-1987
Series 10.7 Speeches, Writings and Interviews, 1972-1987
Series 10.8 Trips, 1972-1986
Series 10.9 Retirement, 1987
Series 10.10 Calendars, 1971-1987
11. Retirement, 1987- 1998
Series 11.1 Correspondence, 1987-1998
Series 11.2 Subject Files, 1987- 1996
Series 11.3 Habeas Corpus Committee, 1988-1992
Series 11.4 Teaching Files, 1988-1991
Series 11.5 Speeches & Writings, 1987-1995
Series 11.6 Case Files, 1987- 1996
Series 11.7 Trip Files, 1987- 1996
Series 11.8 Appointment Calendars
12. Materials by Form
Series 12.1 Photos
Series 12.2 Audio & Video Recordings
Series 12.3 Scrapbooks
Series 12.4 Clippings
Series 12.5 Printed Materials
Series 12.6 Artifacts
Published materials, including monographs, serials, pamphlets, periodicals, and reprints from both Justice Powell's Supreme Court Chambers library, and from his home library are stored separately from the papers. Many of these publications bear hand-written author dedications to Powell. Powell has annotated several of them. These publications have been cataloged and classified and are searchable through the Washington and Lee University online public access catalog. There is also a
The Biographical Materials fill two five-inch boxes. The series Biographical & Historical Memoranda is of special interest. Many of these memoranda express the common theme of Powell's concern about historical misinterpretation of his actions. This concern is most strongly expressed in his memoranda dealing with the desegregation of Richmond schools during his school board presidency.
This is a copy annotated by Lewis F. Powell Jr. in 1984.
This is a copy. The original was transferred to the Virginia Historical Society in 2002.
This is a copy. The original was transferred to the Virginia Historical Society in 2002.
This item is a copy.
This series spans more years than any other portion of the papers, covering the entire period during which Powell practiced law.
This correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and chronologically thereunder. A name index of correspondents, for this and other series of correspondence, is available at the Powell Archives website
Subject correspondence is a series dealing primarily with topics rather than individuals. These topics range from congratulatory and "get well" correspondence to exchanges about national defense, the interposition doctrine as espoused by "massive resistors" of the 1950's, and atomic energy contracts ("Dixon-Yates Controversy").
The "Interposition" file includes letters of congratulations following Powell's January 16, 1956 Commonwealth Club debate with James J. Kilpatrick, and a never mailed twelve page letter to Virginia's Governor Stanley. This file complements the 1956 interposition file in Series 2.4 (speeches, statements and writings) which contains his never-published article on interposition.
Also part of this subseries are letters received in response to Powell's 1971 article, published in the Richmond Times Dispatch and reprinted elsewhere, entitled "Civil Repression: Fact Or Fiction." This was the last piece he wrote for publication before his nomination to the Supreme Court.
There are separate subseries for each of the years noted above. In some cases there are "general" files followed by alphabetical arrangements of the letters of friends and associates. There are name indicies for these at the Powell Archives website.
Family Papers contains the subseries: correspondence, subject files, financial and legal papers, and health records. RESTRICTION: Access to distinct portions of this series is restricted. Contact the Powell Archives for details.
The subseries Correspondence is divided into the following categories: a) with Powell's wife and children b) about his children c) with his parents, his stepmother, and his wife's family d) with Powell's brother and sisters and their spouses e) with other close relatives
The correspondence "a) With Wife and Children" is further divided into separate chronologically arranged files for his wife and each of the children. There are also files devoted to letters addressed to more than one of the children.
The subseries of correspondence with Powell's wife, Jo, includes World War II letters along with a smattering from other periods. The correspondence with the children is extensive. Work forced Powell to be away from home frequently. Even when working in Richmond, his long hours sometimes limited his contact with his family. Thus the letters--and memoranda--to his children fill three cubic feet. He never stinted on giving advice, whether reviewing film of his son's baseball batting stance, considering a daughter's choice of dates, or setting down after school rules for study and exercise. These letters mixing expressions of his concern and advice with equal amounts of pride and affection continued with increased frequency as the children left home for college and established their own careers. When, in time, they married and had children of their own, a new generation was introduced to Powell's advice via correspondence. His interest in and concern for his children also accounts for the correspondence "re children."
In addition to writing to each of his children individually, Powell frequently wrote letters addressed to all of the children and their families during his tenure on the Supreme Court. These letters, of course, reported news about all of the children, their spouses, and the grandchildren, and included unsolicited advice to all. They served two other purposes, as well. Because of his position on the Court, Justice Powell no longer felt free to discuss politics and world affairs with friends and associates. He used these letters as safe and confidential vehicles to vent his opinions on social and political matters. The letters also form a kind of diary of Powell's time in Washington. He emphasized the social aspects of his and Mrs. Powell's life. A typical letter might include an account of a White House state dinner, a listing of Mrs. Powell's club activities and the names of neighbors and dignitaries who had recently dined in the Powells' apartment. Though he never divulged his or the court's thinking on pending cases, he distributed slip opinions to all of the children after decisions were announced. (He discussed his Supreme Court opinions at greater length in correspondence addressed individually to Molly and, especially, to Lewis during their respective times in law school.) He did occasionally discuss personalities on the court, and his basic approach to deciding cases.
The name of this correspondent - Powell's middle daughter - was Ann Pendleton (Penny)Powell Carmody from 1963-1992. From 1993 until her death, her name was been Penny Bowen.
Correspondence with spouse is included here. Separate file concerning the 1979 death of E. Angus Powell follows general correspondence.
Correspondence with spouse Kenneth Lane is included here. Separate file concerning the 1995 death of Zoe Powell follows the general correspondence.
This is the spouse of Eleanor Dewey.
The Subject Files are dominated by correspondence and records concerning Bear Island, a plantation in Hanover County, Virginia that had been the childhood home of Powell's mother, Mary Lewis Gwathmey. Powell spent much time there as a child, as did his children, in their turn. Later it served as a family retreat and gathering place. Powell's painful--and later regretted--decision to sell this property is extensively documented here. Also present in this subseries are records of the Powells' 1969 African safari, including Josephine R. Powell's diary of the experience.
Note: Permission of the archivist is required before using these records.
In addition to general records, the "Financial and Legal Papers" include files specifically about contributions, insurance, investments, real estate holdings, bank borrowing, tax returns, trusts and wills. As one would expect, the "Memos to Executors" that accompany Powell's wills contain information on such subjects as Powell's complex finances and his wife's separate estate. Also present, however, are letters to his wife expressing his hopes for his children's futures, detailed funeral and burial plans, and mention of some records management decisions he had made concerning his Supreme Court papers.
The "Real Estate" records form the largest portion of this subseries. Real property holdings of Powell's wife and mother-in-law are treated here, as are properties he owned jointly with his wife. Properties he owned in his own right and through his development company, Huguenot Land Corporation, are also documented.
The "Trusts" deal with legal instruments for both Powell's own family members, and the children of Powell's World War II friend, Lowell P. Weicker. Powell was the executor of the Weicker trusts.
Concerning the settlement of her estate.
These records are closed to researchers.
Records re Education, (2 cu.ft.) consists primarily of notes taken in class and in preparation for class while Powell studied in the law schools of Washington and Lee University and Harvard University. The professors' names, when known, are included in the container list with the corresponding notes. Bar review notes and some exams are also present. Powell's undergraduate thesis is included with legal education materials, as he was already taking law classes in his late undergraduate days in order to finish both degrees in six years. There are also some writing assignments from his prep school days at McGuire School.
Taught by Clayton E. Williams
Taught by Clayton E. Williams
Taught by Clayton E. Williams
Taught by Clayton E. Williams
Taught by Clayton E. Williams (?)
Taught by Clayton E. Williams (?)
Taught by Clayton E. Williams (?)
Taught by William H. Moreland
Taught by Charles R. McDowell
Taught by Raymon T. Johnson
Taught by Raymon T. Johnson
Taught by Charles R. McDowell
Taught by Charles R. McDowell
Taught by Charles P. Light, Jr. (?)
Taught by Raymon T. Johnson
Taught by Raymon T. Johnson
Taught by William H. Moreland (?)
Written for Prof. Dodds' Seminar in Corporate Finance
Includes exam. Taught by Prof. Chafee
Taught by Felix Frankfurter.
Includes exam. Taught by Prof. Dodd
Includes exam. Taught by Roscoe Pound.
Speeches, Statements, and Writings (7 cu.ft.), includes: lists of selected speeches; the speeches and writings themselves; and materials related to the speeches and writings. This last category includes: drafts; correspondence about travel and publication arrangements; and research materials.
A frequent public speaker throughout his career, no one knows how many speeches Powell delivered. The speeches and writings in this subseries--and throughout these papers--should not be considered as the complete body of Powell's work. References are made throughout the papers to speeches not found here. Certain other portions of these papers contain speeches and informal talks which are not present in this series. (See also: Speeches, Interviews and Writings series in United States Supreme Court and Retirement subgroups for speeches made after 1971.)
One folder containing lists of selected speeches precedes the speeches themselves. These lists represent at least three unpublished compilations of Powell speeches. One was made just before Powell became American Bar Association President-Elect. The second was done immediately following Powell's ABA Presidency. The last was assembled for his Supreme Court nomination hearings.
Talk to the Omnibus Club, Richmond, Virginia,
Richmond, Virginia (?)
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Virginia State Bar Association, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Omnibus Club, Richmond, Virginia
Indianapolis, Indiana
Richmond, Virginia (?)
Alexandria Bar Association, Alexandria, Virginia
AMVETS at the Mosque, Richmond, Virginia
American Legion Post 200 at the John Marshall Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
WMBG radio station, Richmond, Virginia
Welcome on behalf of the Bar Association of the City of Richmond.
Statement On Behalf of the Bar Association of the City of Richmond
Statement On Behalf of the Bar Association of the City of Richmond
Broadcast from Richmond, Virginia radio station WRVA.
Re Charter of the City of Richmond, Virginia.
Released for use by the Richmond News Leader .
Radio address on behalf of Richmond Charter Commission.
Forum Club, Richmond, Virginia.
Radio address on WLEE.
Re Richmond, Virginia city government.
Omnibus Club, Richmond, Virginia.
West End Businessmens' Association, Richmond, Virginia.
For broadcast over WRVA, Richmond, Virginia.
The English Speaking Union, Richmond, Virginia.
Junior Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, Virginia.
Community Chest, Richmond, Virginia.
Faculty of Binford Junior High School, Richmond, Virginia.
Talk to reserve unit, Richmond, Virginia.
Omnibus Club, Richmond, Virginia.
Goochland Rotary Club.
Notes for speeches before civic clubs.
Delivered at Forum Club, Richmond, Virginia. See also Dixon-Yates correspondence file in 2.1.2.
Richmond, Virginia.
"Draft of article prepared for Va Law Review but was not submitted ... "
Richmond, Virginia.
University of Virginia.
Joint Committee Session (ABA), Niblett Hall, London (England, July 26, 1957
"Draft of introductory material for ABA Journal presentation of speeches delivered at Westminster Hall "
Forum Club, Richmond, Virginia.
Statement by Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Chairman, Richmond Public School Board.
Statement by Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Chairman, Richmond Public School Board.
Richmond Public School teachers. A printed version is also in this file.
Richmond, Virginia.
South Road Rotary
Report to Richmond Public School Board on Visit To Soviet Union. Printed version included in this file. ,
Arlington Virginia Bar Association
Speech before Richmond Branch, Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.
"Speech to Naval Unit "
Rotary Club (Richmond, Virginia ?)
"Excerpts from talk to Alexandria Education Association. "
Optimist Club, Richmond, Virginia
"Notes for Guy Friddell's Program. Used as rough notes for radio programs on 7/27 & 8/3 on WRNL. "
Virginia Bar Association, Greenbrier, West Virginia.
Notes for Virinia Bar Association panel on legal education, Greenbrier, West Virginia.
Miami Beach, Florida
Richmond, Virginia
Junior Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, Virginia
Chesapeak Corporation of Virginia, West Point, Virginia
Notes for panel discussion sponsored by Junior League, Richmond, Virginia.
Lexington, Virginia
Notes on panel program. National School Boards Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Notes for speech at Hampden-Sydney College.
House of Delegates, American Bar Association.
House of Delegates, American Bar Association.
House of Delegates, American Bar Association.
Virginia School Board Association Annual Meeting, Roanoke, Virginia.
House of Delegates, American Bar Association.
House of Delegates, American Bar Association.
"Lecture to Associates. "Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia.
Investment Bankers Association of America, Southeastern Group, Hot Springs, Virginia.
St. Stephen's Church.
"Northside Teachers. "
Richmond Public School System.
ABA Committee Conference with Educators, Washington, DC.
Vermont Bar Association
Lecture to Senior Government Classes, George Wythe High School.
Southeastern Association of School Business Officials, Richmond, Virginia.
Virginia Social Science Associations, University of Virginia.
Commemorative Ceremony in honor of General Lee, Stratford Hall.
Washington, DC
Virginia Bar Institute. Includes some research materials.
New Mexico Bar.
Oklahoma Bar Association
Delaware Bar Association
Pamphlet published by the American Bar Association.
"Printed booklet format. "
"Prepared for Delivery to Strategy Seminar of Omaha Chamber of commerce, Omaha, Nebraska "
Knoxville Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Washington, DC
Virginia Bar Association
National Conference of Bar Presidents. Golden Gate Room, Del Webb Towne House.
Committee on Education In the Contrast Between Liberty Under Law and Communism
Grace Covenant Church, Richmond, Virginia
Newcomen Society Dinner, Richmond, Virginia
Connecticut State Bar Association, Hartford, Connecticut
Virginia Parents-Teachers Association, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Education Association, Richmond, Virginia
"To be reviewed and placed in final form by ABA Committee on Economics of Law Practice "
St. Christopher School, Richmond, Virginia
Law School, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Florida State Bar, Miami, Florida
Society of Sons of Colonial Wars, Richmond, Virginia
Judiciary Committee of United States Senate
Mississippi State Bar, Jackson, Mississippi
Federal Bar Foundation, Washington, DC
NACCA Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota
ABA Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Given by Traffic Court Program of the American Bar Association; Richmond, Virginia
Kiwanis Club, Washington, DC
Allegheny County Bar Association
Press release. "Substantially as prepared by L.F.P., Jr. and approved by Board of Governors of ABA ".
Woman's Club, Richmond, Virginia.
Memo to W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. asking for draft of speech.
Prepared for publication in Lawyers Title News
Conference of National Organizations, Chicago, Illinois.
LAMP, Cleveland, Ohio
"Statement by Lewis F. Powell Jr. "
Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama
Kentucky State Bar Association, Louisville, Kentucky
South Carolina Bar
Town Hall, New York City
Country Day School for Girls, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Erie, Pennsylvania
National Institute of Bar Public Relations, Waldorf Hotel, New York
ABA House of Delegates, New York, City
Annual Banquet, American Bar Association, New York, NY
House of Delegates, American Bar Association, New York, NY
Jamestown Foundation
Federal Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association, Fort Wayne, Indiana
State Bar of Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Column in ABA Journal , volumes 50 - 51
State Bar New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
ABA Regional Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Boston University
"Excerpts of talk to Nebraska Bar Association "
Oklahoma Bar Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma
American Farm Bureau Federation
Texas Bill of Rights Foundation, Houston, Texas
Association of American Law Schools, Chicago, Illinois
Dade County Bar Association, Miami, Florida
Maryland State Bar Association, Baltimore, Maryland
ABA House of Delegates, New Orleans, Louisiana
Charter Day Conference on Magna Carta Anniversary, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Published version is also in this file.
Cleveland Bar Association
New York Bar speech of January 29, 1965, revised for submission to ABA Journal
San Francisco Bar Association and Lawyers Club of San Francisco
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Southeastern Electric Exchange, Boca Raton, Florida
American College of Trial Lawyers, Biloxi, Mississippi
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. University of Florida Law Review published version is entitled, "Respect for Law and Due Process - The Foundation of Free Society "
Dedication of Bar Center, Jefferson, Missouri
Joint Meeting ABA and IABA, San Juan, Puerto Rico
51 ABA Journal 437 (May 1965). Based on address to New York Bar Association, January 29, 1965.
Great Hall of the Law Courts, London, England.
National Conference on Law and Poverty
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia
State Bar of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas
Virginia State Bar Association, Hot Springs, Virginia
Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho. Version published in 23 Washington and Lee Law Review 1 (Spring 1966, is also in this file.
ABA President's Annual Address, Miami Beach, Florida.
ABA Section of Legal Education, Miami Beach, Florida
Canadian Bar Association, Toronto, Canada
University of Richmond Law School
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia
Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut
Commonwealth Club, Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Harvard Club of Virginia
Virginia Association of Colleges, Arlington, Virginia
Virginia State Crime Clinic, Richmond, Virginia
23 Washington and Lee Law Review 205 (Fall 1966).
Richmond Kiwanis Club, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Manufacturers Association, Williamsburg, Virginia. Printed version ( "Building Respect For Law and Order ") also in this file.
Key-note speech, opening of Democratic headquarters of Byrd-Spong campaign.
Founder's Day, Wake Forest College, Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Lecture to firm of Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia.
Crime Commission office memorandum.
National Conference of Bar Presidents, Houston, Texas.
The Business Council, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia.
Harvard Law School Class Reunion.
Tories (?) Club.
Conference of Financial Executives, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Review of book by Walter V. Schaefer for ABA Journal , c. Nov. 1967.
Richmond Jaycees
Southern Company Conference of Directors and Executives, Clear Point, Alabama. Printed version from U.S. News & World Report , Oct. 30, 1967 is also in this file.
American Bar Association.
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture, University of Virginia.
Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch .
For Dun's Review .
Three different printed versions of the speech delivered at the 62nd Annual Convention Virginia Retail Merchants Association, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
"A Project Approved by the Virginia State Board of Education ". Printed version also in this file.
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.
Bank Directors Seminar, University of Virginia.
Northside Teachers, Richmond, Virginia.
Virginia State Board of Education.
Richmond Kiwanis Club.
Chamber of Commerce, Kenbridge, Virginia.
Virginia State Bar.
Candidate for Virginia Governor.
American Bar Association House of Delegates, Dallas, Texas.
Thomas Jefferson Award Speech, Richmond, Virginia.
Testimonial dinner for Judge C. H. Morrissett.
Public meeting, Richmond Junior League, Richmond, Virginia.
American Bar Foundation Breakfast.
Key Club, Thomas Jefferson High School, Richmond, Virginia.
"Confidential Memorandum. "
"As submitted to President Nixon on a Confidential Basis while serving as member of Blue Ribbon Defense Panel. "
Southern Industrial Relations Conference, Blue Mountain, North Carolina.
"Prepared as notes for argument, but oral argument not allowed by the Supreme Court. "
Remarks in support of Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Richmond, Virginia.
Convocation Address, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia.
Richmond Chapter.
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
United Virginia Bankshares Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Published in June 28, 1971 " Perspectives "section of Richmond Times-Dispatch
Submitted informally to the Attorney General.
Confidential Memorandum to Eugene B. Sydnor, Jr., Chairman Education Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Notes for speech.
16 rpm audio recording disc containing a dictated draft is stored separately for preservation purposes.
Civil Disobedience: Prelude to Revolution?
Powell changed plans and did not speak at this event.
Arranged alphabetically by topic.
The subgroup Military Service Papers, (3 cu.ft.) includes series of records and papers concerning: World War II; Powell's postwar military associations; and his participation in historical studies of World War II.
World War II Service series, includes subseries of diaries, a record volume, Powell's "201" file, correspondence, reports, training materials, and printed materials and memorabilia. The Post World War II series includes subseries dealing with the Air Force Association and the Air Force Reserve.
Historical Studies & Interviews contains materials from thirty years and more after Powell left active service. The allies' ability to break the German Ultra code remained a U.S. government security classified secret until the mid-1970's. Powell never spoke or wrote about these activities during this period of secrecy. When the activities of Powell and his cohorts became declassified public knowledge, there followed a period of intense interest on the part of the news media and historians.
Finally able to talk publicly, Powell eagerly corresponded with historians and former associates. He offered several authors extensive assistance and granted oral history interviews in his Supreme Court chambers. One of these projects culminated in the publication of Ultra and the Army Air Forces in World War II . This work, subtitled An Interview with Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Lewis F. Powell, Jr., was published by the Office of Air Force History. Memoranda, notes and diary entries from the first series of this subgroup appear as appendices in this book.
Though Powell spent thirty-eight years at Hunton & Williams the subgroup, Law Firm (Hunton & Williams) Records (5.5 cu. ft.), is not extensive. For reasons of client confidentiality and corporate records management, all of his client files remained with the firm's records. (For records of Powell's lawyering, see the civic and corporate series of the Board Memberships subgroup.) What can be found here is a small series of correspondence on two specific topics, memoranda, a forms file containing exemplar legal documents, some few firm financial statements, and "housekeeping" records. This last mentioned series contains what are potentially the most interesting materials in the subgroup. The "Time Tickets, 1956-1971" form a record of how Powell expended his billable and pro bono hours. His personal calendars show his appointments from 1949 to 1971.
This subseries comprises exemplar contracts and other legal instruments.
These are index cards. The other two indicies are in book format.
The subgroup Professional Associations (35 cu. ft.) contains Powell's files concerning his memberships, and the offices he held, in a variety of legal associations.
American Bar Association includes records from the time Powell joined the ABA's Junior Bar Conference in 1937 until he joined the Supreme Court. His extensive committee work records, alone, run some nine feet. Powell's service in a variety of offices is documented here. These include: chairman of the Junior Bar Conference; member of the House of Delegates and Board of Governors; president-elect; and president. There is also a long run of general correspondence from 1952 to 1971.
Among the voluminous committee records, those pertaining to the Economics of Law Practice Committee are especially notable. Powell had a career long interest in improving law firm management, as can be seen in several of his speeches. The first ABA Lawyer's Handbook was published under Powell's chairmanship of this committee.
The campaign that made Powell president-elect was hard fought, as had been his first election for the House of Delegates. It is interesting to note the similarities between the meticulous planning and the gathering of endorsements in these campaigns, and the later preparation for his Supreme Court nomination hearings. Powell may have learned important lessons in his work on the ABA presidential campaigns on behalf of his fellow Washington & Lee alumnus and friend Ross Malone. Records from these Malone campaigns are present, as well.
Powell's presidential papers are dominated by documentation of the agenda he brought to this office: legal ethics reform, legal services to the poor and the establishment of standards for the administration of criminal justice. During his time in the ABA's top office, he also played a vital role in passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution regarding presidential disability and succession.
Powell also used his influence in the ABA as an opportunity to promote the establishment in schools and colleges of educational programs about communism. This is reflected, not only in his presidential papers, but throughout his ABA records. In 1961, Powell introduced a resolution in the House of Delegates calling for "adequate instruction in the history, doctrines, objectives and techniques of Communism." He chaired the special committee established to implement this resolution. In 1962, this committee published the pamphlet "Instruction on Communism and Its Contrast With Liberty Under Law." All of this is extensively documented here.
Powell made hundreds of speeches as president-elect and president. He had these bound into two record volumes which are in this subseries. Volume II includes clippings. Hundreds of additional, loose clippings are here, as well.
Circuits represented: Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth & Tenth.
Speeches are by others than Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Titled "Questions of Comparative Negligence "
Re Hunton & Williams Cocktail Party
American Bar Foundation series includes two subseries: general papers and papers about Powell's presidency from 1969-1971. The relationship of the American Bar Foundation to the American Bar Association is a frequent topic in these papers.
American College of Trial Lawyers series is similar in content and arrangement to the ABF series. A significant difference is that the papers from Powell's time as president of this organization (1969-1970) are not segregated from those concerning his general membership. Subseries include: correspondence, 1958-1971; committees; meetings; subject files; and printed materials.
National Center for State Courts treats Powell's membership on the steering committee of this organization. The committee was responsible for organizing the center as a nonprofit corporation. This work included preparing the charter and determining the method of trustee selection.
Richmond Bar Association (known as the Bar Association of the City of Richmond until around 1960) series is less than four inches of correspondence and records. In addition to a twenty year run of general correspondence, there is correspondence about Powell's role in the successful 1954 campaign to have his law school classmate, Walter E. Hoffman, nominated for the newly created position of U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. The general correspondence for 1947-1948 deals with Powell's service as president during that time.
Virginia State Bar Association series is one foot of correspondence, committee files and printed materials. Powell served on the Executive Committee and also co-chaired the committee that planned the ceremony at Jamestown (May 1959) commemorating the advent of common law in North America in 1607. The committee's work is thoroughly documented in this series. Records of Powell's other committee work are here, as is a run of general correspondence spanning the years 1948-1970.
This series includes two folders of general correspondence and a dozen case files. Attorney General Tom Clark appointed Powell Special Assistant to the Attorney General to act in the Eastern District of Virginia as Hearing Officer under section 6 (j) of the Selective Service Act of 1948. In this unpaid capacity, Powell was to help in determining "the character and good faith" of those registrants claiming to be conscientiously opposed to participation in war.
Joint Civilian Defense Orientation Conference is three inches of correspondence and printed materials concerning Powell's participation in this May 2-11, 1957 conference. Selected civilians were flown to various U.S. military bases where they witnessed demonstrations and exercises. The aim was to give the conferees an overall acquaintance with the national defense program and to invite their views on the defense effort.
Attorney General's Conference on Court Congestion and Delay In Litigation is one inch of correspondence and printed materials concerning Powell's work on this conference, created by the Attorney General of the United States. The aim of this group was to generate ideas and lend support to legislative efforts designed to improve the administration of justice. State committees were formed to support more day-to-day activities, and Powell also served on the Virginia committee.
President's Commission On Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice(1.75 cu.ft.) begins with a record volume comprising correspondence, memoranda, report drafts, and a printed copy of the supplemental statement to the commission's report. Some of the contents of this volume are duplicated in the unbound records that follow. These other records include subseries of correspondence, memoranda, notes, chapter drafts of the report, drafts of the supplemental statement and a printed version of the report. Miscellaneous documents, printed materials, and clippings complete the series.
Based on the awareness of the crime problem that Powell had articulated in many of his speeches as ABA President, President Johnson appointed Powell to this commission. Though this diverse committee agreed on many solutions to the crime problem, there were differences among the commissioners. Powell's differing views on the questions of wire tapping and certain Supreme Court decisions led to his drafting of the "Supplemental Statement on Constitutional Limitations," published over the names of seven commission members.
Powell anticipated criticism of the inconsistencies between the views expressed in his work on this commission and some of his Supreme Court opinions. In an annotation (written after Powell was appointed to the Supreme Court) to the introduction to the record volume in this series he wrote, "When I accepted appointment to this Commission I knew little criminal law as I never practiced it . . . and some of my views have changed."
Selected correspondence, memoranda and commission reports bound by the donor.
Blue Ribbon Defense Panel (1.66 cu.ft.) contains the records of Powell's service on the commission President Nixon created to recommend reforms in the structure and operation of the Pentagon. It was to evaluate the organization and management of the Department of Defense, but not delve into questions of broad national policy. This body was formed in the face of mounting criticism of cost overruns in weapons systems and the stalemate in Vietnam.
As in his work on the crime commission, Powell expressed his views separately from those of the panel's report. This time these expressions took two forms. The first was Powell's thirty-five page statement (signed by seven of the sixteen panelists), "Shifting Balance of Military Power." Drafts and three different printed versions are included in subseries 5.5(c) "Supplemental Statement." The other separate expression was Powell's reaction to the war in Vietnam. This was sent confidentially to President Nixon as the memorandum, "Political Warfare." A draft and final version are included under that title in the 5.4 Subject Files. (Another copy is in the "Speeches, Statements and Writings" series of the II. Personal Papers).
Forms of materials which make up this subseries include: correspondence; memoranda; notes; subject files; drafts and printed versions of the report; and printed materials. The Commission's Southeast Asian, European and NORAD inspection trips are documented in the subject files.
Some letters included in this file.
Advisory Commission of the Federal Judicial Center is one file consisting of a few letters about Powell's appointment to this commission. Within weeks of this appointment, Powell was nominated to the Supreme Court, effectively ending his service.
Comprises the records (6.75 cu. ft.) of ten governmental and charitable organizations serving the Richmond area or the Commonwealth of Virginia, with which Powell was associated.
Contains general correspondence; bylaws and minutes; and publications by the Chamber. One subseries contains Powell's papers as President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1950. These consist of correspondence; subject files; and speeches, statements and writings.
Made up of correspondence; speeches and statements; lists of persons who testified about the charter; and clippings. Powell's service on this commission was his only venture into electoral politics. Richmond had an ineffective form of government based on a federal model--a bicameral city council and a mayor with veto power. State law authorized the election of a charter commission to propose a new form of government, to be submitted to the electorate by referendum. Powell was elected to the Commission and chosen as chairman by his fellow commissioners. The city manager style of government proposed by the commission was enacted by referendum on November 7, 1947.
This one folder consists of correspondence and reports.
Anyone delving into the Richmond School Board series with the hope of finding thorough documentation of the desegregation of Richmond public schools, or of Powell's contemporaneous thoughts on desegregated education, is bound to be disappointed. There is documentation of the desegregation struggle, but it is mostly limited to newspaper clippings. There is expression of Powell's thinking on race, but it is mostly from the perspective of a 1975 Supreme Court Justice, whose social views had markedly changed in the intervening decades.
Like the other parts of this series, the bulk of the contents of the record volume are devoted to the budgetary process, teacher salaries, raising the quality of education and the inclusion of education against communism in the school curriculum. Powell speeches on educational matters are also present.
The titles of the various parts of the correspondence subseries mirror interests and activities noted in the record volume: General; Course on International Communism; Report on Trip to Russia; and Speech to Richmond Public School Teachers. The "Trip to Russia," in the subseries title above, was Powell's visit in the summer of 1958 with a delegation of lawyers representing the American Bar Association. They attended conferences and exchanged views with Soviet lawyers and judges. Upon his return, Powell spoke and wrote about his experiences in a variety of settings. The same month he returned from this trip, August 1958, he reported to the Richmond School Board. The Board published the report in pamphlet form under the title, "Soviet Education--A Means Towards World Domination: Report on Trip to Soviet Union (July - August 1958)." The "Trip to Russia" correspondence consists of cover letters which accompanied some of the distributed copies of the reports and thank you letters from recipients of the report.
There are also subseries of speeches, statements, subject files, printed materials and clippings. The folder titles in the container list for the speeches, statements and subject files generally reveal their contents. The "Desegregation--General" subject file consists mostly of speeches and statements by persons other than Powell. The "Desegregation--Chandler School" subject file contains correspondence from homeowners living near that school. There is no record here of the debate at which Powell silenced the crowd trying to prevent black attorney Oliver Hill from speaking. The "Desegregation--Lawsuits" file contains documents regarding legal actions taken by "certain Negro children and their parents" in which the school board was named.
The "Publications by Richmond Public Schools" include: City of Richmond Superintendent of Schools annual reports for the years 1950, 1951 and 1954; and the pamphlet, "Quality in Education: A National Necessity," the printed version of Powell's February 1958 address to Richmond Public School teachers.
Letters, memoranda, reports and clippings assembled and bound by Powell. Includes Powell's annotations both contemporaneous and from later periods. There is a 1975 introduction by Powell.
ABA Committee Conference with Educators, Washington, DC
Notes for Speech, Federal Bar Association, Washington, DC
Comments by Henry I. Willett.
Includes memoranda and course outlines.
Includes 1959 Spong Report
Consists of 1.5 inches of correspondence about Powell's service on this body. Most of the letters concern notices of, and preparations for upcoming meetings.
Four inches of correspondence and memoranda from Powell's membership in this private group of businessmen organized to promote industrial development in the state. Also included is a June 1980 informal history of the group documenting its role in opposing massive resistance. This was written by the group's former chairman--and former Norfolk and Western Railway Company president--Stuart Saunders.
Realizing that few businesses would come to Virginia until the school crisis was resolved, the group held a dinner meeting on December 19, 1958, attended by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, at which the relationship of the school crisis to industrial development was discussed. Though Powell was out of town at the time of the meeting, his memorandum of December 15, 1958 to Saunders and vice- chairman J. Harvie Wilkinson suggested how the group's presentation to the high state officials should proceed.
One folder of correspondence. The topic of most of the letters is fund raising.
One foot of correspondence, speeches, subject files, printed materials and clippings from Powell's service on this board. Powell shared the board's interest in many areas including: raising the level of public education, the role of public television in the classroom, continuing education of teachers and research in education. All of these topics are documented here.
As President of the State Board of Education in the socially tumultuous year of 1968, Powell wrote the pamphlet, "Citizenship Education as Law; Disorder, Extremism and Civil Disobedience." It was published and distributed by the board as part of the Citizenship Education Project initiated by Powell. Included here are correspondence, minutes and documentation of the "Citizenship Education Project."
As in the Richmond School Board papers, the area of racial desegregation, which formed the backdrop to this entire period, is only lightly documented here. As the Virginia General Assembly had directed the state board to authorize local school boards to resume control of pupil placement, few records concerning desegregation were created by state board members.
The subject file "Prince Edward County School Board Suit" does involve state board action in desegregation. This file includes a 1961 memorandum prepared by Powell's Hunton & Williams law firm partner George C. Freeman, Jr. This document is notable for two reasons. The topic, "The State Board of Education's Power to Operate Free Public Schools In Localities Where Local School Boards Cannot or Will Not Continue To Operate Them" suggests that Powell considered the idea of circumventing the General Assembly's local school board option policy. The memorandum is also interesting as an early example of the reliance Powell would come to have on his law firm partners in areas beyond the conduct of Hunton & Williams business. In drafting his American Bar Association presidential speeches, in his work on the revision of the Virginia Constitution, and in preparation for hearings on his Supreme Court nomination, the counsel of his law partners informed his public statements and writings.
On July 1, 1964, Powell was part of the unanimous vote to extend the deadline for state tuition grants for children attending private, all-white schools. His handwritten revisions to the draft of the minutes of this meeting show Powell's anticipation of the criticism that he and the board were to receive for taking this action.
Includes correspondence, subject files and printed materials.
2.5 inches of chronologically arranged correspondence about Powell's service on this body which helped plan and carry out a 750th anniversary celebration at the College of William & Mary in May 1965. Powell gave a speech at this event. Though there is overlap in the documentation, this event is not to be confused with the 750th anniversary celebration of Magna Carta which took place in England a month later. Powell attended that event as President of the ABA and also spoke on that occasion. Documentation of this later event and speech are located in the American Bar Association series. Publications that Powell read in preparing these two speeches can be found in series "14.3.7 --Magna Carta."
Consists of two feet of papers and records concerning Powell's work as a member of this commission charged with the task of thoroughly revising the 35,000 word 1902 constitution. Included in this series are: general correspondence and memoranda; "public comment" correspondence and memoranda; memoranda from the Commission's executive director, A.E. Dick Howard (additional Howard correspondence concerning the Commission is in the general correspondence subseries of the Personal Papers subgroup); Powell's handwritten meeting notes; subcommittee files; drafts and text of the new constitution; and printed materials and clippings.
The commission worked in subcommittees and Powell, and his fellow State Board of Education member, Colgate Darden, were assigned to the subcommittee on education. It is clear from inspecting these papers, however, that Powell had significant input in several other areas, most notably taxation. (Virginia's pressing need to be able to borrow money more easily was an important force behind undertaking the revision at that time.) In fact, there are few records about education in these papers and none specifically about the work of the education subcommittee. Powell and Darden's work can be seen in the drafts of the constitution in which the State Board of Education is given a greater role in setting standards, and in which cities and counties are required to keep their schools open.
In four volumes.
In four volumes.
In four volumes.
The subgroup Board Memberships contains records and papers concerning many of the numerous civic, educational and corporate boards to which Powell belonged. Powell served as counsel--often pro bono or at reduced hourly fees--for many of the civic organizations of which he was a board member. He served as general counsel to several of the corporations whose boards he would later join. As a result, records of some actions taken by Powell as legal representative were interfiled with records of his board membership. As previously mentioned, all other files concerning clients represented by Powell are retained by Hunton & Williams. This subgroup, therefore, is at least as important for its documentation of Powell's lawyering as it is in recording his work as a board member. In addition to representing these firms in specific actions, in nearly every instance Powell was involved in revising basic organizational documents, especially charters and bylaws. He resigned from all corporate boards when his nomination to the Supreme Court was confirmed.
Series 1. Civic, 1940-1966 is 4.5 cubic feet in
extent and includes the subseries:
8.1.1 Family Service Society, 1940-1957; c.2
in.
8.1.2 Retreat for the Sick, 1941-1965; c. 3 in.
8.1.3 Richmond Memorial Hospital, 1946-1966; 2
cu.ft.
8.1.4 Gunston Hall, 1951-1965; .5 cu.ft.
8.1.5 Virginia Home for Incurables, 1946-1964;
1 cu.ft.
8.1.6 Richmond Area Community Chest/Fund,
1952-1957; 2 in.
8.1.7 Society of Colonial Wars, 1958-1964; 1
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8.1.8 Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church,
1961-1966; .5 in.
Subseries "8.1.3 Richmond Memorial Hospital" is especially noteworthy as Powell was one of the incorporators of the hospital, in addition to serving as counsel and trustee. One of his most significant appellate cases involved the hospital. City of Richmond v. Richmond Memorial Hospital established the tax exempt status under Virginia law of community-type hospitals. This case is extensively documented in the papers.
The name of this organization was changed to The Virginia Home in 1963.
Series 8.2. Educational includes 2 feet of papers, half of which composes subseries 8.2.1 Washington and Lee University, 1937-1994. Powell's long and devoted service to his alma mater is extensively documented here. Correspondence as a member of the Alumni Association of Richmond, from years before he joined the board, is also included here.
Subseries 8.2.2 Washington School of Public Law, 1947-1949; 1 inch in extent, consists of correspondence concerning an unsuccessful attempt to launch a graduate school of public law in Washington, D.C. It was to have been a cooperative, experimental law school located within the Washington College of Law.
Subseries 8.2.3 Union Theological Seminary, 1952-1968; is made up of two inches correspondence from Powell's service on that board. He served on the finance committee and gave legal and investment advice to that body.
Subseries 8.2.4 Hollins College, 1956-1966; .25 cubic foot, consists of general correspondence and papers about the selection of a new president in 1960.
Series 8.3 Corporate, 5 cubic feet, contains 13
subseries:
8.3.1 Hollywood Cemetery Company, 1946-1964; c.
2 in.
8.3.2 E. R. Squibb & Sons, 1946-1951; 1
cu.ft.
8.3.3 Miller and Rhoads, Inc., 1949-1961; 1
folder
8.3.4 Richmond Cold Storage, 1949, 1954-1961;
.5 in.
8.3.5 Commonwealth Natural Gas Corporation,
1952-1958; 1 in.
8.3.6 Ethyl Corporation, 1953-1971; 1 cu. ft.
8.3.7 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
1955-1993; 1 cu. ft.
8.3.7 State Planters Bank, 1959-1962; .5 cu.
ft.
8.3.8 Lawyers Title Insurance, 1965-1971; 1
folder
8.3.9 First Colony Life Insurance Company,
1967-1969; 1.5 in.
8.3.10 Philip Morris, 1967-1971; .75 cu. ft.
8.3.11 Richmond Corporation, 1967-1971; 1
folder
8.3.12 Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Company, 1968-1972; .25 cu.ft.
The Hollywood Cemetery correspondence and papers deal more with Powell's legal representation of the company than with his service on its board.
Powell's association with the pharmaceutical firm, E. R. Squibb & Sons was based on his wartime friendship with Lowell Weicker who became Squibb's president after the war. The Squibb board papers consist primarily of correspondence, though memoranda, notes and minutes are also present.
The Miller and Rhoads, Richmond Cold Storage and Commonwealth Natural Gas board papers are small in size and unexceptional in content. There is a long run of board minutes with the Commonwealth Natural Gas papers.
The subseries 8.3.6 Ethyl Corporation contains: correspondence and memoranda; memoranda of law on a variety of topics; basic corporation papers (by-laws, charter, articles of incorporation, merger and reduction, certificates of filing, etc.); financial statements; minutes; contracts; litigation papers; and printed materials.
Perhaps most interesting is the record volume entitled "Working Documents [re] Acquisition by Albemarle Paper Company." Albemarle Paper Company became a Powell client in 1950. In 1962 Albemarle's president, Floyd Gottwald, entered into negotiations to purchase the much larger Ethyl Corporation. In what is considered to be one of the first corporate leveraged buy outs, Powell's team of attorneys completed the merger on November 30, 1962. The newly combined company took the name Ethyl Corporation.
Colonial Williamsburg was important to Powell personally and professionally. The subseries "8.3.7 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation" includes: correspondence; trustee meeting papers; DeWitt Wallace Arts Foundation correspondence, minutes and by-laws; subject files; and papers relating to specific events. One of these events was his trip to London with other trustees in 1955 to participate in the ceremony conferring the Williamsburg Award upon Sir Winston Churchill. Another was a 1965 dinner in Powell's honor. In addition to the materials in this subseries, there are files on Colonial Williamsburg board meetings and other activities in the subject file series in both the 10. United States Supreme Court and 11. Retirement portions of the papers.
The State Planters Bank materials consist of correspondence and a study undertaken by Powell on the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. Action taken as a result of this study played a role in the formation of the bank holding company United Virginia Bankshares.
Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation papers consist of one folder of correspondence. The First Colony Life materials are correspondence and minutes.
The subseries 8.3.11 Philip Morris, 1961-1971, includes correspondence, memoranda, charter and bylaws, minutes and annual reports. Powell's work on the Incentive Compensation Committee is extensively documented.
The Richmond Corporation was a holding company for the stock of Life of Virginia and Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, the latter being a subsidiary of the Richmond Corporation. There is one file of correspondence about this board membership.
There is about one inch of correspondence and miscellaneous documents concerning his board membership with Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. This was another significant Hunton & Williams client.
The subgroup Political Campaigns, 1952-1970 documents Powell's work in both of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential campaigns, and in the U.S. Senate campaigns of Walter Robertson and Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Series 9.1 Virginia Democrats for Eisenhower, 1952-1956; .5 cu. ft. includes: correspondence; statements, notes and drafts of speeches; campaign organization materials; and printed materials and memorabilia. Subseries 9.1.1 Correspondence, 1952-1953, contains evidence of Powell's planning of radio programs; aid in precinct and block organization; correspondence with members of the media; and advice on Eisenhower television appearances. Documentation found here shows Powell's prescient awareness of the power of the then young television medium in political campaigns. His notes and drafts in other parts of this series demonstrate that he also was aware of the power of negative campaign advertising. By October 1952, Powell confesses that his involvement in the campaign allows him to practice law "only three or four hours per day."
Subseries 9.1.3 Notes and Drafts of Speeches contains mostly handwritten notes dealing with the 1953 general election in Richmond and surrounding counties, and with the 1956 Presidential Campaign. Logistics for a visit to Richmond by President Eisenhower are also found here. The subseries 9.1.6 Printed Materials contains campaign literature from both the 1952 and 1956 Presidential elections.
The sole subject of this series is a legal memorandum about campaign finances. Powell asked Hunton & Williams partner Joseph C. Carter, Jr. to prepare this memorandum for J. Harvie Wilkinson who served as treasurer of Robertson's campaign.
Series includes: correspondence; speeches and statements; radio ad scripts; printed materials and clippings. Information about Byrd's opponent, George Rawlings, is also here.
Powell had been considered for a position on the Supreme Court prior to his actual appointment. Thus, Series 10.1 Papers re Nomination and Confirmation, 1968-1971; 4 cu. ft., begins three years prior to his joining the Court. Subseries 10.1.1 Pre-appointment includes both general correspondence about the consideration of Powell as a candidate for the Court, and papers related to Powell's advocacy on behalf of Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. for Supreme Court appointment in 1969.
The correspondence includes letters to Powell urging him to accept a nomination if offered and Powell's consistent reply that he did not want this position. There are also copies of letters that supporters had sent to President Nixon urging Powell's appointment. Included here is Powell's December 12, 1969 letter to Attorney General John N. Mitchell stating that he did not want to be considered for the Supreme Court.
The Haynsworth materials consist primarily of Powell correspondence attempting to rally support for the confirmation. The materials also include letters to legislators who had announced their opposition to Haynsworth's nomination in an attempt to change their minds.
The remainder of this series deals with Powell's October 1971 nomination and his December 1971 Senate confirmation hearings. Included here are subseries of correspondence, memoranda, subject files, printed materials and clippings.
The correspondence includes categories of: general correspondence; congratulatory correspondence for both nomination and confirmation; letters of endorsement; resignations from corporate boards following confirmation; and crank letters. The letters of endorsement, and the memoranda concerning these letters, document the extent to which Orison Marden, Ross Malone, and Whitney North Seymour--like Powell, all ABA past presidents-- organized the state-by-state solicitation of letters supporting Powell's nomination from members of the bar.
The memoranda include general memos and others on such subjects as the letters of endorsement and Powell's personal data statement. The data statement file contains both Joe Carter's reply to Attorney General Mitchell's request for information on Powell, and Powell's reply to Counsel to the President John W. Dean, III's questionnaire. Attachments listing corporate clients and detailing personal finances are also here. Later additions to this series are two separate Powell retrospectives (1975 and 1981) recounting the events leading to his nomination and his halting acceptance.
The subject files contain evidence of the thoroughgoing preparation made by Powell and his team of Hunton & Williams attorneys (primarily Joe Carter, George C. Freeman, Jr., John Shenefield and Allen Goolsby) in preparation for the Senate confirmation hearings. Powell and his team gathered and disseminated endorsements; prepared memoranda on anything in Powell's background that might come under close Senate scrutiny; and sought advice concerning the restructuring of Powell's investments.
The printed materials are two copies of the published transcripts of the Rehnquist and Powell confirmation hearings. A foot-and-a-half of clippings about Powell's nomination and confirmation complete this series.
Arranged chronologically, and alphabetically thereunder.
Arranged chronologically, and alphabetically thereunder.
Arranged chronologically, and alphabetically thereunder.
Reference materials assembled in anticipation of questions during Senate confirmation hearings.
This subseries (14 cu. ft.)can be seen as a continuation of the Personal Papers, 1929-1987--Series 2.1.1 GeneralCorrespondence, 1932-1971. Like that earlier series, this correspondence ranges widely in correspondents and subjects. Unlike the earlier letters, Powell is much more reticent to give opinions on political and legal matters because of his position on the Supreme Court. Many exchanges with the same correspondents continue on from the earlier series.
This subseries contains three kinds of correspondence with and about Powell's fellow justices: correspondence with the Chief Justice; correspondence with the other Associate Justices; and correspondence about William O. Douglas' retirement. The correspondence with Chief Justice Burger is extensive, filling half-a-foot of shelf space. These letters cover a range of topics from the Court Christmas Party to the assignment of cases. The origins of the "cert pool," a distributive way of reviewing cases for potential hearing, are treated here. Other topics include the selection of clerks; Justices' salaries and benefits; and an array of personal and administrative matters.
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Served during October Term 1992.
This subseries contains many requests for Powell's services as a speaker. The vast majority of these were declined.
Alphabetical by topic.
The "Memoranda To Clerks" file provides a unique perspective on the operation of the Powell chambers. More than just writing assignments, these memoranda demonstrate the role of the law clerk in the Powell chambers. Powell's respect and affection for these young men and women is evident here. The memoranda contain as much advice and philosophy as they do work assignments and schedules.
Most of these memoranda are copies of documents from case files.
Covers topics: I. Statutes; II. Federal-State Relations; III. Civil Rights and Liberties; and IV. Criminal Procedure. There is a table of contents in the papers that lists the subtopics.
Subject Files, 10 cubic feet, contains files in three categories: general; those concerning specific court business; and records of Powell's entertaining in the Supreme Court Building.
The "General" subject files treat a variety of subject matters. There are two alphabetical groupings here with no obvious distinction in content. A small amount of the correspondence centers around dealings with individuals on specific topics. Other correspondence continues his longtime relations with associations including the American Bar Association, the American Bar Foundation and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Correspondence regarding the clubs to which he belonged is also present. Research files for possible speeches are here, as are housekeeping records like address files. Files on specific topics not related to the Court, such as Powell's published memorandum entitled "Attack On American Free Enterprise System," are here, as well. Fully half-a-foot of papers concerning media criticism is here. His response to an erroneous report by CBS news correspondent and Powell friend, Fred Graham, is part of this portion of the subject files. He corresponded, and kept a clipping file, about the controversial book about the Supreme Court, The Brethren .
This file deals with Jack Anderson's column about Powell's "Attack On American Free Enterprise "memorandum.
The subject of this file is the choice of Director of the Selective Service System.
Printed materials are at the end of this file.
Concerns Howard's Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.
Humorous stories collected for inclusion in speeches.
This subseries contains subject files about day-to-day Court administration and operation. Included here is almost a foot of files on Powell's service on the Court's budget committee. There is an equal amount of documentation concerning disqualification problems. These files deal with actual and potential conflicts of interest concerning cases that Powell might have heard as a member of the Supreme Court. The conflicts primarily involved Hunton & Williams retained clients, and companies in which Powell had investments.
A third portion of this subseries is approximately a foot of material related to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, which required detailed financial disclosure by federal judges. The resolution of conflicts between compliance with the Disqualification Act of 1974 and this newer law is documented here.
The "Word Processing Committee" files, along with the related "Linda Blandford" file, reveal the role of Justice Powell in automating the drafting and printing of opinions within the court. Powell saw to it that Ms. Blandford, a secretary in his chambers, was recognized and compensated for her role in the development of Atex, the Court's first automated information system.
There is extensive documentation of Powell's service on the committee that reviewed Supreme Court rules, and the commission that examined the workload of the National Court of Appeals system. Correspondence with Supreme Court officers such as the Chief Deputy Clerk, the Marshal's Office and the Social Secretary of the Court are also found here.
Though Justice Powell refrained from making public or private statements about Court opinions, there is a file present entitled "Correspondence as to Court Opinions." Powell's side of the correspondence is primarily to say that Justices generally do not comment on cases. See see the correspondence at 10.2.1 with such trusted friends as Colgate Darden, Paul Freund, Gerald Gunther and Anthony Lewis for substantive discussions of cases.
The mutual bond between Justice Powell and his clerks, was maintained through the annual clerks' reunion. These reunions included a dinner in the Supreme Court Building and brunch at the Alibi Club. The plans for these occasions dominate this subseries. There are also papers relating to the several dinners that Jo and Lewis Powell hosted at the Supreme Court Building for the other Justices and their spouses.
Records of case assignments to Justices, and, in turn, to clerks within the Powell chambers.
For the contents of these boxes, see this spreadsheet at the Powell Archives website.
The series Case Files include most of the cases in which writs of certiorari were granted(i.e., cases the court agreed to hear) during Powell's fifteen and one half years on the court. Cases not documented are those from which Powell recused himself or those in which he did not participate because of absence from the court due to illness. In all, there are approximately 2500 cases (140 cu.ft.) here. Powell wrote in some 500 opinions. In about half of these cases, Powell wrote the majority opinion. The remainder were concurring and dissenting opinions.
It is important to note that most cases in which writs of certiorari were denied or that were disposed of by per curium order are most often not documented here except as they are mentioned in the "order lists" discussed below. Records of these cases were destroyed in routine records maintenance by order of Justice Powell.
The files are arranged by Supreme Court terms. Note, however, that cases are often granted certiorari during one term, but decided in the next term. (Thus case 82-206 is found in October Term 1983 -- the term during the decision in the case was announced.) Additionally special application cases -- often involving stays of execution -- are found in each term. Cases for which the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction - - cases which come directly to the Court without having been heard in a lower court -- are also included.
The documentation for each case varies from one thin folder to almost 2 feet of materials for the Bakke case. Forms of materials include: "pool" memoranda, docket sheets noting certiorari votes; bench memoranda prepared by clerks; bench notes from the hearing of oral arguments; notes from the Justices' private conferences; inter-chamber correspondence; drafts of opinions; printing of draft opinions; and printed "slip" opinions. News clippings were sometimes added to the files by Powell chambers staff.
The files are arranged by Supreme Court terms which begin each October and typically end in June (e.g., a decision announced at the end of October Term 1975 would be rendered in May or June 1976). Within each term, the cases are arranged by Supreme Court docket number.
These are some forty five Supreme Court slip opinions that Justice Powell annotated as he read or re-read them. Nine of these are from after Powell retired from the Court. A spreadsheet listing the cases for which there are annotated slip opinions is available on the Powell Archives website.
These memoranda were prepared for Justice Powell by his clerks or other Supreme Court clerks. The clerks briefed Powell on the facts and merits of the applications and made recommendations for action.
These files contain listings of cases considered for certiorari or appeal, and applications for admission to the Supreme Court Bar. Brief summaries of actions are often included. Copies of the Court's printed certiorari decisions with comments and dissents are also found in these files.
This card index, keyed to the names in case titles, was created by Powell secretary Sally Smith. It is a cumulative index and is arranged alphabetically.
The series Speeches, Writings and Interviews, 16 cu. ft., includes the subseries: "Bound Speeches, 1971-1989," "Speech Files, 1972-1987," and "Speech Materials". The "Speech Materials" are memoranda, clippings and other printed materials arranged by subject. These were used for speech ideas and factual documentation.
The "Speech Files" include: drafts and reading copies of Powell speeches; research materials used in preparing an address; correspondence preceding and following the speech; and records concerning lodging and travel.
There are three volumes divided by years as follows: 1971-1977; 1977-1984; & 1985-1989. The last volume contains several years of Powell's retirement from the Court. Each volume has a table of contents. Volume one includes an introduction by Powell. All but a handful of the bound speeches are duplicated in the Speech Files section below. The Speech Files, by contrast, contain many speeches not included in the bound volumes.
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, The Greenbriar, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
The Greenbriar, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Honoring John Stewart Battle. Delivered at The Greenbriar, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
American College of Trial Lawyers Banquet, San Francisco, California.
San Francisco, California.
New York, New York.
Virginia Supreme Court, Richmond, Virginia.
Charlottesville, Virginia.
Washington, D.C.
El Paso, Texas
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, Hot Springs, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Lexington, Virginia.
T.C. Williams School of Law, Bar Association of Richmond, Virginia.
Dedication of the University of South Carolina Law School Building, Columbia, South Carolina.
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas.
Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lexington, Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court, Richmond, Virginia.
Washington and Lee Law Review Volume XXXII, Number 1, Winter 1975.
American College of Trial Lawyers Banquet, Acapulco, Mexico.
Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon.
Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, The Homestead, Warm Springs, Virginia.
American College of Trial Lawyers, Montreal, Canada.
American Bar Association, Montreal, Canada.
Provo, Utah.
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Colonial Williamsburg.
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia.
College of William and Mary Alumni Association, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Biography of Arthur D. Vanderbilt.
Supreme Court Building, Washington, DC
Powell received honorary Doctor of Laws degree. The New York Hilton, New York City.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, Houston, Texas.
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
Houston, Texas.
Charlottesville, Virginia.
Powell chaired this program at the American Bar Association Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
Program during annual meeting of the American Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Labor Law Section, American Bar Association annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Richmond, Virginia.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia.
Presentation of the Learned Hand Medal to Justice Powell. Federal Bar Council, New York, New York.
Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, Birmingham, Alabama.
Lexington, Virginia.
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia.
Utah and Idaho Bar Meeting, Sun Valley, Idaho.
Chicago, Illinois.
Richmond, Virginia.
John Marshall House, Richmond, Virginia.
F Street Club, Washington, DC.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Princeton, New Jersey.
Commemorating the fifteenth anniversary the acquisition of Ethyl Corporation by Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company. New York, New York.
Washington, D.C.
University of Virginia Law Review Banquet, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Includes Prayer Breakfast remarks, receipt of an honorary degree from Columbia University at a convocation in celebration of the centenary of the American Bar Association and a session considering the elimination of oral argument from appellate courts. New York, New York.
Orison S. Marden Lecture, Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Richmond, Virginia.
English Speaking Union, Richmond, Virginia.
Foreword to Hofstra Law Review .
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Boca Raton, Florida.
Powell was at Kenyon to receive an honorary degree. Gambier, Ohio.
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia.
American College of Trial Lawyers, Dallas, Texas.
Includes papers re session
Richmond, Virginia.
Atlanta Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia.
Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas.
Dallas, Texas.
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Salzburg, Austria.
Memorandum prepared for unknown purpose.
Richmond, Virginia.
Memorandum.
Preface to Virginia Law Review issue dedicated to Paulsen.
New York, New York.
Portsmouth, Virginia.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
University of Pennsylvania Law Review Annual Banquet, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Biloxi, Mississippi.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Includes panel on reduction of trial delay and expense, and retirement Party for Bert H. Early. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Franklin, Virginia.
Tribute in Harvard Law Review .
New Orleans, Louisiana and Atlanta, Georgia.
Spoke informally to law classes. Charlottesville, Virginia.
Eleventh Circuit Conference, Kissimmee, Florida.
Harlan Fiske Stone Lecture, Columbia University.
Lexington, Virginia
Published in Washington and Lee Law Review , Winter 1982.
Published in Texas Law Review August 1982.
Includes interview with California Bar Association (August 6) and speech to ABA Division of Judicial Administration (August 9).
Williamsburg, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Published in Baylor Law Review , Fall 1982.
Richmond, Virginia.
Published in Virginia Law Review , June 1983.
Eminent Living Virginians Tribute, West End Rotary Club, Richmond, Virginia.
Greenville, South Carolina.
Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference, Savannah, Georgia.
Tau Epsilon Rho, Dearborn, Michigan.
Richmond, Virginia.
Presented to Justice Powell. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference, Mobile, Alabama.
Canadian Embassy Dinner, Washington, D.C.
National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada.
Includes presentation of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to the American College of Trial Lawyers (August 4), and Speech to Young Lawyers Division of ABA (August 5). Chicago, Illinois.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Washington, D.C.
Richmond Bar Association.
United States District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
West Palm Beach, Florida.
Atlanta, Georgia.
American Law Institute Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Litigation Section. Includes information about annual meeting and banquet of the American College of Trial Lawyers during same period. New York, New York.
Richmond, Virginia.
University Club, Washington, D.C.
Arlington, Virginia.
American College of Trial Lawyers, Boca Raton, Florida.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Birmingham, Alabama.
Interview is basis for the Justice Powell installment of PBS and Public Affairs Television series In Search of the Constitution , first broadcast on June 19, 1987.
Used in publication of Judge Butzner's opinions.
Trip Files, 2 cu. ft., includes records of both professional and personal trips. Forms of documentation found here include correspondence preceding and following the events, and records concerning travel and accommodations.
Did not make this trip.
Only Mrs. Powell made this trip.
Dinner honoring Oliver W. Hill and S.W. Tucker.
The retirement series includes "Retirement Record Volumes" and alphabetically arranged correspondence about Powell's retirement from the Supreme Court.
Statement from the bench, statement to the press, and letter to President Reagan.
Correspondents include Justices, clerks and President Reagan.
Alphabetically arranged by correspondent's proper name.
The record volumes contain copies, bound in two volumes, of selected letters sent to Powell on his retirement from the Court. Volume II also contains clippings concerning his retirement.
Copies of documents related to the announcement of Powell's retirement.
Copies of documents related to the announcement of Powell's retirement.
Copies of documents related to the announcement of Powell's retirement.
In addition to daily appointments, the pocket calendars include frequently called phone numbers written inside of their front covers and addresses near their back covers.
Retirement papers, 40.5 cu. ft includes all materials created and collected by Justice Powell after his retirement from the Supreme Court in June 1987. As a retired Associate Justice, Powell maintained chambers in the Supreme Court Building until January 1997. He also maintained chambers in Richmond. He sat as an extra judge, primarily on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
Correspondence includes the subseries: General Correspondence, Correspondence with Supreme Court Justices, Christmas Cards, and Correspondence related to Invitations.
A listing of the correspondents can be found at the website of the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives.
The General Correspondence forms the conclusion to the series of the same name found in the 2.1.1 Personal Papers and 10.2.1 United States Supreme Court subgroups. Correspondence with family members from this period is filed in the "Family Papers" series of the 2.2.1 Personal Papers. Correspondence through 1998 with Powell Supreme Court clerks is found in the 10.2.3 United States Supreme Court papers correspondence series.
The correspondence with Supreme Court Justices continues the exchanges begun in Powell's 10.2.2 Supreme Court papers correspondence series.
Some of these files begin in as early as 1962. Powell apparently transferred certain files from earlier periods to his retirement files and continued filing in them.
Arranged alphabetically with miscellaneous addresses at end.
Following correspondence, there is a separate file on dinners.
Includes membership lists and dinner menus.
This file deals with John C. Jeffries, Jr.'s authorized biography, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. .
Includes memo to file of October 14, 1987.
Sculpted by George M. Kelly.
Re the role of the Solicitor General for The New Yorker magazine.
Correspondence and memoranda about the disposition of Powell's papers. An inventory of personal files formerly held at the law offices of Hunton & Williams is at the end of the file.
Topic discussed is Freeman's "Justice Powell's Constitutional Opinions "in the Spring 1988 Washington and Lee Law Review .
Re preface to Gunther's biography of Learned Hand.
Includes Powell memorandum re Hunton & Williams history; typescript of Gay's c. 1952 firm history; 1974 memo re Albemarle-Ethyl Deal in 1962; biographical materials re George D. Gibson and Henry Anderson; and clippings, 1979-1991.
Social Security information for Powell maid.
Records primarily about a Murrow Public Broadcasting System documentary television program and a United States Information Agency symposium. Included here are correspondence with Janet Murrow, Fred Friendly, producers of the PBS "American Experience "show about Murrow; and clippings and memorabilia.
Correspondence re his use of an interview with Powell concerning desegregation of Richmond public schools.
These transcripts document nine separate interviews.
File primarily concerns Powell's foreword to a biography of Taylor.
Written by Powell for the July 1988 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
See also "11.2.27 Files of Lewis F. Powell, Jr. "concerning the papers held in the Powell Archives in the Powell Wing.
Powell chaired this committee formed by Chief Justice Rehnquist. The committee was charged with suggesting legislation that would make more systematic the procedure for habeus corpus relief in capital cases.
"Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1989 ".
Powell was a guest lecturer in classes at the law schools of the University of Virginia, Washington and Lee University, and the College of William and Mary.
Includes schedule at UVA and research materials for Powell's presentations.
San Francisco, California
Washington, D.C.
See also "11.2.56 Taylor, Maxwell D. "in subject files.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Student Legal Forum, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
Conversation At Monticello , Charlottesville, Virginia
Lexington, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Social Studies Service, Virginia Department of Education, video project.
Irving R. Segal Lecture, University of Pennsylvania.
University of Richmond School of Law.
Yale Political Union
Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Hunton & Williams Luncheon, Richmond, Virginia.
Kiwanis Club, Richmond, Virginia.
Article in Richmond Times-Dispatch
National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Leslie H. Arps Lecture, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Richmond, Virginia.
Loyola Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Drake University.
For WEDU Public Television documentary on capital punishment.
The Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Interview with Time Magazine.
Re Powell's World War II Service.
American Bar Association Journal Interview.
New York University Law School.
Published in Fall/Winter 1991, Volume I, Number 2.
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Colonial Williamsburg.
American Bar Association Journal Interview.
Williamsburg, Virginia. An edited version of these remarks were published in the Indiana Law Review .
Published in Stanford Law Review , Volume 44, Summer 1992.
Seton Hall Law Review dedication.
Harvard Law Review dedication.
Dickinson Law Review .
Working title of "Handguns: A Call to Arms ". Apparently unpublished.
Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Volume 50, Number 1.
Harvard Law Review , Volume 107, Number 1.
Table of contents precedes the speeches and writings. There are 51 titles. Most are also present in 11.5.1.
Arranged chronologically.
Justice Powell sat as an extra judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Arranged in docket number order. See spreadsheet listing of cases at Powell Archives website.
Arranged in docket number order. Spreadsheet listing cases is available at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives website.
Includes drafts and reading copy of his speech, "Supreme Court - 1986 Term "
Includes drafts and research material for his speech on Chief Justice John Marshall.
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
New York City
Anderson House, Washington, DC; Powell's speech on Chief Justice John Marshall is included here.
Fort Meade, Maryland
Silver Springs, Maryland
Hunt, Texas
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Hobe Sound, Florida
Williamsburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Lexington, Virginia
Hot Springs, Virginia
Jackson, Mississippi
Richmond, Virginia. Purpose of trip was to videotape statement re the 200th anniversary of the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Lexington, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Canada. Includes files on "Capital Punishment "speech before the Criminal Justice Section.
Toronto, Canada
Cour d'Arlene, Idaho
In honor of Justice Kennedy, Anderson House, Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Files include speech and speech drafts.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Cambridge, Massachusetts
New Haven, Connecticut
Washington, D.C.
New York City
Hobe Sound, Florida
Boca Raton, Florida
Lexington, Virginia. Gave speech, "/The Supreme Court ".
Williamsburg, Virginia
Salt Lake City, Utah
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Washington, D.C.
New Haven, Connecticut
Richmond, Virginia
Hot Springs, Virginia
Sratford Plantation, Stratford, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Honolulu, Hawaii
Atlanta, Georgia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia. Powell spoke re legal aid.
New York City. Includes speech, "Stare Decisis and Judicial Restraint, "and drafts of speech.
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Williamsburg, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Hobe Sound, Florida
Williamsburg, Virginia
Baltimore, Maryland
Norfolk, Virginia
Williamsburg Landing, Williamsburg, Virginia
Columbus, Ohio
Washington, D.C. Includes speech on George Wythe.
Washington, D.C.
Hollins, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
John Marshall Park, Washington, D.C.
New York University School of Law, New York City
Richmond, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Honolulu, Hawaii
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Hartford, Connecticut
Williamsburg, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Did not make the trip.
Did not make trip.
Baltimore, Maryland
Did not make trip.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Grove Plantation, Asheville, North Carolina
Williamsburg, Virginia
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Maui, Hawaii
Williamsburg, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Potomac, Maryland
Lexington, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Hollins, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Brookville, New York
The Greenbrier, Hot Springs, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore, Maryland
Washington, D.C.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Hilton Head, South Carolina
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. Includes speech, "Changes In the Practice of Law ".
Baltimore, Maryland
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Washington, D.C. Includes speech, "A Brief Review of the History of the ACTL and Its Accomplishments ".
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Sratford Hall Plantation, Stratford, Virginia.
Washington, D.C.
Unprocessed.
Includes studio portraits of Powell as a student and from the beginning of his law practice through his retirement.
Subjects include: Larry Brown (professional football player), George H. W. and Barbara Bush, Harry F. Byrd, Hubert Humphrey, Ross Malone, Edward, R. Morrow, Rosco Pound, Lord Upjohn, Annie Jo White, John Passmore Widgery, Eleanor "Siddy" Wilson.
Box 834 contains color transparency slides from the following trips: London, 1957; Russia, 1958; Mexico, 1964; London, 1965;, Europe, 1966; and Vietnam (Defense Panel), 1969.
Includes photos larger than 9"x11" but not larger than 11"x14". Photos larger than this are in oversize storage in map cases. Includes photos from the following serie above: Family, Military Service, Professional Organizations, Public and Private Events, Colonial Williamsburg, National Commissions, and Supreme Court
Includes boyhood stamp album; bombing of German oil refineries; and two volumes of "Democrats for Eisenhower ", 1952 & 1956.
Arranged by topic.
Clippings about Supreme Court and Virginia Constitution Revision Commission
This series does not include Justice Powell's chambers and personal library. (See Separated Materials in Administrative Information section.) The entire contents of the library are included in Washington and Lee University's online catalog. Most publications can be retrieved by entering "Powell Chambers Library "as a title search.
By forms or materials.
Related to section 2.2.2.1 of these papers.
Related to section 2.2.3.7.2.1 of these papers.
Related to section 8.1.3.2 of these papers.
Related to sections 2.2.3.7.4.4 and 2.2.3.7.4.5 of these papers.
Related to section 3.1 of these papers.
Related to section 6.5.4.6 of these papers.
Related to section 7.9 Virginia Magna Carta Commission.
Includes: Ring-tum Phi ,November 21, 1928, April 17, 1929 & November 10, 1971; W & L Law News , March 30, 1989; Southern School News , March 1956; Richmond Mercury , March 20, 1974; The Daily Record , May 26, 1941; Richmond News-Leader , November 21, 1956 (part).
Writing by or about Powell.
Related to section 7.10 State Constitutional Commission.
Records and briefs.
Arranged by forms of materials.
Contents include (but are not limited to): Gavels, eyeglasses, passports, driver's licenses, medical record cards, smoking pipe, wallet, military insignia, brass door identification plates, and college memorabilia.
Contents include: Empty Cartones for Legion of Merit and Bronze Star; Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Medal; National Security Agency Cipher Wheel, 6 November 1987; LPMS "Squiggle ", 1994-1995; Virginia Cultural Laureate, 1981; Marble from Richmond's Union Station, 1977; Marshall-Wythe/College of William and Mary, June 4, 1972; American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for Excellence In Advocacy; Orison S. Marden Leader in Professional Responsibility and Legal Education; Whitney North Seymour Medal, Columbia Law School; Great Leaders Award, Southwestern Legal Foundation, May 1980; American Law Institute 50 Year Member, c. 1997.
One plaque and one bust are on display in the Powell Office and the Powell Archives Office respectively.
Includes: Earned and honorary academic degree diplomas and citations; and awards of merit and distinction.
Letter sweater, fraternity hat and athletic supporter.
369: Cap, wool jacket, pants and necktie; leather jacket, wool jacket, pants, and hat; 4 wool shirts, 1 cotton shirt, 2 pair wool trousers, 1 pair cotton trousers; ribbed wool zip-front sweater; shearling lined leather flight helmet, wool cap, cotton cap, gas mask pouch, cloth belt with attached pouch, olive colored wool knit watch cap, 4 pair wool socks, brown leather gloves, tan leather gloves; tan duffel bag; Oversize; sleeping bag, canvas suitcase.
Gown, two caps and hood.
Institutions represented include: Hollins College, University of South Carolina, Yeshiva University, Kenyon College, Wake Forest University, Old Dominion University, American University, Tulane University, Brigham Young University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Several hoods are unidentified.
875-876: Army issue pocket watch, address book, eagle pin, insignia, dog tags,Legion of Merit, Croix de Guerre with Palm, Bronze Star, small linen draw string pouch, 2 German banknotes. Oversize: canteen, photo interpreter's kit.
Fine Art: Pen-and-ink portrait of Powell by Egerton; Caricature of Powell ( "It's the Only Way "by Gib Crocle (sp. ?) IX, 1987; Four Utah landscapes etched in copper plates, presented by University of Utah Law School Alumni Association, 1982; Print of Howard Christy Chandler's Scene of the Signing of the United States Constitution; Print of Patrick Henry Arguing the Parson's Cause by George Cooke (Presented to Powell as Virginia State Bar Pro Bono award for 1991.) Powell's Supreme Court Bench chair is on permanent display in the Law Library Reading Room. A letter box from Powell's undergraduate days in oversize storage.