A Guide to the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Collection 1937-1999
A Collection in
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives
Collection Number 002
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Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, Washington and Lee University
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. ArchivesWashington and Lee University
School of Law
Lexington, Virginia 24450-0303
USA
Phone: (540) 458-8969
Email: powell@wlu.edu
URL: http://law.wlu.edu/library/powell/
© 2001 By Washington and Lee University
Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Processed by: Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives Staff
These materials relating to Lewis F. Powell's life come from a variety of miscellaneous sources and are collected by the Powell Archives. This collection should not be confused with the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Papers, Ms 001. The Powell Papers contain the documentation of Powell's life which he created and maintained.
Administrative Information
Access
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Lewis F. Powell Jr. Collection, 1937-1999, Ms 002, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives, Lexington, VA
Scope and Content Information
This open-ended collection comprises discrete gifts of usually small amounts of documentation relating to the life of Justice Powell. These materials come from a variety of sources including friends, associates, and the geneal public. The Powell Archives staff have also added news clippings. Materials separated from the Powell Papers that would, in most cases, have been discarded, are also housed here for possible exhibition or other use not directly related to research. These materials include duplicate speeches,clippings, and Supreme Court slip opinions.
Contents List
These letters were removed by the donor from the Virginius Dabney Papers, before those papers were given to the University of Virginia Special Collections.
This single exchange begins with Judge Oberdorfer's letter of October 20, 1989 (copy) enclosing a copy of Henry W. Anderson's 1931 report of the Wickersham Commission concerning prohibition of alcohol. Justice Powell's letter of acknowledgement (original) of October 24, 1989 is also here.
- Box 1
Lewis F. Powell III Eulogies for His Mother and Father 1996, 1998
- Box 1
Funeral Program August 31, 1998
- Box 1 & oversize
folder # 2 in map case
Clippings 1998
- Box 1
Memorial Service at U.S. Supreme Court May 18, 1999
- Box 1
Symposium in Honor Of Lewis F. Powell's Birth Centenary. National Press Club. Video (dvd) Recording by C-Span2 April 6, 1991
- Box 1
Duplicate Portrait Photographs of Lewis F. Powell Jr. 1972-1976
- Box 2
Audio and Video Tape Recordings 1998
This is a copy of Lewis F. Powell Jr.'s file provided to the Powell Archives by the Federal Bureau of Investigation through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Justice Powell taught seven Constitutional Law classes at Washington and Lee University School of Law between March 15 and April 27, 1989. These recordings are on 3/4" videotape.
- Box 8-11A
Speeches and Writings 1956-1987
- Box 12-12A
Published Materials 1968-1993
Duplicate copies of Ultra and the Army Air Forces in World War II , and of journals or reprints containing writing by or about Powell.
- Published Court Opinions
- Box
13-30
Supreme Court Slip Opinions 1970-1989
- Box 31
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1987-1992
- Box
13-30
- Box 32
Bakke Decision Scrapbook 1977-1978
Four copies of the scrapbook of documents and clippings re the 1978 Supreme Court "reverse discrimination" case.
- Materials Retained for Exhibit Potential
- Box 33
Artifacts and Duplicate Documents
- Box
43-35
Photos and Captions from Supreme Court "Justices In World War II" Exhibit
- Box 33
- Box 36
Scrapbooks re Retirement from U. S. Supreme Court, 1987-1988
Duplicate materials removed from 001 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Papers at 10.9.3
- Box 36
U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit Printed Opinions, 1987-1992
Duplicate materials removed from 001 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Papers at 11.6.1.2. All of these opinions were written by Powell. Though all are printed, some are "unpublished. "