Department of Justice papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Extent:
2 Cubic Feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains speeches and press releases from various officials of the United States Department of Justice. All the items are typescript copies and date generally from the World War II period. Most of the speeches concern domestic legal and economic issues, chiefly civil rights, demobilization, and labor problems.

Speeches presented by the following individuals:

Francis Biddle, Attorney General of the United States (1941-1945). Thomas C. Clark, Attorney General of the United States (1945-1949). J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-1972). Herbert A. Bergson, Assistant Attorney General of the United States (1948-1950). J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General of the United States (1949-1952). Philip B. Perlman, Solicitor General of the United States (1947-1952). Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney General of the United States (1941-1943).

Acquisition information:
University of Virginia Law Library Public Documents Department transferred this collection to Special Collections in 1982.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard