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Washington and Lee University, Law School

Washington and Lee University
School of Law
1004 Sydney Lewis Hall
1 Denny Circle
Lexington, VA 24450-0303
Primary Collecting Areas:
United States law, Virginia law
Description:
The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives comprises the Papers of Lewis F. Powell, Jr., other manuscript collections held by the law library, the rare book collection, and the archives of the School of Law. Areas of collecting emphasis include United States law, Virginia law and faculty and alumni of Washington and Lee University School of Law.
POC: Jennifer V. Mitchell
Phone: (540) 458-8969
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. Papers 1921-1998

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.

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Robert W. Ray Papers 1994-2001

Ray presented this small group of papers to his alma mater, Washington and Lee University School of Law, around the time of his speaking engagement there in April 2001. The materials all relate to his work as Deputy Independent Counsel and Independent Counsel investigating President William J. Clinton.

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J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr. Papers, 1943-1999

U.S. District Court case files and opinions, both published and unpublished, constitute about half of this collection. Also included are biographical materials, correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks, political memorabilia and artifacts, and photos. Activities of Clarke's father, J. Calvitt Clarke, are documented in the Christian Children's Fund, Inc. & Children, Inc. papers, 1956-1999 found here.

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John H. Tucker Jr. Papers 1916-1946

These papers are arranged in two series: 1) Personal Papers, 1938-1940 and 2) U.S. Army Papers, 1916-1942. The Personal Papers include the subseries Biographical Materials (1 folder); General Correspondence, 1918-1981 (bulk 1940-1943); "Some Notes on Guns, Shooting and Hunting," 1946-1947; 1 folder .75 cu.ft.; Printed Materials; and Photographs. The U.S. Army Papers series includes the subseries World War I, Camp Beauregard, and World War II. Each of these subseries contain several of the following forms of materials: orders, memoranda, training materials, clippings, and photos. The Camp Beauregard subseries also contains a diary kept by Tucker.

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Wilfred J. Ritz Papers 1955-1985

Two series make up the preponderance of these papers: subject files and writings. Two legal case files are also present.

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Lewis F. Powell Jr. Collection 1937-1999

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.

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John W. Davis Collection 1888-1953

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Henry St. George Tucker Collection, 1874-1933

These materials came from a variety of donors and sources, some of which are unrecorded. All items are print or near-print, though the first two contain annotations and other handwritten entries.

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Bible 1882 Box-folder 1/7

Accession 2008M:002. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out the Origianl Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.New York: American Bible Society, 1882. Inscribed to Henry St. George Tucker from his mother.

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Frank R. Parker Papers 1963-1997

Biographical materials include correspondence, resumes, photos, and memorabilia. Obituaries and materials from the memorial service in Parker's honor at the U.S. Department of Justice are also here. Personal papers include correspondence and notebooks from Parker' s student days at Oxford, England. Audio and video recordings are mostly interviews given by or conducted by Parker on the subject of votings rights. Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law papers document Parker's work for the Committee's voting rights project at both its Mississippi and Washington, D.C. offices. Included are correspondence subject files, and case files. Redistricting in Lee County Mississippi is heavily documented. Writings include printed versions of much of Parker' s writing from throughout his career; research materials for Black Votes Count; research materials and a typescript for the unpublished book For the Common Good: The Case for Affirmative Action. The teaching papers include subject files and class materials from Parker' s years of teaching law at the District of Columbia School of Law, American University' s Washington College of Law, and Washington and Lee University School of Law.

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Stephen A. Sharp Papers 1969-1980

These papers document three specific aspects of the career of Stephen A. Sharp: 1) His work as communications director for the 1970 campaign to re-elect Winfield Dunn as governor of Tennessee; 2) His service as Associate Minority Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee 1974 Presidential Impeachment Inquiry; and 3) His work as the chief advisor to the Federal Communications Commission General Counsel concerning political broadcasting and the fairness doctrine, 1976-1980.

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