Biographies of Officials, 1940 - 1975

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Biographies of Officials, 1940 - 1975

1940-1975

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1692803

This series consists of biographical sketches of high-level officials within the Department of Justice and its components (such as the Bureau of Prisons and the Federal Bureau of Investigation) and Supreme Court justices such as Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell Jr., and William H. Rehnquist. Included are photographs, newspaper clippings, speeches and testimony, and magazine articles. Some notable officials documented in this series include Roy M. Cohn, Francis Biddle, Robert H. Jackson, Homer Cummings, Tom Clark, John Dean, Clement F. Haynsworth, William O. Douglas, James P. McGranery, J. Howard McGrath, Constance Baker Motley, and Cecil F. Poole (the first African-American to be appointed a United States Attorney.)

4 linear feet, 2 linear inches

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