The David L. Bazelon papers include his case files (c. 57 linear feet), filed chronoligically and alphabetically by appellant within each year except when the United States acted as appellant. These cases are interfiled alphabetically by apellee. The materials remain as Judge Bazelon kept them. The Judge's speeches, lectures, and writings (c. 36 linear feet) are filed chronolgically. Drafts, memoranda and correspondence are included in these folders. Also of interest are the lists of friends, former clerks, and colleagues to whom he sent copies of drafts. These lists give a good picture of the liberal circles in which the Judge traveled. His court administration papers (c. 6.5 linear feet) show the bureaucratic side of the Chief Judge's position, including supervising defendants sent to St. Elizabeth's Hospital and coping with problems involving the court's switchboard. The organizational papers (c. 34 linear feet) contain meeting minutes, memoranda and correspondence from the organizations and committees on which the Judge served. The meeting papers (c. 5 linear feet) document meetings or panels to which the Judge was invited to speak or participate on a one-time basis. The subject files (c. 67.5 linear feet) are filed alphabetically by subject. They contain correspondence with colleagues and experts, including a dialogue with then Attorney General Nicolas Katzenbach on criminal interrogations, much of which became public just before the Supreme Court decided the Miranda case. Also prominent in the subject file is a collection of insanity briefs. They reflect Bazelon's interest in the concept of insanity. The biographical and career papers (c. 1.5 linear feet) consist of clippings about him, including letters of congradulations. There are also a number of photographs of the judge, as well as 3 audio cassette tapes of his speeches. Books from his office library and his set of the Federal Reporter Second have been integrated into the library's collection.
