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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Morrison R. Waite, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, jurist, and lawyer, were given to the Library of Congress by his grandson, Morrison Waite, in 1959.
The papers of Morrison R. Waite were arranged and described in 1959. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Morrison R. Waite in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions. In addition, many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Morrison R. Waite Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Morrison Remick Waite (1816-1888) span the period 1818-1933, with the bulk of the material relating to his position as chief justice of the United States between 1874 and 1888. The collection contains letterbooks, correspondence, docket books, Supreme Court assignment sheets from 1877 to 1888, and manuscripts and proofs of Supreme Court and circuit court opinions. The papers are organized in five series: General Correspondence, Legal File, Material Relating to the Death of Waite, Financial File, and Miscellany.
Of biographical interest is a file containing correspondence, newspaper clippings, and publications relating to Waite’s death. Also in the collection are photographs, family legal papers, speeches and remarks by Waite, newspaper clippings, bills and receipts, cancelled checks, bank books, and expense accounts.
Correspondents include Benjamin Harris Brewster, Zachariah Chandler, Nathan Clifford, Roscoe Conkling, J. C. Bancroft Davis, Charles Devens, Frederick T. Freylinghusen, William Greene, Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), John Marshall Harlan, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Robert Todd Lincoln, Stanley Matthews, John C. Nicolay, Alexander Ramsey, and William T. Sherman.
This collection is arranged in five series:
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically in letters sent and received file and a letterbooks file.
Chief justice’s docket books, manuscripts and proofs of Supreme Court and circuit court opinions, and Supreme Court assignments.
Grouped by type of material and arranged by term of court within each group
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, obituaries, memorial resolutions, and miscellaneous publications.
The correspondence is arranged by month, and the remainder is grouped by type of material.
Bills and receipts, bank books, cancelled checks and check stubs, and expense accounts.
Grouped by type of material and rough chronological arrangement within each group.
Calling cards and invitations, speeches and remarks, photographs, family legal papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and memorabilia.
Grouped by type of material.