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Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles O. Gregory papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-79-9
Scope and Contents

This collection includes legal correspondence with Felix Frankfurter, a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt, memorabilia related to Robert and Edward Kennedy from when they were students at the Law School (both were students of Gregory), and a notebook containing correspondence regarding the Festschriften for Gregory in the May 1977 issue of the Virginia Law.

Dates: 1937 - 1967

E. Barrett Prettyman Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-86-5
Abstract

This small and very important collection consists of correspondence and working papers from McReynolds’ clerkship for Justices Robert H. Jackson, Felix Frankfurter and John M. Harlan, 1953-1955. Of significance are the files on Brown v. Board of Education and the notes between the justices; also drafts opinions, memoranda, correspondence and notes of other cases.

Dates: 1944 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1955