Mr. Justice Black

]> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004007 John Paul Frank A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress Prepared by Connie L. Cartledge Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2003

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2004 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Papers of John Paul Frank 1936-2000 (bulk 1946-1971) MSS6409 Frank, John Paul, 1917-2002 330 items 1 container .4 linear feet Manuscript Division Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

Author, lawyer, and professor. Correspondence, memoranda, a legislative bill, notes, photographs, speeches, and writings documenting Frank's relationship as a law clerk and friend of Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black. Additional material relates to attempts to desegregate law schools in 1951 while Frank was a professor at Yale Law School and the creation of an intermediate court of appeals to assist in reducing the work of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1983-1987. Selected Search Terms

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Names: Frank, John Paul, 1917- Black, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Seay) Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 Rehnquist, William H., 1924- United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary United States. Supreme Court Yale Law School--Faculty Subjects: Appellate courts--United States Judges--United States--Biography Segregation in higher education Occupations: Authors Educators Lawyers Administrative Information Provenance:

The papers of John Paul Frank, author, lawyer, and professor, were given to the Library of Congress by Frank in 1998 and 2000.

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Biographical Note DateEvent 1917, Nov. 10Born, Appleton, Wis. 1938B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 1940M.A. and L.L.B., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 1942Law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black 1943Assistant to secretary of the interior, Washington, D.C. 1944Married Lorraine Weiss 1944-1945Assistant to the attorney general, Washington, D.C. 1946J.S.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1946-1949Assistant professor of law, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 1947Attorney, law firm of Covington and Burling, Washington, D.C. 1948, 1953Attorney, law firm of Arnold and Porter, Washington, D.C. 1949Published Mr. Justice Black. New York: Knopf 1949-1954Associate professor of law, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1950Editor, Cases and Materials on Constitutional Law. Chicago: Callaghan 1951Published Cases on the Constitution. New York: McGraw-Hill 1954-2002Member of law firm, Lewis and Roca, Phoenix, Ariz. 1958Published Marble Palace: The Supreme Court in American Life. New York: Knopf 1961Published Lincoln as a Lawyer. Urbana: University of Illinois Press 1964Published The Warren Court. New York: Macmillan 1991Published Clement Haynsworth, the Senate and the Supreme Court. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 2000Published Inside Justice Hugo L. Black: The Letters. Austin: Jamail Center for Legal Research, University of Texas at Austin 2002, Sept. 7Died, Scottsdale, Ariz. Scope and Content Note

The papers of John Paul Frank (1917-2002) span the years 1936-2000 and include correspondence, memoranda, a legislative bill, notes, photographs, speeches, and writings. The bulk of the collection, 1946-1971, consists of correspondence with United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo LaFayette Black and Frank's memoranda, notes, and writings about Black. The correspondence began when Frank was a law clerk for Black in 1942 and continued until Black's death in 1971. The letters include exchanges of personal and family news, discussions of Frank's writings, and comments about Supreme Court opinions and related issues. The letters, along with Frank's memoranda and notes, form the basis for his book, Inside Justice Hugo L. Black: The Letters. Frank's correspondence also includes a few letters from Black's wife, Elizabeth, and from others writing about Black. The papers also contain speeches by Black, photographs, and other material relating to the justice.

Also documented in the papers are Frank's efforts to desegregate law schools in 1951 while a professor at Yale Law School and his interest in the creation of an intermediate court of appeals to assist in reducing the work of the Supreme Court. The “Intermediate court of appeals” folders include two letters from Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

Container List BoxContents 1Association of American Law Schools, Committee of Law Teachers Against Segregation, 1951 Black, Hugo LaFayette Correspondence, 1942-1974, n.d. (9 folders) Memoranda and notes, 1966-1971, n.d. Miscellany, 1966-1974, 1994, n.d. Photographs, 1965-1967, n.d. Speeches, 1936, 1955, 1961-1965 Writings by Frank Inside Justice Hugo L. Black: The Letters (2000) Background material, 1946-1969, n.d. (3 folders) Printed copy, 2000 Miscellaneous, 1971-1976, n.d. Intermediate court of appeals, 1983-1987 (2 folders)