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The Legacy of Holmes and Brandeis by Samuel J. Konefsky
Call Number: KF8748 .K65 1974
ISBN: 0306702150
Publication Date: 1974-09-01
A look at the legacies of Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Louis Brandeis.
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, 1910-1921 by Walter F. Pratt
Call Number: KF8742 .P73 1999
ISBN: 1570033099
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
This book contains biographical information on the Supreme Court Justices who served between 1910-1921. Also available through EBSCO Academic Collection online (connect through the library catalog).
Taft, Holmes and the 1920s Court : An appraisal by David H. Burton
Call Number: KF8744 .B874 1998
ISBN: 083863768X
Publication Date: 1998-07-01
This work looks at the lives of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and William Taft and traces their divergence in jurisprudence matters.
The Taft Court by Peter G. Renstrom
Call Number: KF8742 .R483 2003
ISBN: 1851095373
Publication Date: 2003-05-29
A look at the Justices who served under William H. Taft and their legacy.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

December 4, 1902 - January 12, 1932

The Essential Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes; Richard A. Posner (Editor)
Call Number: KF8745.H6 A4 1992
ISBN: 0226675521
Publication Date: 1992-04-01
A look at the letters and correspondence of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and how his opinions were shaped by his life.
The Grand Panjandrum : mellow years of Justice Holmes by John S. Monagan
Call Number: KF8745.H6 M66 1988
ISBN: 081916853X
Publication Date: 1990-03-22
A look at the life, humanity and career of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Holmes-Einstein letters : correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Lewis Einstein, 1903-1935 by James Bishop Peabody (Editor)
Call Number: KF8745.H6 A43 1964
Publication Date: 1964
This work uses correspondence to highlight the life, careers and friendship between Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Lewis Einstein.
The Holmes reader; the life, writings, speeches, constitutional decisions, etc. of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as an evaluation of his work and achievements by eminent authorities. by Selected and edited by Julius J. Marke
Call Number: KF 8745 .H6 M3 1964
Publication Date: 1964
This work looks at the letters and correspondence of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and evaluates his life and career.
Honorable Justice : the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Sheldon M. Novick
Call Number: KF8745.H6 N69 1989
ISBN: 0316613258
Publication Date: 1989-08-01
This work looks at the life and career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. through his early life, his action in the Civil War, law school and his early career, nearly 20 years in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and, finally, 30 years as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
The Justice from Beacon Hill : the life and times of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Liva Baker
Call Number: KF8745.H6 B35 1991
ISBN: 0060166290
Publication Date: 1991-07-01
Through his long career, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. took part in events that had a marked impact on the rule and role of law in the United States -- the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Industrialization, World War I, the Roaring Twenties and the onset of the Great Depression.This look at the career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr demonstrates that his record of free thinking and civil libertarianism were less extreme as once thought and his decisions were more reflective of cultural attitudes of the time.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes by Mark de Wolfe Howe
Call Number: KF8745.H6 H67
Publication Date: 1957-1963
In two volumes, this work looks at the early life and career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. from 1814-1870 and 1870-1882.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : law and the inner self by G. Edward White
Call Number: KF8745.H65 W55 1993
ISBN: 019508182X
Publication Date: 1993-11-11
This exceptional biography looks at the early career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and how many events and personal relationships shaped his career.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes; a biography by Silas Bent
Call Number: KF8745.H6 B4 1969
Publication Date: 1969
Originally written in 1932, this early biography on the life and career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. serves as a foundation work on this field of study. The original publication is also available on microfiche.
Law Without Values : the life, work, and legacy of Justice Holmes by Albert W. Alschuler
Call Number: KF8745.H6 A66 2000
ISBN: 0226015203
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
This look at the life and career paints a darker portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. than in previous works. He is shown as a man who espoused Social Darwinism, favored eugenics, and was near to believing that might makes right.
Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle
Call Number: KF8745.H65 B48m 1943a
Publication Date: 1943
A look at the life and career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Mr. Justice Holmes by Felix Frankfurter (Editor)
Call Number: KF8745.H6 F7 1931
Publication Date: 1931
This is a compilation biography written by many authors on the occasion of Justice Holmes' ninetieth birthday.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. by G. Edward White
Call Number: KF8745.H6 W473 2006
ISBN: 0195305361
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
This is a short biography on the life and career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. as part of the Lives and Legacies Series.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. , Legal Theory, and Judicial Restraint by Frederic R. Kellogg
Call Number: KF8745.H6 K45 2007
ISBN: 9780521866507
Publication Date: 2006-12-11
This work looks at the writings and early intellectual thought of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and how that shaped his future career and opinions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : soldier, scholar, judge by Gary Aichele
Call Number: KF8745.H6 A62 1989
ISBN: 0805777660
Publication Date: 1989-02-01
This work looks at the life and career of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. as part of the Twayne's Twentieth-Century American Biography Series.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, soldier, lawyer, Supreme Court Justice by Helen S. Peterson
Call Number: KF8745.H65 P47
ISBN: 0914932039
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
A biography of one of the best-known judges of the early 20th century.
Yankee from Olympus; Justice Holmes and his family by Catherine Drinker Bowen
Call Number: KF8745.H65 B65 1944
Publication Date: 1944
This work looks at the lives of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and his family. Also available through HeinOnline (connect from catalog record).

William R. Day

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

February 23, 1903 - November 13, 1922

William Rufus Day, Supreme Court justice from Ohio by Joseph E. McLean
Call Number: KF8745.D39 M34 1946a
Publication Date: 1946
This work looks at the life and career of William R. Day. Available on microfiche.

William Henry Moody

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

December 12, 1906 - November 20, 1910

Proceedings at the meeting of the Essex Bar in the Supreme Judicial Court : in memory of Hon. William Henry Moody by Winfield S. Nevins (Editor)
Publication Date: 1919-04-26
A brief biographical address on the life of William Henry Moody. Available through Gale Databases' The Making of Modern Law (connect from catalog record).

Horace Harmon Lurton

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

December 20, 1909 - July 12, 1914

In memory of Horace Harmon Lurton by United States. Court of Appeals (6th Circuit)
Publication Date: 1914
A brief address given concerning the life of Horace Harmon Lurton. Available through Gale Databases' The Making of Modern Law (connect from catalog record).

Charles Evans Hughes

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

October 10, 1910 - June 10, 1916

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

February 13, 1930 - June 30, 1941

The Autobiographical Notes of Charles Evans Hughes by Charles E. Hughes; David J. Danelski (Editor); Joseph S. Tulchin (Editor)
Call Number: E664.H86 A32
ISBN: 0674053257
Publication Date: 1973-01-01
An autobiography of the life of Charles Evans Hughes taken from his personal notes and correspondence.
Charles E. Hughes, the statesman : as shown in the opinions of the jurist by William L. Ransom
Publication Date: 1916
This biography of Charles Evans Hughes was written after his term as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. It is available as an e-book through Gale Databases' The Making of Modern Law (connect from catalog record).
Charles Evans Hughes by Merlo John Pusey
Call Number: KF8745.H84 P87 1963
Publication Date: 1963
A biography on the life and career of Charles Evans Hughes in two volumes.
Charles Evans Hughes; politics and reform in New York, 1905-1910 by Robert F. Wesser
Call Number: KF 8745 .H84 W47
Publication Date: 1967
This biography of Charles Evans Hughes early career studies Hughes's two terms as governor and evaluates his strengths and weaknesses as a political leader and reformer.
Charles Evans Hughes and American democratic statesmanship by Dexter Perkins
Call Number: E 748 .H88 P4 1978
ISBN: 0313204632
Publication Date: 1978-08-11
A look at the life and career of Charles Evans Hughes through his work as a juror and a statesman. This work is part of the The Library of American Biography Series.
The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes, 1930-1941 by William G. Ross
Call Number: KF8745.H84 R67 2007
ISBN: 9781570036798
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
This work looks at the Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes and his later career from 1930-1941.
Proceedings of the bar and officers of the Supreme Court of the United States November 4, 1949. Proceedings before the Supreme Court of the United States May 8, 1950, in memory of Charles Evans Hughes by United States. Supreme Court
Call Number: KF 8745 .H84 1950
Publication Date: 1950
A short biographical address given to the Supreme Court in memory of Charles Evans Hughes. Also available on microfiche.

Joseph Rucker Lamar

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

December 17, 1910 - January 2, 1916

The life of Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1857-1916 by Clarinda Pendleton Lamar
Call Number: KF8745.L35 L35 1926a
Publication Date: 1926
A biography on the life and career of Joseph Rucker Lamar. Available on microfiche.

Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

June 1, 1916 - February 13, 1939

The Brandeis-Frankfurter Connection: the secret political activities of two Supreme Court justices by Bruce Allen Murphy
Call Number: KF8744 .M87
ISBN: 0195031229
Publication Date: 1982-03-25
This biography looks at judicial activism through the lives of Felix Frankfurter and Louis Dembitz Brandeis.
Brandeis and Frankfurter by Leonard Baker
Call Number: KF8744 .B27 1986
ISBN: 0814710867
Publication Date: 1986-06-01
A duel biography on Louis Dembitz Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter and how they changed the court system and shaped American public policy.
Half Brother, Half Son : the letters of Louis D. Brandeis to Felix Frankfurter by Melvin I. Urofsky (Editor); David W. Levy (Editor)
Call Number: KF8745.B67 A44 1991
ISBN: 0806123036
Publication Date: 1991-05-01
A look at the letters and personal friendship between Louis Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter.
Letters of Louis D. Brandeis by Louis D. Brandeis; Melvin I. Urofsky (Editor); David W. Levy (Editor)
Call Number: E664.B819 A4 1971
ISBN: 087395078X
Publication Date: 1971-06-30
A look at the life of Louis Brandeis through his personal correspondence. Available in five volumes.
Supreme Court justices as politicians : the extrajudicial activities of Justices Louis D. Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter by Bruce Allen Murphy
Call Number: KF8744 .M872 1978a
Publication Date: 1978
A look at the political lives of Louis D. Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter.
Two Jewish Justices: outcasts in the promised land by Robert A. Burt
Call Number: KF8744 .B87 1988
ISBN: 0520067495
Publication Date: 1989-11-06
A look at the lives of two Jewish Supreme Court Justices: Louis D. Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter.

John Hessin Clarke

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

July 24, 1916 - September 18, 1922

The life of Mr. Justice Clarke; a testament to the power of liberal dissent in America by Hoyt Landon Warner
Call Number: KF8745.C55 W3 1959
Publication Date: 1959
A look at the life and career of John Hessin Clarke. Also available on microfiche.

William Howard Taft

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

July 11, 1921 - February 3, 1930

Chief Justice Taft by Allen E. Ragan
Call Number: KF8745.T33 .R3 1938a
Publication Date: 1938
This biography discusses the life and career of William Howard Taft. Available on microfiche.
The life and times of William Howard Taft, a biography by Henry Fowles Pringle
Call Number: E 762 .P75 1964
Publication Date: 1964
This biography is available in two volumes.
President and chief justice : the life and public services of William Howard Taft by Francis McHale
Call Number: KF8745.T33 M33 1931a
Publication Date: 1931
This work commemorates the career and private life of William H. Taft and was published very shortly following his death. Available on microfiche.
William Howard Taft by Alpheus Thomas Mason
Call Number: KF8745.T27 M3 1983
ISBN: 0819130915
Publication Date: 1983-05-04
A biography on the only man to ever be President and Supreme Court Chief Justice. This work looks at the monumental decisions that helped undermine the reactionary power of wealth and privilege in the United States.
William Howard Taft by Herbert S. Duffy
Call Number: E762 .D83 1930a
Publication Date: 1930
Available on microfiche.
William Howard Taft, American by Robert Lee Dunn
Publication Date: 1908
This work, published in 1908, was written prior to William Taft's later career on the Supreme Court. It gives an insight into his early life and presidency. It is available as an e-book through Gale Databases' The Making of Modern Law (connect from catalog record).
William Howard Taft, Yale professor of law & New Haven citizen : an academic interlude in the life of the twenty-seventh president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the Supreme Court by Frederick C. Hicks
Call Number: E762 .H52 1945a
Publication Date: 1945
A look at the career of William H. Taft between the years 1913-1921 when he was a Yale law professor, in between his term as President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Available on microfiche.

George Sutherland

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

September 5, 1922 - January 17, 1938

Mr. Justice Sutherland, a man against the State by Joel Franics Paschal
Call Number: KF 8745 .S88 P3 1951
Publication Date: 1951
This work traces the intellectual development of Justice Sutherland from his early years to the late 19th century where he was first exposed to the beliefs and opinions that would shape his career as a Supreme Court Justice.
The Return of George Sutherland : restoring a jurisprudence of natural rights by Hadley Arkes
Call Number: KF8745.S88 A87 1994
ISBN: 0691034729
Publication Date: 1994-08-28
This work looks at the life, career, and jurisprudence legacy of George Sutherland and his ideas of natural rights.

Harlan F. Stone

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

February 5, 1925 - July 3, 1941

Chief Justice of hte Supreme Court

July 3, 1941 - April 22, 1946

Chief Justice Stone and the Supreme Court by Samuel Joseph Konefsky
Call Number: JK 1519 .S8 K6 1945
Publication Date: 1945
Originally published as a Ph.D. thesis written on the life and career of Chief Justice Stone.