]> frankfurter_f Felix Frankfurter Letters An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University MRC &su_name; &su_address; 15 Jul 2011 Michele Combs 15 Jul 2011 English Overview of the Collection &su_name; &su_address; Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965. Felix Frankfurter Letters 1927-1934 1 volume (approximately 40 pp) Letters from Felix Frankfurter to Norman Hapgood and between Frankfurter and Joseph M. Proskauer; topics include the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Walter Lippman, the Democratic primary of 1932, Alfred E. Smith, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Justice Louis Brandeis. 3309425 English Biographical History

Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) was an American lawyer and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962. He was known for his active support of the principle of judicial restraint, believing that the federal courts and the Supreme Court should by and large refrain from interference in a state's right to govern its own affairs. This frequently put him on the dissenting side of ground-breaking decisions taken by the Warren Court to end discrimination.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Felix Frankfurter Letters consists of twenty-three letters from Felix Frankfurter to Norman Hapgood (American author, newspaperman, editor and critic) and seven carbon copies of letters between Frankfurter and Joseph M. Proskauer (associate justice of the New York State Supreme Court, 1927-1930). Some of the topics discussed include the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Walter Lippman, the Democratic primary of 1932, Alfred E. Smith, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Justice Louis Brandeis. The letters are laid into a quarter blue and crimson cloth drop box.

 Arrangement of the Collection

Chronological.

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 Subject and Genre Headings Politics, government and public administrationRadicalism Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937.Proskauer, Joseph M. (Joseph Meyer), 1877-1971. Courts -- New York (State)Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921.Supreme Court justices. Correspondence. Lawyers. Access Restrictions

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Marc Siegle Fund, 2011.

 Inventory Correspondence Hapgood and Proskauer1927-19341