Justice Tom C. Clark
Associate Justice Tom C. Clark
Tom C. Clark papers, ca.
1910-1977, bulk 1949-1977.
- Extent: 480 linear ft. (833 boxes, 15 scrapbooks, @1,000
photographs, @100 oversize items).
- Clark, Tom C. (Thomas Campbell), 1899-1977. Associate
Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-1967.
- Scope and Content: Case files, bench memoranda docket
sheets, briefs, petitions, transcripts, and slip opinions make up
virtually a complete record of Clarkıs activities on the U.S. Supreme
Court, describing in detail the internal workings of the Vinson and
Warren Courts. Additional case records document his later service on the
federal appeals bench. His activities in the American Bar Association
and civic organizations are documented through correspondence, speeches,
literary productions, scrapbooks, political cartoons, photographs,
phonograph records, films, and artifacts. A small portion of the
collection comes from the time before Clark joined the Supreme Court.
The Clark papers for the years 1945-1949, during which Clark served as
U.S. Attorney General, are at the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence,
Missouri.
- Finding aid: A detailed finding aid to the collection is
available online. A
print version is available in the Tarlton Law Library's Rare Book Reading Room.
- Restrictions: Permission required for photocopying
or reproduction. Phonograph records not available for use due to fragile
condition.
The Papers of Tom C. Clark (Online Resource formerly hosted by UTopia)
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