Earl Warren : the Chief Justiceship
Subtitle: and related material, 1977
By: tape recorded interview conducted 1972-1976 by Amelia Fry, Mortimer Schwartz and Miriam Stein for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, :
Contributors: Fry, Amelia R.; Brownell, Herbert, 1904-; Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-; Hagerty, James C. 1909-1981.; Oliver, William W.; Richman, Martin F.; Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907-; Small, Merrel Farnham.; Schwartz, Mortimer D.; Stein, Mimi.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Earl Warren Oral History Project (Bancroft Library)
Published: 1972
Subjects: Warren, Earl, 1891-1974; Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); United States. Supreme Court; United States -- Politics and government; California -- Politics and government
Description: Interviewees (photocopies of documentary material included with some of the interviews) include the following: Herbert Brownell. Earl Warren's Appointment to the Supreme Court. Includes Brownell's retrospective memorandum, Aug. 1975, as well as transcript of the interview. Comments on events leading up to Warren's appointment and experiences with the Chief Justice. Louis Finkelstein. Earl Warren's Inquiry into Talmudic Law. Comments on discussions with Warren on comparative philosophies of justice and law, especially Talmudic law. James C. Hagerty. Earl Warren's Appointment to the Supreme Court. Comments also on the 1948 presidential campaign, the 1952 Republican presidential convention and Eisenhower's candidacy. William W. Oliver. Working in the Supreme Court: Brown Decision, Warren and Other Justices. Experiences as Warren's first head law clerk, 1953-1954.

Martin F. Richman. Law Clerk for Chief Justice Warren, 1956-57. Harold E. Stassen. Eisenhower, the 1952 Republican Convention, and Earl Warren. Appendix: photocopy of a letter, Nov. 15, 1972, to Amelia Fry from Merrell F. Small, analyzing events prior to Warren's appointment.
Table of contents: title: Reel 1: Brownell, Oct. 29, 1974. Track 1: 446 ft., track 2: 20-466 ft.; title: Reel 2: Brownell, cont. track 1: 491 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 3: Finkelstein, Oct. 30, 1975. Track 1: 412 ft., track 2: 408 ft.; title: Reel 4: Hagerty, Nov. 5, 1973. Track 1: 503 ft., track 2: 501 ft. (machine noise most of track 2); title: Reel 5: Oliver, May 17, 1972. Track 1: 367 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 6: Richman, Oct. 30, 1975. Track 1: 409 ft., track 2: 407 ft.; title: Reel 7: Richman, cont. Track 1: 116 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 8: Stassen, Dec. 27, 1976. Track 1: 496 ft., track 2: 356 ft. Reel 5 is 5 in., others are cassettes.; title: Phonotapes :