Series 9: Addendum (A), 1871-1941, 1956-1976

Series 9, Addendum (A), supplements the collection. This material was added to the Papers of Louis D. Brandeis at the University of Louisville Law School, after 1941 by family, friends, library purchases, and Brandeis biographers Alpheus T. Mason and Melvin I. Urofsky, but was never incorporated into the main collection. The series includes correspondence, 1877 - 1941, arranged chronologically; appointment notebooks; MIT course notes; a fiscal accounting of Brandeis' estate; hearing transcripts from the arbitration proceedings in the Cloak and Suit labor dispute, 1910 - 1915; speeches and articles by Brandeis, including the "Money Trust" articles appearing in Harper's Magazine from November, 1913 to January, 1914 (see also Box NMF 64, Reel 34 for drafts); title pages from schoolbooks used by Brandeis; a photocopy of the proceedings in an 1866 - 1867 court case involving the firm of Brandeis and Crawford, of Louisville, against the United States government; and a small number of photographs.

Reel 139 Addendum 1877 - 1941

The reel concludes with Box 1 of series 9, Addendum. Of note here is incoming correspondence from Alfred Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Harvard professors James Barr Ames, James B. Thayer, and Jeremiah Smith; discussion of the Public Franchise League with its officers; correspondence with Robert N. Miller about the University of Louisville; 1932 notes from Felix Frankfurter; and 1940-1941 letters from Charles Daughters on the problems of small businesses. (Box A1-1/10)

Reel 140 Addendum 1940 - 1941, 1908 - 1912

Reel 140 continues the correspondence and reports sent by Charles Daughters, chief clerk of the U.S. Senate's Small Business committee, informing Brandeis of the group's activities during the spring of 1941. The remainder of the reel consists of a letterbook of copies of Brandeis's outgoing correspondence on the New England railroad merger issue, 1908-1912. The letterbook is in poor condition and some letters may be illegible. (Boxes A 1-11/12, A2-1/2)

Reel 141 Addendum 1871 - 1915

Letterbooks containing copies of Brandeis' outgoing correspondence on the New England railroad merger, 1911-1915, continue on reel 141. Also found here is a series of personal pocket diaries, kept by Brandeis on an irregular basis, from 1871-1912, in which he jotted names, addresses and kept a random expense record. Many of these entries were written in pencil and may be illegible on film. The reel ends with a volume of material from a course on Business Law that Brandeis taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1893/1894. A note at the bottom of Brandeis' introduction indicates the material is incomplete. (Boxes A 2-2, 3, 4-1/3)

Reel 142 Addendum 1893 - 1894, 1910 - 1913, 1943 - 1944

Material from the course on Business Law, given by Brandeis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1893/94 continues on reel 142. Also found are informal notes, exchanged between justices concerning decisions, which are written on the back of a page from the printed decision; copies of the accounts filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia by the executor of Brandeis' estate, along with a cover letter informing the University of Louisville of the disposition of the Brandeis estate; and minutes of arbitration hearings Brandeis chaired in the garment industry disputes, 1910-1913, (Boxes A 4-3/4, 5-1/8)

For other garment industry material, see also reels 21, 22, 24, 25 and 33 in Series 1: Nutter, McClennen & Fish.

Reel 143 Addendum 1913 - 1915

Reel 143 continues the minutes of the many meetings Brandeis either chaired or was a part of, in attempts to settle disputes in the New York garment workers industry, 1913 - 1915. The groups include the Board of Grievances, Board of Arbitration, and the Council of Conciliation. Also found are studies done on major problems; such as wages, division and types of labor, and working conditions. (Boxes A 5-9/10, 6, 7-1)

Reel 144 Addendum 1910 - 1915, 1937 - 1940, 1956 - 1976

Reel 144 continues with material generated by the New York Garment Industry dispute, 1913-1915. These files had been subdivided by Brandeis into four series. File series 3 and 4, found here include formal complaints and answers between the Dress and Waist Manufacturers' Association and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, as well as memos, reports, and minutes of hearings. Additional material contained is a 1910 report on railway freight terminals submitted to Brandeis by H. M. Harding and Co., consulting engineers of New York City; copies of speeches and articles by Brandeis, including the "Money Trust" series from Harper's Weekly, November 1913 - January, 1914; printed biographical material on Brandeis, 1916 - 1976; and a copy of the 1866 - 1867 case of Brandeis and Crawford v. the United States involving the sale of corn to Union forces by Brandeis' father during the Civil War. (Boxes A 7-2/10, 8, 9, 10-1/3)

Reel 145 Addendum Photographs

Series 9, Addendum, concludes with photographs. They include photos of Brandeis at various ages; group pictures of family and friends; an album entitled "On the Restiqouche," photos taken on a Canadian camping trip in 1885 and presented to his mother; and photos of the 1938 opening of the Brandeis School in Palestine. (Boxes A 10-4/6, 11)

Un-microfilmed additions to the Louis D. Brandeis Collection

Addendum Series Box A-20

Box A-20 contains correspondence with the Law Library about the Brandeis collection.

Folder 20-1: Correspondence with Robert N. Miller, 1930-1968.

Folder 20-2: Correspondence with Brandeis' son-in-law, Jack Gilbert, 1946-1966.

Folder 20-3: Correspondence with Alpheus Mason, 1940-1957.

Folder 20-4a: Correspondence with various people, 1935-1954.

Folder 20-4b: Correspondence with various people, 1955-1960.

Folder 20-5: Correspondence with various people, 1961-1965.

Folder 20-6: Correspondence with various people, 1966-1969.

Addendum Series Box A-21

Box A-21 contains more correspondence about the Brandeis collection.

Folder 21-1: Correspondence with various people, 1970-1974.

Folder 21-2: Correspondence with various people, 1975-1979.

Folder 21-3: Correspondence with various people, 1980-1987.

Folder 21-4: Correspondence with various people, 1988-2001.

Folder 21-5: Correspondence with various people, 2002-2007.

Folder 21-6: Correspondence with Mel Urofsky and David Levy, 1963-2008.

Addendum Series Box A-12

Folder 12-1: Seven photographs of Brandeis and family members obtained from the Library of Congress. Note: the University of Louisville does not own the reproduction rights to any of these photographs.

Folder 12-2: Photocopies of letters donated to the collection by Sandra Brandeis-Crawford. The letters, written in German during the 1880's, are between an Adolf Brandeis and his future wife Matilde Hautler. The relation between this Adolf Brandeis and Louis Brandeis is unclear. There is no translation of the letters.

Folder 12-3: A 1938 letter written by Brandeis to then first year University of Louisville law student Edgar Simon. Donated to the law school by Mr. Simon.

Folder 12-4: Photocopies of typewritten transcriptions of letters written by Adolph, Frederika, Alfred and Louis Brandeis during a family vacation in 1865. Louis was 8 years old at the time, making these the earliest known examples of his writing. Donated by Charles Tachau.

Folder 12-5: A copy of Brandeis' FBI file, obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request. It consists mostly of copies of newspaper and magazine articles that either mention Brandeis or quote him.

Folder 12-6: Photocopies and transcriptions of letters written by Brandeis to his cousins Arthur and Miriam Dembitz during the 1930's. The originals are housed in the archives of the Temple in Louisville.

Folder 12-7: The Certificate of Cremation issued by Cedar Hill Crematory, Washington D.C. in October 1941. There is also a letter to President Kent by the L.D. Pearson & Son funeral home stating that they had received Brandeis' remains and their plan to store them until the University was ready to receive them.

Folder 12-8: 36 letters from the Warren & Brandeis law firm written during the 1880's on routine legal matters. All of the letters are signed "Warren & Brandeis" but they are written in a variety of handwriting styles. The folder also contains an old Lithuanian Zionist postcard with a picture of Brandeis on the front. The back of the postcard proclaims him as the first President of Israel. (The postcard is currently on display in the Reading Room of the law library.)

Folder 12-9: 2 letters by Brandeis. The first is a brief one to Stephen Wise, dated August 29, 1936. The recipient of the second one is illegible. Dated November 19, 1937, it deals with the building of a Palestine Library. There is also a December 13, 1937 letter to Brandeis from Herbert Goodrich of the American Law Institute. Finally, there is a copy of Mel Urofsky's article "Louis D. Brandeis: Advocate Before and On the Bench."

Folder 12-10: Copies of Louisville Courier-Journal articles relating to the sesquicentennial of Brandeis' birth.

Folder 12-11: A leaflet proclaiming the formation of a committee of policy holders of the Equitable Life Assurance. Brandeis is listed as the counsel of the committee.

Folder 12-12: A handwritten reminiscence written by Pauline Goldmark (Brandeis' sister-in-law) to Brandeis' daughter Elizabeth. It is primarily about childhood life in the Goldmark family and about Alice and Louis' wedding.

Folder 12-13: A collection of materials relating to the law school's celebration of Brandeis' sesquicentennial.

Folder 12-14: A collection of materials relating to the Temple's celebration of Brandeis' sesquicentennial.

Folder 12-15: 13 letters written by Brandeis to his wife Alice, dated from 1913 to 1936. There is also a 1941 letter to Pauline Goldmark.

Folder 12-16: A brief for the case John Swope v. Henry Villard et al, 1894.

Folder 12-17: Two DVD copies of Hearst newsreel footage of Brandeis. There is a copy of the "Louis D. Brandeis" episode of the radio show They Were Giants on CD. A 3 DVD set titled Witness to History--a collection of filmed recollections by American Zionist Nell Ziff Pekarsky, in which she recounts a meeting she had with Brandeis shortly before he died.

Folder 12-18: The November 1936 issue of Jewish Frontier.

Folder 12-19: 4 photos of Brandeis purchased from eBay. Note: the University of Louisville does not own the reproduction rights to any of these photographs.

Folder 12-20: The Forum section of the November 8, 2009 issue of The Courier-Journal, which contains 3 articles about Brandeis.

Folder 12-21: Justice Brandeis Unfit?, an anti-Brandeis (and anti-Semitic) broadsheet written and published by Robert Edward Edmondson.

Addendum Series Box A-29

Folder 29-1: Letters to Felix Frankfurter, 1938.

Folder 29-2: Letters to Felix Frankfurter, 1939-1941.

Folder 29-3: Letters to Felix Frankfurter, 1939-1941.

Folder 29-4: Article from the May 28, 2011 issue of the Courier-Journal.

Folder 29-5: Script for the "Brandeis" episode of The Eternal Light.

Folder 29-6: Recording and transcript of interview with Charles B. Tachau.

Folder 29-7: The March 2010 issue of Louisville Magazine.

Folder 29-8: Postage stamps featuring Brandeis from America and Israel.

Folder 29-9: Materials and Courier-Journal articles relating to Brandeis' boyhood home.

Folder 29-10: 4 photographs purchased on eBay: 1) Nathan Straus, LDB, and Stephen Wise standing on board a ship. 2) LDB and Alice in a horse drawn buggy. 3) 3 shots of LDB on his first day of retirement. 4) 1938 photo of LDB on his way to visit FDR.

Folder 29-11: A pamphlet titled The Zion Association of Greater Boston dated September 1, 1916.

Folder 29-12: Photocopies of 3 letters from the Edward Keating papers at the University of Colorado Boulder Archives.

Folder 29-13: 3 pamphlets from the American Law institute signed by Brandeis.

Folder 29-14: 10 photocopied letters to and from Father John A. Ryan, from the John A. Ryan archives at the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives.

Folder 29-15: Article from the July 17, 2013 issue of the Courier-Journal.

Folder 29-16: A copy of Mel Urofsky's speech "Louis Brandeis, Trial Lawyer" from the Summer 2010 issue of The Bulletin, and a flyer announcing the winners of the 2013 Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Awards (one of whom was University of Louisville Law Professor Mark Rothstein.)

Folder 29-17: 1932 pamphlet by Ralph C. Epstein titled "Industrial Production and Price Control."

Folder 29-18: Program for a 1927 Louisville public meeting celebrating Brandeis' gifts to the University of Louisville Law School.

Folder 29-19: July 23, 1910 letter from Alfred Brandeis to the Secretary of Agriculture.

Folder 29-20: Fliers for the US Supreme Court Historical Society celebration of the centennial of Brandeis's appointment to the Court.

Folder 29-21: A University of Louisville Law School publication celebrating the centennial of Brandeis's appointment to the Supreme Court.

Folder 29-22: February 28, 1922 letter from Jean Paul Muller accompanied by a study performed by Mr. Muller on the United States Steel Corporation.

Folder 29-23: "The Case for the Minimum Wage," a reprint of an article by Brandeis that appeared in the February 6, 1915 issue of The Survey.

Addendum Series Box A-30

Two casebooks owned and annotated by Brandeis during his Harvard Law School days: Cases in Equity Pleading by C.C. Langdell and A Selection of Cases on Pleading at Common Law by James Barr Ames.

Addendum Series Box A-31

A collection of letters between Brandeis and Alice Grady about the maintenance of Savings Bank Life Insurance spanning the years 1917-1929.

Addendum Series Box A-32

More correspondence about the University of Louisville collection of Brandeis papers, 2008 - present.

Addendum Series Box A-33

Folder 33-1: Requests for permission  for Brandeis related item.

Folder 33-2: Photographs of Brandeis. (The Law School does not own the rights to these photos.)

Folder 33-3: Information about various pieces of art.

Folder 33-4: A copy of "The Brandeis Mind": a speech by William E. Read.

Folder 33-5: Information on the historical marker outside of the school.

Folder 33-6: Information on the law school name change.

Folder 33-7: Photocopies of letters from Samuel D. Warren.

Folder 33-8: Transcript of oral history interview with Adele Brandeis, plus photos from Chatham.

Folder 33-9: The January 1930 issue of Scribner's Magazine, featuring an article about Brandeis by Joseph Percival Pollard.

Brandeis' Letters to Felix Frankfurter

These boxes contain photocopies and transcriptions of letters written by Louis D. Brandeis to Felix Frankfurter. These letters are primarily from the Library of Congress and were collected by Melvin Urofsky and David Levy in preparation of their 1991 book Half Brother, Half Son. The collection includes a number of letters not reprinted in the book as well as photocopies of extraneous materials mentioned in the letters (pamphlets, other people's letters, etc.)

Box A-22: Letters 1910-1922

Box A-23: Letters 1922-1925

Box A-24: Letters 1925-1927

Box A-25: Letters 1928-1930

Box A-26: Letters 1930-1932

Box A-27: Letters 1932-1934

Box A-28: Letters 1935-1938

Box A-29: Letters 1938-1941

Letters from the Gilbert family

During the research for their publication of The Letters of Louis D. Brandeis and The Family Letters of Louis D. Brandeis, Melvin Urofsky and David Levy photocopied and transcribed a number of letters held by the descendants of Brandeis' daughter, Susan Gilbert. After the volumes were published, the copies were incorporated into the Brandeis collection. Most of the letters are from Brandeis and are addressed to his wife Alice, daughter Susan and son-in-law Jack Gilbert. There are also a handful of letters addressed to other people, primarily Brandeis' other daughter Elizabeth, his brother Alfred and associate Jacob deHaas. There are also a number of untranscribed letters written by Alice Brandeis. Only a fraction of the letters in these boxes were published by Urofsky and Levy. 

Due to the personal nature of these letters, researchers will need permission from the Brandeis family to be able to view this material.

Box A-13: Letters from 1881 to 1909.

Box A-14: Letters from 1910 to 1914.

Box A-15: Letters from 1914 to 1922.

Box A-16: Letters from 1923 to 1926.

Box A-17: Letters from 1927 to 1929.

Box A-18: Letters from 1930 to 1941.

Box A-19: Undated letters. Most of the letters here are from Brandeis to Alice, but there are also letters from Alice and Susan, as well as some which have not been identified.