Series 1 Nutter, McClennen, & Fish (NMF), 1881-1927

Nutter, McClennen, and Fish, the successor law firm to Brandeis, Dunbar, and Nutter, is the first of the nine series in the Louis D. Brandeis papers. It embodies the material generated in the public interest by Brandeis during his years as a member of two Boston law offices: Warren and Brandeis, 1879-1897, and Brandeis, Dunbar, and Nutter, 1897-1916.

The subdivision titles in this series were part of Brandeis' filing system, but each file was further divided chronologically after the collection arrived in Louisville. Representative titles include Washington Street Subway, Boston & Maine/New Haven Railroad Merger, Collier's Ballinger Investigation, Insurgency, Harvard College, New York Garment Workers, and Advance Rate Case. Working drafts of speeches and articles, many written for Norman Hapgood's publications, Collier's and Harper's Weekly, are also found here. The correspondence files dealing with Brandeis' Supreme Court confirmation (NMF 75-85) are alphabetically arranged by correspondent, an exception to the normal chronological order.

A large amount of material dealing with the merger of the Boston and Maine/New Haven Railroads (Boxes 1A-1Q) was added to the collection after Mr. Brandeis' death, but was filed and microfilmed at the beginning of this series.

Reel 1 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1881-1909

The subdivision titles in this series were part of Brandeis' filing system, but each file was further divided chronologically after the collection arrived in Louisville. Representative titles include Washington Street Subway, Boston & Maine/New Haven Railroad Merger, Collier's Ballinger Investigation, Insurgency, Harvard College, New York Garment Workers, and Advance Rate Case. Working drafts of speeches and articles, many written for Norman Hapgood's publications, Collier's and Harper's Weekly, are also found here. The correspondence files dealing with Brandeis' Supreme Court confirmation (NMF 75-85) are alphabetically arranged by correspondent, an exception to the normal chronological order.

Reel 2 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1905-1909

This reel continues material on the Boston and Maine/New Haven Railroad merger and includes research notes used to prepare anti-merger legislation and drafts of proposed bills. A large body of statistics comparing the financial condition of various railroads is included. There are also typescripts of Mr. Brandeis's argument in 1907 before the Massachusetts legislative Commission on Commerce and Industry in opposition to merger, other testimony given before the commission, and copies of other speeches Brandeis gave on the topic. (Boxes NMF 1B-2, 1C, 1D-1 /2b)

Reel 3 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1907-1909, 1919

Reel 3 continues testimony on railroad merger that was given at a legislative hearing held by the Massachusetts Commission on Commerce and Industry. Other merger material such as correspondence with Charles S. Mellon, Pierre Jay, and Charles F. Choate, Jr.; publications of the Massachusetts Anti-Merger League, compiled in 1919; and additional drafts of proposed legislation and railroad statistical data is also found (Boxes NMF 1D-2c/3, 1E, 1F, 1G-1)

Reel 4 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1906-1915

Reel 4 continues with material related to Brandeis' opposition to the merger of the Boston & Maine/New Haven railroads. Included are financial reports of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, press releases, correspondence in 1908 with Harry B. Needham, Charles H. Jones, and William Z. Ripley, and drafts of speeches prepared for the New England Dry Goods Association and the Cambridge Citizens Trade Association by Brandeis, Charles F. Choate, Jr., and John Higgins. Memoranda, drafts of proposed legislation, Brandeis' letters to influential Boston clergymen soliciting their support and tally sheets of potential votes by Massachusetts legislators on anti-merger bills are also found. (Boxes NMF 1G-2, 1H, 1I, 1J )

Reel 5 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1909-1913

Reel 5 includes drafts of Brandeis press releases on merger, as well as correspondence on that subject with the Public Franchise League of Boston, Roger Wolcott, Norman H. White, Charles S. Mellon, Norman Hapgood, Mark Sullivan, D. O. Ives, and Joseph B. Eastman. Reports and memoranda in opposition to a closer union of the Boston & Maine and the New Haven railroads and testimony generated in litigation against various railroads are also found. (Boxes NMF 1K, 1L-1/3a)

Reel 6 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1912-1913

Material on the merger question is continued on reel 6 with copies of outgoing letters to Massachusetts Governor Eugene Foss, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and U.S. Senator Robert M. LaFollette. Here also are reports on all phases of railroad operations and correspondence with Norman H. White, Charles F. Bates, Henry C. Adams, Daniel Willard and Joseph B. Eastman. (Boxes NMF 1L-3b/3e, 1M, 1N-1a/1c)

Reel 7 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1900-1915

Reel 7 begins with several of Joseph B. Eastman's extensive reports on the New Haven Railroad's activities in New England. The merger material ends here with correspondence between Brandeis and Carl Vrooman, Norman Hapgood, Charles M. Cox and Charles P. Hall; draft legislation, and published reports, including selected Interstate Commerce Commission hearings. Many I.C.C. reports were not filmed, and are available either in the collection or at the University of Louisville School of Law. The reel closes with correspondence touching on Brandeis' involvement with the Boston Bar Association. (Boxes NMF 1N-1d/3, 1O, 1P, 2-1)

Box 1Q containing printed reports on the merger was not filmed.

Reel 8 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1900-1907

Reel 8 contains correspondence, news clippings, reports, and speeches on controversial topics such as the proposed construction of the Washington Street Subway, Boston's Public Schools, and anti-bribery laws. Brandeis' behind the scenes role in preparing the miners' case before the Coal Strike Commission in 1902 is also documented. Correspondents include Morton Prince, Albert E. Pillsbury, A. Lawrence Lowell, Edward A. Adler, Clarence S. Darrow, Henry Demarest Lloyd and Boston mayors Patrick A. Collins and Thomas N. Hart. (Boxes NMF 2-2/5, 3, 4, 5-1a)

Box 3, folder 1 and Box 4, folder 4 containing news clippings were not filmed.

Reel 9 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1902-1910

Reel 9 continues documentation of the Brandeis role in the Coal Strike Commission and also includes letters that discuss labor and trade unions, urban affairs, and government improvement schemes with notables such as Samuel Gompers, Edward A. Filene, James Barr Ames and Curtis Guild, Jr. A typescript of a speech, "The Incorporation of the Trade Union," that Brandeis delivered before the Suffolk Bar Association in 1903, as well as correspondence with Mrs. Roland C. (Alice N.) Lincoln concerning her interest in upgrading public welfare institutions, is also found. (Boxes NMF 5-1b/4, 6, 7-1)

Reel 10 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1903-1915

Reel 10 includes routine correspondence concerning the Industrial League, printed materials outlining the U.S. Government's plans to lease public lands in Alaska's Controller Bay area to private railroad companies, and correspondence with Joseph B. Eastman on the Public Franchise League and with members of the Good Government Association of Boston. The reel concludes with letters with Samuel Gompers, F. W. Taussig, the Harvard University economist, and others discussing labor matters. (Boxes NMF 7-2/3, 8-1/3a)

Reel 11 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1903-1915

Reel 11 continues correspondence related to labor legislation, as well as drafts of two Brandeis speeches: "The Employer and Trade Unions" and "Compensation for Use of Streets." Pamphlets, news clippings, and correspondence on topics such as city government, the financing and control of the natural gas industry as a public utility, and irregular employment are also found. Correspondents include organizations like the New England Branch of the National Civic Federation and the Economic Club of Boston and individuals such as Paul Kellogg, Ezra R. Thayer, Ralph W. Easley, Edward R. Warren, Edward A. Adler, Morton Prince, Laurence Minot, J. W. Beatson, and William Hard. (Boxes NMF 8-3b/3c, 9, 10, 11-1/2b)

Reel 12 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1904-1916

The topic of irregular employment is continued on reel 12. Here also is found correspondence between Mr. Brandeis and others interested in the "single tax" plus documentation related to a freight tunnel bill and gas and subway matters in the Boston area; correspondence concerning the "Right to Privacy," an article written by Brandeis and Samuel D. Warren; and pamphlets and other background materials on railway freight rates. In addition, there are drafts of two Brandeis speeches: "The Opportunity in the Legal Profession" and "What Loyalty Demands." Correspondents include Hayes Robbins, Ralph M. Easley, Samuel D. Warren, William Seton Gordon, and Curtis Guild, Jr. (Boxes NMF 11-2c/3, 12, 13-1/5b)

Reel 13 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1905-1914

This reel opens with membership correspondence concerning the National Civic Federation and its programs. Here also is correspondence with Joseph B. Eastman on the Edison Electric Illuminating Company and printed material on the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, as well as correspondence with Prof. Henry Metcalf of Tufts College, Henry Beach Needham, Mark Sullivan, and Alfred Brandeis. The reel ends with clippings, reports, and legislative drafts on industrial accident insurance. (Boxes NMF 13-5c/5e, 14/ 15-1a/1b)

Reel 14 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1906-1916

Reel 14 continues correspondence, reports and draft legislation on Industrial Accident Insurance. The reel also contains correspondence and reports of the Boston Merchant's Association, which in 1908 sought to merge with the Boston Chamber of Commerce; news clippings and reference material on Boston's gas company; correspondence seeking Mr. Brandeis' advice on both the regulation and management of insurance companies; and routine correspondence with the Boston City Club, Public Franchise League and the New England Branch of the National Civic Federation. Correspondents include Charles Evans Hughes, Theodore Roosevelt, Hayes Robbins, Charles Palen Hall, Edward A. Filene and Joseph B. Eastman. (Boxes NMF 15-1c/2/ 16, 17-1/3)

Reel 15 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1907-1911

Beginning this reel is routine correspondence with the Public Franchise League and its interests in telephone franchises, stock watering laws and the Boston Elevated Railway. Additional printed reports on the Ballinger investigation, Controller Bay, and the proposed merger of two Boston street railways, plus correspondence with Joseph B. Eastman, Louis R. Glavis, Mark Sullivan, Edward A. Filene, and Charles Zueblin are also found. (Boxes NMF 17-4/5, 18, 19-1/2)

Reel 16 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1907-1916

Material related to the Public Franchise League's campaign for improved transportation in the Boston area introduces reel 16. Correspondence on the Good Government Association's support of George H. Hibbard for mayor of Boston; with the Bureau of Municipal Research on the latest accounting methods for cities; and a chronological file taken from printed sources concerning the Ballinger investigation follows. Correspondents include Joseph Lee, George H. Hibbard, Samuel D. Warren, George Burnham, Jr., Clinton Rogers Woodruff, J. W. Beatson, Norman H. White, Joseph B. Eastman and Lincoln Steffens. (Boxes NMF 19-3, 20, 21, 22-1/6)

Reel 17 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1908-1915

Reel 17 begins with general correspondence concerning the Berkshire, (Mass.) trolley merger. Here also is material relating to "Boston-1915", a citizen's group promoting the city's commercial and industrial growth; correspondence with the American Association for Labor Legislation on industrial accident insurance; and letters received from the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, Filene's Cooperative Association, and a group in Oregon asking for help in amending that state's constitution. Finally, there is a large amount of material on the Ballinger investigation, including an additional chronological file of correspondence taken from printed records (see reel 16). (Boxes NMF 22-7/8, 23, 24-1/2)

Reel 18 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1909-1911

Material related to the Ballinger investigation continues on reel 18 with copies of exhibits, reports from W. W. Barr and Louis R. Glavis and memoranda concerning the case. General correspondence with the Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts; with Filene's Cooperative Association; and A. Lincoln and Edward A. Filene on insurance matters; and correspondence and draft legislation for a pension program for Boston and Maine Railroad employees are also found. The reel ends with additional printed materials on "Boston-1915." (Boxes NMF 24-3/5, 25, 26-1 /3c)

Reel 19 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1909-1916

Reel 19 begins with additional printed material on "Boston-1915." There is also correspondence discussing Massachusetts legislation permitting credit unions; reports and statistical data on industrial accident insurance, and newsletters and materials promoting the industrial education movement. The reel concludes with additional Ballinger material. Well known correspondents include A. Lincoln Filene, Frederic B. Hall and Pierre Jay. (Boxes NMF 26-3d/4, 27, 28-1/3)

Reel 20 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1910

Reel 20 is comprised entirely of material relating to the Ballinger investigation. There is correspondence with Norman Hapgood and Robert J. Collier, editor and publisher respectively of "Collier's Magazine," which was financing the investigation; a resume of Mr. Brandeis' closing argument before the Congressional investigation committee; and general correspondence, memos and reports. Correspondents of note are James R. Garfield and Felix Frankfurter. (Boxes NMF 28-4/5, 29, 30, 31-1)

Box 30, folders 1 & 3 containing maps, charts and news clippings were not filmed.

Reel 21 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1910-1911

Material concerning the Ballinger investigation continues on this reel, with typescript copies of Louis R. Glavis' testimony and the final argument of John J. Vertrees, Ballinger's attorney before the Congressional committee. There is also correspondence with the Economic Club of Boston, the National Conservation Congress and with the two publications, The American Magazine and The Boston Common. The reel ends with correspondence regarding garment workers disputes in Cleveland and Chicago, a proposed Louisville Gas and Electric merger, and with members of the National Progressive Republican League. Correspondents include Julius Henry Cohen, Jane Addams, A. Lincoln Filene, Henry Moskowitz, Alfred Brandeis, Henry M. Johnson of Louisville, Kentucky, and John E. Lathrop. (Boxes NMF 31-2/6, 32, 33, 34-1a)

Reel 22 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1910-1913

Reel 22 continues correspondence with members of the National Progressive Republican League. Brandeis discusses the insurgency movement and Robert LaFollette's candidacy for national political office with League members Robert P. Bass, Governor of New Hampshire, Charles Henry Davis, Gifford Pinchot, Robert Treat Paine and Norman H. White. Consultation with A. Lincoln Filene and Julius Henry Cohen on the New York Garment Workers' strike, as well as progress reports on arbitration of the strike are also found, along with appeals from numerous organizations asking Mr. Brandeis to become a member or give them moral and financial assistance. (Boxes NMF 34-1b/2, 35, 36-1a)

Reel 23 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1910-1916

Reel 23 continues appeals for Mr. Brandeis' support from various organizations. There is also correspondence discussing mortgage bonds of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, Brandeis publicity files, and copies of a speech, "Organized Labor and Efficiency," that Brandeis delivered before the Boston Central Labor Union. The reel concludes with printed testimony in support of the LaFollette anti-trust bill that Brandeis gave in December,1911 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce and correspondence and reports from Miss Myrtle Abbott and others on the controversial leases at Controller Bay, Alaska. (Boxes NMF 36-1b/2, 37, 38, 39-1a/1b)

Reel 24 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1911

Reel 24 continues correspondence, reference material, reports and news clippings on the controversy over government railroad leases at Controller Bay, Alaska. There is also correspondence with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan Plan Commission on legislation to implement their findings; with the National Waterways Commission seeking advice on hydroelectric power; a discussion of an appointment to the Massachusetts Railroad Commission; and requests for speaking engagements, which are filed by a number system and not in chronological order. Correspondents include Amos and Gifford Pinchot, Frank B. Gilbreth, Gilson Gardner, and Garrett Droppers. (Boxes NMF 39-1c/3, 40)

Box 40, folder 2 contains newspaper clippings that were not filmed.

Reel 25 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1911-1912

Reel 25 contains requests from additional organizations for Brandeis to speak. Correspondence with Rabbi Rudolph L. Coffee regarding the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania coal strike and with Brown University officials concerning a commencement address, entitled "Business as a Profession," that Mr. Brandeis gave there in June, 1912 is also found. Correspondence between Brandeis and Julius Henry Cohen, Henry Moskowitz, Morris Hillquist and Meyer London about the New York Ladies Tailors' strike, plus a transcript of arbitration proceedings between the union and the merchant's society, conclude the reel. (Boxes NMF 41, 42-1/3a)

Reel 26 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1911-1912

Continued on reel 26 are the transcripts of the arbitration proceedings in the New York Ladies Tailors' strike, which Mr. Brandeis chaired. There is also correspondence with the Harvard Menorah Society on a possible speaking date; statements and notes concerning the proposed LaFollette anti-trust legislation before the United States Senate and correspondence with Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota, Representative Andrew J. Peters of Massachusetts, Charles R. Van Hise, President of the University of Wisconsin, F. W. Taussig and Felix Frankfurter discussing anti-trust measures. Progress reports and news releases of the National Progressive Republican League conclude this reel. (Boxes NMF 42-3b/3g, 43, 44-1)

Reel 27 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1911-1915

At the beginning of reel 27, there is correspondence between Brandeis and John A. Fitch, an editor of The Survey, concerning draft legislation for a six day work week. Among the miscellanea that follows are: invitations to speak before the University of Michigan and Harvard Law departments; correspondence about the Ohio Workmen's Compensation bill; a draft of "Trusts and Their Relation to Business . . . ," a speech given before the Republican Club of New York on January 13,1912; correspondence on the Alaskan Coal bill before the U.S. Senate; additional material on the LaFollette anti-trust bill; discussions with Norman Hapgood about articles for Collier's, and with D. O. Ives and others about appointment to the Boston Harbor Tunnel Commission. The reel ends with correspondence on the Industrial Equality Partnership bill before the Massachusetts legislature and on the programs of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association. (Boxes NMF 44-2/7, 45, 46, 47-1/3a)

Box 45, folder 2 contains printed material not filmed.

Reel 28 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1911-1916

This reel begins with correspondence between Brandeis and leaders of the Women's Suffrage movement, such as Alice Stone Blackwell. Applications for employment with the law firm of Brandeis, Dunbar and Nutter and correspondence concerning industrial education with Meyer Bloomfield of the Vocation Bureau are also found. The bulk of this reel contains material on the anti-trust and political insurgency movements, such as Brandeis' speech at the Massachusetts A. F. of L convention at Fitchburg, Massachusetts on September 18, 1912, articles from Collier's and The Boston Journal, copies of numerous addresses made by Brandeis during the 1912 presidential campaign and general correspondence with John A. Fitch, Felix Adler, Pauline Goldmark, Moses E. Clapp, Norman Hapgood, Richard T. Ely and Felix Frankfurter. (Boxes NMF 47-3b/3c, 48, 49, 50-1/5b)

Reel 29 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1912-1913

This reel continues a series of newspaper articles speculating on a cabinet appointment for Mr. Brandeis in President Wilson's first administration. Correspondence with John E. Lathrop, reporter for the Washington bureau of the Newark (N.J.) Evening News, discussing possible career choices; inquiries by persons interested in the settlement of the Lawrence, Massachusetts textile workers strike; correspondence, reports and printed matter on conservation exchanged with Gifford Pinchot; and correspondence with Norman Hapgood and Robert J. Collier about Mr. Hapgood's resignation from Collier's and his subsequent assumption of the editorship of Harper's Weekly are also found. Correspondence with Josephus Daniels, publicity chairman for the Democratic National Committee during Wilson's 1912 campaign, concludes the reel. (Boxes NMF 50-5c, 51, 52-1/2e)

Reel 30 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1912-1915

Reel 30 beings with additional documentation of Brandeis' involvement in the Wilson campaign and election of 1912. Petitions from job seekers; letters discussing trusts; material on the "National Forward-to-the-Land League;" correspondence and a report pertaining to President Wilson's Commission on Economy and Efficiency; requests for help in drafting the Public Utility Act for the District of Columbia; discussion of toll rates for the Panama Canal and newspaper clippings on profit sharing are all found here. The reel concludes with correspondence on the growth of unionization in the United States. Correspondents include Felix Frankfurter, Amos and Gifford Pinchot, Moses E. Clapp, Norman Hapgood, George Eastman, Alfred Brandeis, Frederick A. Cleveland and D. O. Ives. (Boxes NMF 52-2f/2h, 53, 54, 55-1a)

Reel 31 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1912-1916

This reel continues correspondence concerning the growth of unionization in the United States and Mr. Brandeis' plan for preferential union shops vis-a-vis closed or open shops. Also, correspondence on such topics as price fixing, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, immigration, legal reform, labor conditions and unemployment, and the controversy over railroad rates is found. Reel 31 concludes with letters soliciting Brandeis' help in obtaining government positions. Correspondents include Jacob de Haas, Felix Frankfurter, A. Lincoln Filene, Henry Moskowitz, Edward A. Filene, Roscoe Pound, E. R. Thayer, Meyer Bloomfield, William Hard, William G. McAdoo and Garrett Droppers. (Boxes NMF 55-1b/2, 56, 57, 58-1a)

Reel 32 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1913

Reel 32 continues with requests for help in securing positions within the Wilson administration. This reel also contains correspondence with Samuel Untermyer and others concerning trust investigations; hearing reports, legislation and correspondence on the revision of patent laws; and additional correspondence and reports on price fixing. Correspondents include A. Lincoln Filene, P. B. Noyes, President of the Oneida Community, Oneida, New York, William H. Ingersoll, Raymond W. Pullman, George Rublee, George Eastman, and William Hard. (Boxes NMF 58-1b/5, 59, 60-1a/1d)

Reel 33 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1913-1916

Miscellaneous papers on price fixing are continued here. A brief exchange of letters with Dudley D. Sicher, an innovator in educational methods; additional correspondence, reports, and statistical data on the railroad rate question; correspondence with Norman Hapgood concerning the publication of Harper's Weekly; and correspondence on tariffs and the arbitration and settlement of the New York Garment Workers' strike is also found. The reel ends with a proposal for putting Brandeis' articles on the "Trust" question, that appeared in Harper's Weekly, into book form. Correspondents of note include Joseph B. Eastman, William C. Redfield, Felix Frankfurter, Henry Bruere, Julian W. Mack and Henry Moskowitz. (Boxes NMF 60-1e/6, 61, 62, 63-2/5a)

Box 63, folder 1, containing copies of the publication Ladies Garment Cutter, 1913-1915, was not filmed.

Reel 34 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1913-1916, 1919

Reel 34 continues correspondence and legal papers on the publication of Business: A Profession, a compilation of articles on the "Trust" question. The second part of this reel contains correspondence with such people as William G. McAdoo, Norman Hapgood, Henry B. Joy, D. O. Ives, Henry Bruere and Clinton Rogers Woodruff on the question of trusts, as well as drafts of Business: A Profession. The reel ends with additional correspondence on railroad rates. (Boxes NMF 63-5b/5d, 64, 65-1a/lc)

Reel 35 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1914-1915

Reel 35 continues correspondence on the railroad rate issue between Brandeis and James S. Harlan, Joseph N. Teal, and James W. Carmalt, as well as news clippings on the subject. There is also correspondence with Joseph B. Eastman at the time of his appointment to the Massachusetts Public Service Commission; samples of war-relief solicitation letters sent by the American Jewish Relief Committee under Brandeis' name as well as general correspondence related to the committee's work; correspondence on reorganization of the Boston and Maine Railroad and on further U.S. anti-trust measures. Correspondents include Alfred Brandeis, Meyer Bloomfield, Felix Frankfurter, J. L. Magnes, Louis Marshall, Congressman Francis G. Newlands of Nevada, Amos Pinchot and George Rublee. (Boxes NMF 65-1d/5,66-1/3d)

Reel 36 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1914-1915

Correspondence about anti-trust investigations by the United States government continues on reel 36. Other topics discussed on this reel include the financial problems of LaFollette's Magazine; correspondence, reports and statistical data on problems before the Board of Arbitration for the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Industry, of which Brandeis was chairman; and continued correspondence, primarily with the American Fair Trade League, on price fixing. Correspondents include George Rublee, Gilbert E. Roe, Charles J. Hamlin, Henry Moskowitz, Julius Henry Cohen, Meyer Bloomfield, Raymond W. Pullman, William H. Ingersoll and Edmund A. Whittier. (Boxes NMF 66-3e/3g, 67, 68-1)

Reel 37 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1911-1916

Reel 37 contains Brandeis correspondence on American politics, covering such topics as political campaigns, judicial recall, and patronage. Also to be found on this reel is correspondence discussing Mr. Brandeis' articles in Harper's Weekly on the "Money Trust," and on plans to publish these articles in book form; correspondence concerning the question of minimum wage legislation in Massachusetts; and miscellaneous requests from individuals seeking Brandeis' advice in solving personal problems. Correspondents include Amos Pinchot, Seba Eldridge, T. W. Gregory, George Rublee, Louis R. Glavis, William G. McAdoo, A. J. Waterhouse, and Norman Hapgood. (Boxes NMF 68-2,69-1/3e)

Reel 38 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1914-1916

Miscellaneous correspondence continues on reel 38. Brandeis' interest in the National Public Utilities Bureau, of which he was a trustee, is reflected in correspondence with Morris L. Cooke of the Philadelphia Department of Public Works and with Philadelphia Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg. The latter exchange discusses a speech which Brandeis gave before the Conference of American Mayors in November, 1914 on the subject of public utilities and holding companies. Correspondence and news clippings concerning a July 4, 1915 oration at Faneuil Hall, Boston (True Americanism); a memorandum discussing the work of the Council of Conciliation, New York Garment Workers; and correspondence on increased railroad freight rate is also found. The reel ends with correspondence of the American Jewish Relief Committee. Correspondents include Carl Kelsey, James S. Harlan, Mark Sullivan, Paul Kellogg, Pauline Goldmark, Felix M. Warburg, and David M. Bressler. (Boxes NMF 69-3f/3g, 70, 71, 72-1a/1c)

Reel 39 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1915-1916

Continued on this reel is material of the American Jewish Relief Committee, including financial statements, reports and executive board minutes. An unrevised copy of Brandeis' speech,The Living Law, given before the Chicago Bar Association in January, 1916; correspondence with Norman Hapgood on financial problems and litigation facing Harper's Weekly; as well as correspondence with officials of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Massachusetts Public Service Commission and several Jewish organizations is also found. The reel ends with correspondence and news clippings on Wilson's appointment of Brandeis to the Mexican Border Commission and with applications from Supreme Court staff hopefuls. Correspondents include Joseph B. Eastman, Edward A. Filene, Florence Kelley, and Alfred Brandeis. (Boxes NMF 72-1d/4, 73-2/5, 74-1/7a)

Box 73, folder 1, contains issues of the American Federation of Labor News Letter from 1915-1916, and was not filmed.

Reel 40 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1916

All material on this reel concerns Mr. Brandeis' Supreme Court nomination and consists mostly of carbon copies. Applications for Supreme Court staff appointments continue from reel 39. There are also letters supporting Brandeis' nomination, addressed to Senator William E. Chilton and other members of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee which held the nomination hearings; press releases favorable to the nomination for publication in the nation's magazines and newspapers, and correspondence with Brandeis' legal partner, Edward F. McClennen, who managed the case before the subcommittee in Washington. (Boxes NMF 74-7b, 75, 76-1a/1g)

Reel 41 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1916

Reel 41 continues the frequent communication between Edward F. McClennen, representing the Brandeis interests in Washington during the Supreme Court nomination hearings, and members of the law firm of Brandeis, Dunbar, and Nutter in Boston. Correspondence with Felix Frankfurter, Norman Hapgood, and Senator Henry F. Hollis of New Hampshire, among others, who were also working for confirmation, as well as general correspondence on the subject predominates. Correspondents of note include Walter Lippmann, George W. Anderson, George Rublee, Harold Laski, Ray Stannard Baker, Thomas Watt Gregory, Samuel Untermyer, and Florence Kelley. (Boxes NMF 76-1h/2, 77-1/2d)

Reel 42 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1916

General correspondence concerning Brandeis' Supreme Court nomination continues on this reel. The reel concludes with letters of congratulations on his confirmation on June 1, 1916. This material is arranged in alphabetical order by last name of sender, this reel containing A thru G. Correspondents here include Ray Stannard Baker, Rabbi Meyer Berlin, Meyer Bloomfield, Alfred Brandeis, Julius Henry Cohen, Morris L. Cooke, Edward A. Filene, Abraham Flexner, Frank B. Gilbreth, and organizations such as the Boston Central Labor Union and the National Liberal Immigration League. (Boxes NMF 77-2e, 78, 79-1a/ld)

Reel 43 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1916

This reel contains additional letters of congratulations upon Brandeis' confirmation as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. These are in alphabetical rather than chronological order, with this reel containing H thru Sch. Among the correspondents are William Hard, Theodore Herzl, Frederic C. Howe, Alexander Pope Humphrey, Julius I. Peyser, Amos Pinchot, Bernard Rosenblatt, and Jacob H. Schiff. (Boxes NMF 79-le/2, 80-1 a/2d)

Reel 44 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1916

More letters of congratulations on Brandeis' confirmation to the Supreme Court from such people as Samuel Untermyer, Charles Warren, Louis Brandeis Wehle, Norman H. White and Edward D. White are found on this reel. Also, there is Supreme Court nomination correspondence divided into topics such as letters from fellow lawyers and congratulatory letters received after the nomination was approved by the full Senate Judiciary Committee. (Boxes NMF 80-2e/2f, 81, 82-1/3c)

Reel 45 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1916

Supreme Court nomination material continues on reel 45, with lists of persons who favored confirmation, as well as mailing lists of lawyers and newspapers. Reports, a schedule of witnesses to appear before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee, copies of testimony, and newspaper clippings from the period, January 31,1916 to June 1,1916, are also filmed here. The reel ends with memos between Edward F. McClennen in Washington and the law firm of Brandeis, Dunbar, and Nutter regarding issues raised during the confirmation hearings. (Boxes NMF 82-3d/4, 83, 84, 85-1a/1d)

Reel 46 Nutter, McClennen & Fish 1916, 1926-1927

Edward F. McClennen's exchange with other members of Brandeis, Dunbar and Nutter regarding the nomination hearings continues on reel 46. There are also copies of working memoranda on the confirmation, including a defense of Brandeis' positions on controversial issues and an analysis of the sources of opposition to his confirmation. Series 1, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, concludes on this reel with a handwritten manuscript entitled, "What the Practice of the Law Includes," correspondence with Ray Stannard Baker concerning Brandeis' recollection of associations with President Woodrow Wilson, correspondence on the Sacco-Vanzetti case, law school notes, and an inventory of a portion of Brandeis' library that was given to Boston University. (Boxes NMF 85-1e/3,86, SC 1-1/3c)