Series 8, Clipping Scrapbooks

Series 8 contains 69 clipping scrapbooks, arranged by subject and covering the years Brandeis was known as the "people's lawyer" of Boston. The scrapbooks contain material on widely divergent topics such as: gas, labor, anti-bribery legislation, Harvard Law School, privacy, street railways, competition, efficiency, insurance, freight rates, anti-trust, railroad mergers, Supreme Court nomination, Zionism, and birthday commemorations. (A complete list of the scrapbooks, in order filmed, follows.)

The majority of the scrapbooks contain only news articles, arranged in chronological order within each subject, with source and date written above. Some have indexes. Several of the scrapbooks contain material added later. Letters and clippings were pasted over the original material or on blank pages. These scrapbooks have been filmed as they were found. The several parts of a single clipping may not always be on consecutive frames. Because of the use of a book cradle, oversize material has been filmed sideways.

Scrapbooks entitled L.D.B. Clippings I and Clippings II, contain some especially interesting personal items, like a Brandeis and Wehle family tree, Adolph Brandeis' naturalization papers, and Louis' school report cards. The articles from non-English newspapers have not been translated.

Reel 118 Gas & Labor Scrapbooks

Gas & Labor 1903-1915, 1922

The eighth series, Scrapbooks, begins on this reel. In the first scrapbook, Gas & Labor, 1903-1915, 1922, the initial frames contain items titled: "references to some statements on social and economic matters made by LDB prior to 1916." The remainder of the scrapbook is divided into two segments, Gas and Labor. Articles included under Gas concern municipal vs. private ownership, cost, and a sliding payment scale plan proposed by Brandeis. The second section, Labor, includes clippings and articles on unions, unemployment, and minimum wage.

Reel 119 L.D.B. Clippings Scrapbooks

Clippings I 1889-1905, II 1908-1916, Clippings III 1905-1916

The scrapbook, L.D.B. Clippings I, begins reel 119. The book, as originally compiled, contains Brandeis speeches, articles written for publication and news clippings on anti-bribery legislation, gas, labor, liquor law, municipal affairs, public institutions, and street railways. It spans the years 1889-1905, and a table of contents is included. The additional material that has been pasted over the original entries includes Adolph Brandeis' naturalization papers, the Justice's first legal brief, the Brandeis family tree, Brandeis' school report cards, admission forms for Harvard University, and letters from people prominent in Brandeis' early career: James Taussig, Charles W. Eliot, James R. Thayer, Samuel D. Warren, Jr., James Barr Ames, Lewis Dembitz, Jeremiah Smith, and Christopher C. Langdell. Click here for a complete listing of everything in the scrapbook.

The second scrapbook is L.D.B. Clippings II, containing biographical articles on Brandeis, some written during the Supreme Court nomination hearings in 1916. Other items include a Wehle family genealogical chart and letters naming Brandeis to various civic groups in Boston, as well as his July 5, 1915 speech at Faneuil Hall, Boston, on "True Americanism." Click here for a complete listing of everything in scrapbook.

The reel ends with the first 50 pages of L.D.B. Clippings III scrapbook. These clippings concern Brandeis and Zionism. Click here for a complete listing of everything in scrapbook.

Reel 120 L.D.B. Clippings & Traffic Efficiency Scrapbooks

Clippings III 1905-1916
Traffic Efficiency I 1908-1910, II 1910, III January 1911

Reel 120 continues the L.D.B. Clippings III scrapbook. This volume contains articles and clippings on Zionism, some written by Brandeis and includes his essay, "The Jewish Problem: How to Solve It." Other articles deal with Brandeis' successful scheme to sell life insurance through Massachusetts Savings Banks. Material of special interest added to the back of this scrapbook are letters from Felix Frankfurter and Florence Kelley. A complete listing of the contents of the scrapbook can be found here.

The remainder of the reel contains the first two and half of a third scrapbook devoted to "Traffic Efficiency." Included here are articles by William Z. Ripley of Harvard University on the railway rate system and by Frank Gilbreth on motion studies and standardization of the trades. Traffic Efficiency II and III have news clippings concerned with Brandeis' role as attorney for eastern shippers in a 1910 railway rate case before the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Reel 121 Traffic Efficiency Scrapbooks

Traffic Efficiency III February 1911, IV February - April 1911, V May, 1911 - July, 1912, VI August 1912 - 1914

Scrapbooks on "Traffic Efficiency" continue on reel 121. The second half of Traffic Efficiency III focuses on stories from the Boston, New York and Washington newspapers that discuss Brandeis' role as attorney for eastern shippers in a 1910 Interstate Commerce Commission investigation of proposed railroad freight rate increases. There are articles on efficiency and how it applies to railroads, including much discussion of Brandeis' idea for reducing operating costs through the use of scientific management. Here also is a Frederick W. Taylor series, found in American Magazine during 1911, explaining the principles of scientific management.

Traffic Efficiency IV includes articles reporting the Interstate Commerce Commission's ruling against the freight rate increase. Here, and in Traffic Efficiency V and VI, is additional material on efficiency, scientific management and railroad management. Several articles by Brandeis are found. These include "What is the Relation Between Efficiency and the Modern Trusts," The Efficiency Magazine, November 1912, and "Efficiency and the Trusts," from Fuel Magazine, January 1913. Most magazine articles are from trade and business journals such as Engineering Digest and Railway Gazette.

Reel 122 Traffic Efficiency, Advance Rate, Anti-Trust & W.L.D. Co. Scrapbooks

Traffic Efficiency VI 1912-1914
Advance Rate, Anti-Trust 1907, 1911-1912
W.L.D. Co. I 1908, II January - March 1909, III April - September 1909

Traffic Efficiency VI ends on reel 122. The second scrapbook filmed supplements earlier books. The clippings found include several topics covered before, such as: railway rates, trust and competition, efficiency, and price fixing. The W.L.D. Co. scrapbooks, also on this reel, are a chronicle of the 1908 - 1909 labor dispute between the William L. Douglas Shoe Company of Brockton, Mass., and the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, that resulted in the closing of the factory. Brandeis was the attorney for the Douglas company. The clippings in W.L.D. III focus on the effect this dispute had on the town of Brockton.

Reel 123 Anti-Trust Scrapbooks

Anti-Trust I 1906-1911, II October - December 1911, III January - June 1912

The scrapbooks on reel 123 are part of a series reflecting Brandeis' interest in the anti-trust question. Clippings on Senator Robert LaFollette's crusade to amend the Sherman Anti-Trust Law are found in Anti-Trust I. Here, and in Anti-Trust II, are reports of a suit charging the United Shoe Machinery Company, of which Brandeis was a director, with monopoly. Also in Anti-Trust II are clippings on the government's reorganization plan for the tobacco trust. Brandeis represented the independent tobacco interests who opposed the plan. Included is a Brandeis article entitled "An Illegal Trust Legalized," from The World Today (December1911). Anti-Trust III, which ends the reel, includes material on the shoe manufacturers' alliance and the tobacco reorganization.

Reel 124 Anti-Trust & Advance Rate Scrapbooks

Anti-Trust IV October 1912, V 1913, VI 1914 - 1915
Advance Rate I 1913

Reel 124 continues the clipping scrapbooks pertaining to trusts and monopolies. The material in Anti-Trust IV and V is divided between general anti-trust material, the Shoe Manufacturers' Alliance, and the Tobacco reorganization issue. Several reports illuminate Brandeis' influence on Woodrow Wilson's anti-trust program, both during the 1912 presidential campaign and the debate that resulted in the passage of the 1914 Clayton Anti-Trust bill. Also found are clippings on the government's anti-trust suits against the United Shoe Machinery Company; Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad and Coal Company; U.S. Steel; and Standard Oil of New Jersey. The reel ends with Advance Rate I scrapbook and articles supporting increased freight rates for the nation's railroads.

Reel 125 Advance Rate, Money Trust & Garment Workers Scrapbooks

Advance Rate I 1913 - 1914, II 1914 - 1915
Money Trust 1912 - 1914
Garment Workers ... 1910 - 1913

The scrapbook Advance Rate I continues on reel 125. In this scrapbook and in Advance Rate II, also found here, are newspaper accounts of a renewed bid by the eastern railroads for increased freight rates, petitioning the Interstate Commerce Commission for a rehearing of the 1910 case. There is press comment on Brandeis' role as special counsel for the ICC. The third scrapbook, Money Trust, includes clippings on the investigation by the House Banking and Currency Committee (Pujo Committee) into corporate financing; interviews with J. P. Morgan; and reviews of Brandeis' book, Other People's Money. The reel ends with the first portion of the single volume scrapbook, Garment Workers and Preferential Union Shop.

Reel 126 Garment Workers & Merger Scrapbooks

Garment Workers ... 1913 - 1916
Merger I 1904 - June 1907, II July - August 1907, III September 1907 - January 1908, IV January - February 1908

Reel 126 continues the clipping scrapbook, Garment Workers and Preferential Union Shop. Editorials from the trade publication, The Ladies Garment Worker, and reports of industry disputes in 1913-1916, which abrogated the 1910 "protocol" agreement worked out by the Arbitration Board, chaired by Brandeis, are found here. The remainder of the reel contains the first four of twenty-one Merger scrapbooks. Early 1904-1906 material documents Brandeis' interest in the possible merger of railroads and urban street railways in Massachusetts. Additional material, 1907-1908, reports on the initial phases of the controversy provoked by the New Haven Railroad's attempt to acquire the Boston and Maine RR.

A substantial number of clippings have been pasted into the gutter of the Merger I scrapbook and some edges may be unreadable.

Reel 127 Merger Scrapbooks

Merger IV February - March 1908, V March - May 1908, VI May 1908, VII May - June 1908

The Merger scrapbooks which focus on the question of the New Haven Railroad's attempt to control the Boston and Maine Railroad, continue on reel 127. There are releases of the Massachusetts Anti-Merger League, of which Brandeis was a member; accounts of Brandeis' many appearances against the merger; statements by Charles S. Mellen, president of the New Haven, and others for the merger; and press discussion of bills before the Massachusetts Senate which sought to resolve the controversy, as well as a possible U.S. Government anti-trust suit against the New Haven. Merger VI and Merger VII contain indexes to their content, arranged by newspaper and indicating editorials.

Reel 128 Merger Scrapbooks

Merger VII June 1908, VIII May 1908 - January 1909, IX February 1909 - December 1909, X December 1909 - July 1911

The four Merger scrapbooks found on reel 128, cover the 1908-1910 period and focus on the legal controversy surrounding efforts to consolidate rail transportation in New England. Reports of legislative activity, discussion of charter repeal, and a proposal to create the Boston Railroad Holding Company as a solution to the merger problem, are among the clippings found here. There are also newspaper accounts on the New Haven's financial condition, its acquisition of smaller lines, some discussion on extending electrification, and plans for improvements for Boston Harbor.

Reel 129 Merger Scrapbooks

Merger XI July 1911 - July 1912, XII July - December 1912, XIII December 1912 - February 1913

The three Merger scrapbooks on reel 129 record the history of the New Haven Railroad for the 1911 - 1913 period. Among the topics covered are: the administration and possible retirement of C. S. Mellen, president of the New Haven, and transportation measures pending before the Massachusetts legislature, such as a western trolley bill, a bill to increase foreign commerce by having the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada route some of its business through Boston, and a bill for the electrification of Boston's transportation services. Other topics include the on-going debate over rail service, scheduling, and safety, as well as further discussion of the possible prosecution of the New Haven under the Sherman Anti-Trust law.

Reel 130 Merger Scrapbooks

Merger XIV March - April 1913, XV April - June 1913, XVI June - July 1913

The Merger scrapbooks continue on reel 130, with newspaper accounts of investigations into the New England railroad situation by the Boston Chamber of Commerce and by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Much of Merger XV contains daily reports, complete with testimony, on the ICC investigation, which found Brandeis first involved as counsel for the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange and then as a private citizen. Other materials include a proposal to give Massachusetts more authority over public utilities; a discussion of train mishaps and public safety; the resignation of Charles S. Mellen as President of the New Haven Railroad; and the ICC report, issued after the investigation, that called for the dissolution of the New Haven's transportation monopoly in New England.

Reel 131 Merger Scrapbooks

Merger XVI July 1913, XVII August - September 1913, XVIII October - December 1913, XIX December 1913 - February 1914

Discussion of the proposed reorganization of the New Haven Railroad opens reel 131. Clippings that report a Pullman train derailment, September 3, 1913, and its subsequent investigation; plans by the New Haven's new president, Howard Elliott, to float bonds for railroad improvements; and speculation about the fate of the Boston and Maine Railroad under the New Haven dissolution plan, are also found here.

Reel 132 Merger & Insurgency Scrapbooks

Merger XIX February - March 1814, XX April - June 1914, XXI July 1914 - 1917, 1920 - 1929, 1935
Insurgency I 1909 - 1910

The Merger scrapbooks end on reel 132, with articles concerning a vote by New Haven stockholders to dispose of other properties; the continued Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the railroad's financial condition and its possible connection with the Billard Company; the final ICC report to the U.S. Senate calling for prosecution of the New Haven's board of directors; reports of possible action by the Massachusetts legislature; and material added at the back of Merger XXI on New England Railroad problems in the 1920's and 1930's.

The remainder of the reel begins a series of scrapbooks on the Ballinger-Pinchot conservation controversy and includes material on the ouster of Louis R. Glavis from the U.S. Land Office and Gifford Pinchot from the Forest Service, as well as testimony taken during the U.S. Senate's investigation of this matter. There are also articles on conservation from Everyman's and Hampton's Magazines.

Reel 133 Insurgency & Supreme Court Nomination Scrapbooks

Insurgency II April - November 1910, III November 1910 - 1912, 1930 - 1931
Supreme Court Nomination January - February 1916

Reel 133 continues reports of testimony given in the Ballinger-Pinchot congressional investigation, editorial comment on that testimony, and closing arguments. There is also the Joint Committee's report exonerating Ballinger, a minority report calling for his resignation, and a series of political cartoons on the topic. News of Ballinger's resignation and an outline of the career of his successor, Walter L. Fisher; material concerning Robert M. LaFollette's campaign for the presidential nomination in early 1912; the Progressive and Democratic party platforms for the 1912 election; and articles on Brandeis' support of Woodrow Wilson for president, are also included. In the back of Insurgency III are a series of published biographical sketches on Brandeis by Elizabeth Glendower Evans and others, dated 1930 and 1931.

The next series of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and articles on Brandeis' nomination to the Supreme Court begins here.

Reel 134 Supreme Court Nomination Scrapbooks

Supreme Court Nomination January - July 1916, 1923

The clipping scrapbooks devoted to President Wilson's nomination of Brandeis to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1916 continue on reel 134. Reports of the confirmation hearings before the Senate judiciary subcommittee; Gilson Gardner's syndicated column of news notes from Washington during this period; two volumes of editorials drawn from newspapers from across the country; and finally reports of the confirmation on June 2, 1916, are found here. Also included are two letters from Dean Acheson, news reports of a possible Robert M. LaFollette - Brandeis combination for the Independent Party presidential ticket in 1924, and 1931 clippings on the work and composition of the Supreme Court at that time.

Reel 135 Supreme Court Nomination & Zionism Scrapbooks

Supreme Court Nomination February - May 1916, 1920 - 1930
Zionism & Jewry I 1913 - 1915, 1929 - 1930, II 1914 - 1915

Editorial response to Brandeis' nomination to the Supreme Court, continues on reel 135. Material added after the scrapbooks were compiled includes correspondence from Felix Frankfurter; a Woodrow Wilson letter (12/29/22); and correspondence, articles, and biographical material from the 1929 - 1930 period.

This reel also includes two scrapbooks on Brandeis' participation in the Zionist movement. Early clippings describe his speeches at fund raising events and his increased participation in the movement following his election as chairman of the Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs. Detailed accounts of the 1915 Zionist Congress of America, held in Boston, are also found, as well as numerous reports of Jewish war relief. Material for 1929 and 1930, interspersed among the original clippings, include reviews of Jacob deHaas' book on Brandeis, and reports of the 1930 Cleveland convention which reunited American Zionists and returned Brandeis to a more active Zionist role.

Reel 136 Zionism & Miscellaneous Personal Clippings Scrapbooks

Zionism & Jewry II 1915, 1917, 1921 III 1915 - 1917, 1919 - 1920
Miscellaneous Personal Clippings I 1910 - 1934, 1936, 1939 II 1935 - 1936

Scrapbooks on Zionism and Jewry conclude on reel 136. There are clippings of Brandeis speeches and articles for the Zionist cause; reports on the Congress of Jewish National Organizations, held in New York City, July, 1916; articles on the impact that World War I was having on Jews in Europe and Palestine; and reports of relief drives conducted by Jewish groups in the United States.

Material added later to Zionism and Jewry II reveals the Brandeis/Mack position on the controversy that split Zionism in 1921; and that added to Zionism and Jewry III, includes reports of the 1920 World Zionist Conference in London. A printed copy of Brandeis' statement to the American delegation at the London conference and printed pages from a daily digest of the Yiddish Press, October - December, 1920, were found tucked at the end of the scrapbook.

The reel also contains Miscellaneous Clipping scrapbooks, primarily for the 1930's. These contain Brandeis sketches that discuss his interests in Zionism, Massachusetts Savings Bank Life Insurance, and the University of Louisville; charts from the New York Times on weekly business indices, August - September, 1932; articles on Supreme Court cases and on New Deal legislation; and reviews of books by or about Brandeis.

Reel 137 Miscellaneous Personal Clippings Scrapbooks

Miscellaneous Personal Clippings III 1937 - 1940, V 1926 - 1933, VI 1918, 1926 - 1934, VII 1926 - 1936

Reel 137 continues clipping scrapbooks, 1926 - 1940, from Brandeis' court period. Two of the books, V and VII are completely devoted to newspaper articles commemorating the Justice's 70th and 75th birthdays. Articles in Miscellaneous Clippings III and Clippings VI include reports on President Franklin Roosevelt's 1937 proposal to retire Supreme Court Justices at age 70; Brandeis and the Savings Bank Life Insurance program; U.S. Senate hearings on Hugo Black's nomination to the Supreme Court; biographical sketches of Brandeis by friends Jacob deHaas, Norman Hapgood, and Elizabeth Glendower Evans; articles on Benjamin N. Cardozo, Joseph B. Eastman, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; newspaper comment on Supreme Court decisions of the period; and on Brandeis and Zionism. Clippings V and VI each contain an index in the front.

There was no Clippings IV scrapbook.

Reel 138 Miscellaneous Personal Clippings Scrapbooks

Miscellaneous Personal Clippings VII 1926 - 1936, VIII 1936, IX 1936 - 1939
Press Notices on 70th Birthday 1926
Presentation Greetings from Zionists on 60th Birthday 1916

Reel 138 continues the clipping scrapbooks containing Brandeis birthday greetings, 1916 - 1939. Included in these volumes are commemorative articles by Jacob deHaas and Felix Frankfurter; testimonials by New Deal officials Aubrey Williams and David Lilienthal and Survey editor Paul Kellogg; letters from William Allen White, Congressman John W. McCormick of Massachusetts, Law School Deans Roscoe Pound of Harvard and Charles E. Clark of Yale, Judge George Anderson, Senator Hugo Black of Alabama. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York, and Joseph B. Eastman, among others; and programs and copies of comments given at testimonials held in Washington, Boston and Louisville on the Justice's 80th birthday in November, 1936. Also found is a volume of 70th birthday press clippings compiled by Alice N. Grady at Brandeis' direction. (See Letters of Louis D. Brandeis. edited by Melvin I. Urofsky and David W. Levy, vol. 5, p. 286) The reel ends with a 1916 book containing a handwritten list of names, divided into alphabetical order by state and city, of greetings to Brandeis from fellow Zionists on his 60th birthday.

Reel 139 Miscellaneous Personal Clippings & Supreme Court Resignation Scrapbooks

Presentation Greetings from Zionists on 60th Birthday 1916
Supreme Court Resignation Clippings 1937-1939
Supreme Court Resignation (Compiled by Bernard Flexner) 1939

Reel 139 continues the 1916 Zionist Presentation volume, with lists of well wishers for Brandeis' 60th birthday. The last two scrapbooks in this series consist primarily of news clippings that give notice of Brandeis' February 13, 1939 resignation from the Supreme Court, examine his career, and speculate on his successor. One of these books, compiled by Bernard Flexner, includes photocopies of appointment and resignation letters as well as clippings.