Carl Brent Swisher collection of research material relating to Roger Brooke Taney, 1836-1962
Chiefly reproductions of correspondence, reports, records, and newspapers gathered by Swisher for a history of Roger Brooke Taney's tenure as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Subjects include African Americans, the Bank of the United States, censorship, Civil War, currency, emancipation, Indians, international relations, slavery, slave trade, U.S. Supreme Court, and various court cases. Individuals represented include Jeremiah S. Black, James Buchanan, John Catron, Salmon P. Chase, Nathan Clifford, David Davis, John McLean, Richard Peters, Joseph Story, Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster, and Gideon Welles. Includes Swisher's correspondence and notes (1958-1962) chiefly relating to administrative matters of the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. Swisher's correspondents include Joseph P. Blickensderfer, Lloyd A. Dunlap, and Paul A. Freund
Archival Material, English,