Descriptive Summary of the Collection

Repository: Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University
Location: Harvard Depository
Call No.: HOLLIS 13131972
Creator: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Title: Addenda, 1818-1978
Quantity: 8 boxes; 3.3 linear feet
Abstract: The Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Addenda consists of items regarding Holmes’s life, family, and work, which were donated to the library by various parties after the primary collection of his papers was made available to the public. The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks and diaries, clippings, reprints, and family papers dating to the mid-nineteenth century.

List of Digital Content

• Series I. Correspondence, 1866-1965
  • 1-1 to 1-2 Bevan, Margaret, 1913-1915. Digital surrogate available for 1-1;1-2.
  • 1-3 Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1889-1908. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-4 Curtis, Laurence, 1921-1929. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-5 Everts, William P., December 22, 1919. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-7 Foster, Frank K., May 28, 1895. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-8 Gray, John Chipman, 1877-1913. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-9 Hiss, Donald, October 27, 1933. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-10 Masujima, Rokuichiro, July 22, 1926. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-11 Moncheur, Charlotte (Baroness), 1907-1932. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-12 Otto, M. C., 1941. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-13 Meyerowitz, William, March 15, 1921. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-14 Owen, Esther B., 1904-1911. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-15 Scott, Ethel (Lady Leslie Scott), 1909-1925. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-16 to 1-19 Sheehan, Patrick Augustine
    • 1-16 Excerpts from OWH letters to Canon P. A. Sheehan, 1903-1913. Digital surrogate available.
    • 1-17 to 1-19 Typescripts of Holmes-Sheehan correspondence, 1903-1913. Digital surrogate available for 1-17; 1-18; 1-19.
  • 1-20 White, L. M. (Mrs. Edward D.), ca. 1903/1904. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-21 Wigmore, John Henry, 1909-1915. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-22 Letters from British friends, mainly following OWH's first and second trips to Europe, 1866-1934. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-23 Correspondence relating to OWH's work on the 12th ed. of Kent's Commentaries,1869-1873. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-24 Letters from OWH's publishers re publication matters, 1922-1930. Digital surrogate available.
  • 1-25 to 1-26 Letters and other items collected by Felix Frankfurter,1881-1965. Digital surrogate available for 1-25; 1-26.
  • 1-27 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1866-1930.
    • OWH to E. H. Clement, 1889-1899
    • Browser, Antoinette, November 15, 1883Includes photo of poem of James Whitcomb Riley which he wrote for her personally.
    • Dickinson , M. F., August 27, 28, and 29, 1901Re: copies of Massachusetts' tribute to John Marshall.
    • Hall , Edward H., February 22, 1906
    • Garage receipt, July 31, 1920
    • OWH to his mother, from Europe, May 26, 1866
    • Hutcheson, Joseph C., Jr. (Judge), June 2, 1930
    • Lambertenghi, 1889-1894
    • Receipt from Roberts Bookbinders, October 21, 1889
    • OWH to Robinson, September 26, 1929
    • Upham , W. P., February 1, 1883
    • 1 unidentified letter
    Digital surrogate available.

• Series II. Biographical Materials re: OWH, 1848-1978
  • 2-1 Composition book of OWH, 1848-1851. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-2 Pages from a scrapbook which Fanny Dixwell had assembled of items relating to OWH, 1851-1874. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-3 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, poems, n.d. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-4 OWH - Early Wills, 1873-1918. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-5 (1) Membership list of the Saturday Club, 1930. (2) Directory of the Fly Club, 1934. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-6 Newspaper clippings and photographs re OWH's appointment to U.S. Supreme Court, 1902. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-7 Cartoons relating to meat trust from Spokane, Washington, newspaper, 1905. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-8 Invitation by Registrar of University of Oxford, May 18, 1909, to OWH to receive honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law at the Encoena, 23 June 1909. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-9 Invitations to OWH and FDH; pre-1978 15¢ Holmes postage stamp; calling cards of OWH and FDH1909-1922, 1978. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-10 Xerox copy of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' holograph draft of denial to defense lawyers' application for writs of certiorari and habeas corpus for Sacco and Vanzetti, August 22, 1927. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-11 Mr. Justice Holmes's Portrait Unveiled, Harvard Alumni Bulletin, March 27, 1930. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-12 U.S. Supreme Court reprint upon OWH's retirement, January 13, 1932. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-13 Look up, America, March 6, 1935. Digital surrogate available.
  • 2-14 to 2-18 Memorial clippings re OWH, 1935. Digital surrogate available for 2-14; 2-15; 2-16; 2-17; 2-18.
  • 3-1 Newspaper clippings re OWH: miscellaneous, 1882-1935. Digital surrogate available.
  • 3-2 Clippings re OWH from LaRue Brown Papers, 1930-1948. Digital surrogate available.
  • 3-3 Collections of articles, reviews, etc. re OWH, from several periodicals, 1902-1932. Digital surrogate available.
  • 3-4 Lists, 1930. Digital surrogate available.
  • 3-5 Correspondence, documents and lists relating to Justice Holmes' literary estate, 1938-1967. Digital surrogate available.
  • 3-6 to 3-8 Holmes Memorial Commission: Correspondence with and between members, 1939-1954. Digital surrogate available for 3-6; 3-7; 3-8.
  • 3-9 to 3-14 Oliver Wendell Holmes Memorial: Plans and suggestions, 1935-1944. Digital surrogate available for 3-9; 3-10; 3-11; 3-12; 3-13; 3-14.
  • 3-15 Requests for use of OWH residence, 1940-1942. Digital surrogate available.
  • 3-16 Correspondence re sale of OWH house, 1941-1953.Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-1 Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, 1955-1959. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-2 Hall of Fame of Great Americans: Unveiling of the Bronze Bust and Tablet for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., May 10, 1970. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-3 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - memorials, 1866-1884. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-4 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - addresses, 1895-1896. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-5 Reprints of OWH, 1899-1923. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-6 Reprints of OWH, 1915. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-7 "Some unpublished letters of Justice Holmes", addressed to and edited by John C. Wu, October 1935. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-8 "Some Table Talk of Mr. Justice Holmes and The Mrs.", ed. by Richard Walden Hale, 1935. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-9 Reviews of various writings of OWH, 1874-1919. Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-10 to 4-11 Frankfurter, Felix, correspondence re: Holmes biography, 1935-1951. Digital surrogate available for 4-10; 4-11.
  • 4-12 to 4-13 Material collected by Felix Frankfurter for Mark DeWolfe Howe's OWH biographical volumes, 1862-1936
    • 4-12 Writings by OWH, including transcripts of lettersDigital surrogate available.
    • 4-13 Writings re OWHDigital surrogate available.
  • 4-14 Reprints of papers and journal articles about OWH, 1927-1950.
    • Frankfurter, Felix, "Mr. Justice Holmes and the Constitution." Dunster House Bookshop, 1927
    • Farnum, George R., "Holmes - The Solitary Scholar." The American Law Book Co., 1931
    • Hill, Arthur Dehon, "Oliver Wendell Holmes." Harvard Graduates' Magazine, 1931
    • Woollcott, Alexander, "Get Down, You Fool." Atlantic Monthly, February 1938
    • Fisch, M. H., "Justice Holmes, The Prediction Theory of Law, and Pragmatism." Journal of Philosophy, 1942
    • Lavery, Emmet, "Justice Holmes and Canon Sheehan." The Catholic World, October 1950
    Digital surrogate available.
  • 4-15 Correspondence re: Frankfurter's essay on OWH for the Dictionary of American Biography, 1941-1949. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-1 Mark DeWolfe Howe pieces on Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1941-1957
    • "Oliver Wendell Holmes at Harvard Law School." Harvard Law Review, January 1957
    • "Mr. Justice Holmes seeks His Friends." Atlantic Monthly, April 1957
    • "Mr. Justice Holmes", delivered at the meeting of the Thursday Club, March 13, 1941
    Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-2 Printed theatre program of Magnificent Yankee, by Emmet Lavery, 1946. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-3 Playbill of a dramatic biography, A Profile of Holmes, November 6, 1964. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-4 Tench, Richard, "Whose Side are the Lawyers on?", first part of the piece called "The Holmes Legacy" (p. 53-55), 1975. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-5 University of Florida Law Review, V. 28, no. 2 ( Winter 1976. ).Digital surrogate available.

• Series III. Biographical Materials re: Holmes and Dixwell Families, 1818-1940
  • 5-6 Re Rev. Oliver Wendell Holmes' dismissal from his parish church, n.d. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-7 Dr. Holmes originals and typescripts, 1822-1888. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-8 Dr. Holmes autographs, etc., 1894-1922. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-9 Newspaper clippings re John Holmes (brother of Dr. Holmes), "Thirty Years at Long Wharf," 1883-1915. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-10 Notices of Charles Jackson, 1855-1885. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-11 Extracts from E. S. Quincy with sketch by C. P. Bowditch,1880-1906. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-12 Will of E. S. Dixwell and correspondence, 1893-1899. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-13 Notes received by Fanny D. Holmes, 1909, n.d. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-14 Two sketches in ink by Fanny D. Holmes,n.d. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-15 Memorandum, typed, by E. S. Dixwell concerning his ancestry, signed "E. S. Dixwell, Cambridge, May 1, 1883." Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-16 Amelia Lee Holmes' will, 1888. Digital surrogate available.
  • 5-17 to 6-1 Turner Sargent papers, 1845-1888. Digital surrogate available for 5-17; 6-1.
  • 6-2 Legal papers from envelope marked "H. Cabot Lodge, Beacon St., Will of Turner Sargent, etc.," 1845-1877. Digital surrogate available.
  • 6-3 to 6-6 Trust accounts, 1838-1902. Digital surrogate available for 6-3; 6-4; 6-5; 6-6.
  • 6-7 16 additional loose pieces, mostly legal, 1869-1899. Digital surrogate available.
  • 6-8 to 6-9 Deeds, including Oliver Street and 296 Beacon Street, 1818-1894. Digital surrogate available for 6-8; 6-9.
  • 7-1 Miscellaneous maps and blueprints of Beverly Farms property, 1908, n.d. Digital surrogate available.
  • 7-2 to 7-4 Holmes Estate, 1935-1940
    • 7-2 Miscellaneous inquiries, 1935. Digital surrogate available.
    • 7-3 Inquiries re specific articles, 1935-1936. Digital surrogate available.
    • 7-4 Holmes Memorial - Holmes Devise, 1936-1940. Digital surrogate available.

• Series IV. Judicial Papers, 1887-1920
  • 7-5 to 7-8 Bench notes of OWH taken by him during October Term, 1915/1916. Digital surrogate available for 7-5; 7-6; 7-7; 7-8.
  • 7-9 Deshon v. Wood, 1887. Digital surrogate available.
  • 7-10 to 7-13 Lamson v. Martin, 1891. Digital surrogate available for 7-10; 7-11; 7-12; 7-13.
  • 8-1 Lindsey v. Allen affidavits, 1920. Digital surrogate available.

• Series V. Photocopied items and miscellany, 1880-1967
  • 8-2 OWH: "Farewell to Brethren," January 12, 1932. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-3 Carbons of two notes of Pierce Butler to Justice Van Devanter, n.d. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-4 Magnitsky, Gustave, 1892. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-5 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - Speeches,1913. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-6 Photoclippings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1926-1927. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-7 Day, William R., 1906-1917. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-8 Hand, Learned, 1918-1919. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-9 Scott, Leslie, 1903-1933. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-10 Speeches, letters, clippings, 1902-1925. Misc. OWH Addenda material transferred from the balcony. February 22, 1988.
    • Page from unknown publication, reprinting speeches from a farewell dinner to OWH given by the Middlesex Bar in 1902.
    • Typewritten draft with corrections of a speech given by OWH in 1902 [before the Tavern Club?] reminiscing about changes in Boston life.
    • OWH speech given before 2nd Army Corp. March 1903.
    • Mss draft of speech before Alpha Delta Phi, September 1912.
    • Typewritten draft with corrections of a speech given by OWH to the Essex Bar. n.d.
    • A.L.S from Learned Hand? to OWH, December 25, ?.
    • Note by OWH, n.d.
    • Newspaper clipping and cartoons.
    • Photocopy of 2 A.L.S.s from OWH to Justice Sanford. January 1, 1925 and March ?, 1925.
    Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-11 Newspaper clippings, 1895-1967. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-12 Abstracts of OWH Lowell Institute speeches in newspaper articles, 1880-1881. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-13 OWH - Harlan Fisk Stone correspondence, 1925-1931. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-14 "Introduction to this volume," November 28, 1911. OWH's M.S.S. introduction to an unknown book [on English/European law?]
    Transferred to HLSL from the University Archives, where it was found it in Dean Griswold's office papers.
    Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-15 Letters from OWH to Mr. Zimmern, 1911-1925. Digital surrogate available.
  • 8-16 OWH's 90th Birthday Speech, March 8, 1931. 2 Audiocassette tapes and one 3" reel. Reel was originally a gift of Prof. Paul Freund in 1962, and the cassette copies were made in 1990.
    Eugene Wambaugh, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Charles Evans Hughes,Charles A. Boston, and Charles E. Clark all took part in the broadcast.
    Audio surrogate available.