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Supreme Court of California Library Records
MSS 1505  
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Series 1 Administrative Records 1906-1998

Restricted Materials

Administrative Records contain confidential internal Supreme Court of California communications. This series is restricted and closed to research use.
 

Series 2 Collection Records 1908-1991

box 6

Daybook 1908-1919

box 7

Subject index circa 1908-1920?

box 4

Accession record 1917-1937

box 4

Accessions compiled annually 1918-1938

box 5

Ledger 1919-1939

box 5

Ledger 1940-1952

box 6

Ledger 1952-1964

box 7

Catalogue 1918

box 8

Catalogue of text books 1918

box 8

Catalogue of text books 1923

box 8

Catalogue of text books 1937

box 9, folder 1

Inventory (fragments) 1933

box 9, folder 2

Inventory of volumes 1940

box 9, folder 3

Accession record 1937-1940

box 9, folder 4

Distribution notebooks 1964-1978

box 9, folder 5

Distribution notebooks 1964-1981

box 9, folder 6

Distribution notebooks 1967-1978

box 9, folder 7

Inventories and distribution lists 1965-1976

box 9, folder 8

Reports of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications 1970-1990

box 9, folder 10

Clerk's Guide to the Law of Habeas Corpus 1978

box 9, folder 11

Inventories and distribution lists 1982

box 9, folder 12

Inventory of justices chambers and clerks offices 1981

box 9, folder 13

California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal reports, date tables circa 1980

box 9, folder 14

Miscellaneous book lists circa 1986

box 9, folder 15

Books in locked cabinet 1989

box 9, folder 16

Inventories 1989-1993

box 9, folder 17

California Assembly and Senate Journals circa 1990

box 9, folder 18

Bindery lists 1984-1991

box 9, folder 19

Law reviews held by the library of the Supreme Court of California undated

 

Archives 1938-1987

box 10, folder 1-5

Reporter of Decisions correspondence 1938-1940

box 10, folder 6

Doodles made by California Supreme Court justices circa 1968

Scope and Contents

"These doodles were made during oral arguments by California Supreme Court justices. They were collected by the bailiffs and given to the librarian."
box 10, folder 7

Justice Raymond Peters papers: Encampment for Citizenship report 1958

box 10, folder 8-13

Justice Raymond Peters papers: correspondence regarding the death penalty 1972

box 10, folder 14

Justice Raymond Peters papers: articles regarding the death penalty 1972

box 10, folder 15

Judicial Council records 1978-1979

box 10, folder 16

Hearing in the Matter of Commission Proceedings concerning the Seven Justices of the Supreme Court of California, vol. 23 1979

box 10, folder 17

Report of the Chief Justice's Special Committee on the Courts and the Media 1979 October 1

box 10, folder 18

Extern manual for the staff of Justice Otto Kaus 1981-1982

box 10, folder 19

Extern manual for the staff of Justice Cruz Reynoso 1984

box 10, folder 20

Supreme Court policy and procedure guidelines 1986

box 11, folder 1

State of California memorandum to Karen Toran regarding special Supreme Court session 1987

box 11, folder 2

Photographs of the Supreme Court of California justices circa 1970-1987

 

Series 4 Supreme Court of California Centennial Records 1880-1968

box 11, folder 3

Open house, labels and background information 1968

box 11, folder 4

Rules of the Supreme Court of California 1880

box 11, folder 5

Correspondence 1907

box 11, folder 6

Planning the Library for Protection and Service 1916

box 11, folder 7

Correspondence 1917

box 11, folder 8

Chief Justice Lucien Shaw and Thomas F. Dunn correspondence 1918

Scope and Contents

Correspondence includes discussion of the influenza pandemic and World War I.
box 11, folder 9

Correspondence 1918

box 11, folder 10

Anti-Saloon League of America letter to California Supreme Court librarian 1919

box 11, folder 11

Library furnishings 1921-1922

box 11, folder 12

Library blueprints 1922

box 11, folder 13

Correspondence regarding the wearing of judicial robes 1927

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between librarian Thomas F. Dunn and the clerks of other state Supreme Courts regarding the custom of wearing judicial robes.
box 11, folder 14

Report on the library of the Supreme Court of the State of California 1940

Scope and Contents

Prepared by Thomas Dabaugh, librarian of the law library of the University of California.
box 11, folder 15

Memorandum concerning cataloging of the library collection 1941

box 11, folder 16

Roy Wilkins, editor of The Crisis, letter to Justice Roger Traynor 1946 May 6

box 11, folder 17

Original edition of California Reports bibliography undated

box 11, folder 18

Reproductions undated

box 11, folder 19

Receipts undated

 

Series 5 Articles and Publications 1943-1984

box 11, folder 20

Oliver Wendell Holmes bibliography 1943

box 11, folder 21

Rapid Transit (BART digest) 1961 November

box 11, folder 22

Legislative intent clipping 1962

box 11, folder 23

Administrative Office of Courts articles 1962

box 11, folder 24

Articles about Bakke case 1977

box 11, folder 25

"The vendetta-ridden Supreme Court" 1979 October

box 11, folder 26-27

Newspaper clippings 1980-1984

box 11, folder 28

Cross Street Directory of San Francisco 1982

box 11, folder 29

The Filben Report on the California Supreme Court's painting "The Commonwealth," by Arthur Mathews 1984

box 11, folder 30

Storied San Francisco undated

box 11, folder 31

"Sources of legislative intent in California," by Bertha Rothe White undated

box 11, folder 32

"Politeia and adjudication in fourth-century B.C. Athens," by Dennis Peter Maio undated