Laurence H. Silberman papers, 1947-2022

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Summary

Creators:
Silberman, Laurence H. (Laurence Hirsch), 1935-
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, studies, testimony, legal documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to U.S. government domestic policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, labor relations, investigations of the United Mine Workers, equal employment opportunity policies, and judicial proceedings.
Extent:
280 manuscript boxes, 12 sound cassettes, 1 phonotape, 1 envelope, 1 VHS video cassette, digital media (112.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Laurence H. Silberman Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, studies, testimony, legal documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to U.S. government domestic policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, labor relations, investigations of the United Mine Workers, equal employment opportunity policies, and judicial proceedings. Includes papers created and accumulated while Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1935 Oct. 12
Born, York, Pennsylvania
1964-1967
Partner, Moore, Silberman and Schulze, Honolulu, Hawaii
1967-1968
Attorney, Appellate Division, General Counsel's Office,vNational Labor Relations Board
1969-1970
Solicitor of Labor, United States Department of Labor
1970-1973
Under Secretary, United States Department of Labor
1973-1974
Partner, Steptoe and Johnson, Washington, D.C.
1974-1975
Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice
1975-1977
Ambassador to Yugoslavia
1977
President's Special Envoy on International Labor Organization (ILO) affairs
1977-1978
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
1978-1979
Managing partner, Morrison and Foerster, Washington, D.C.
1979-1983
Executive Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1983.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Boxes 279 and 280 closed. The remainder of the collection is open for research. Materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Laurence H. Silberman Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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