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100 1 $aBrant, Irving,$d1885-1976.
245 10 $aIrving Brant papers,$f1910-1977$g(bulk 1938-1975).
300 $a37,000$fitems.
300 $a64$fcontainers plus$a1$foversize.
300 $a7$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a24.4$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, memoranda, writings, speeches, research notes, testimonies, newspaper clippings, and other papers reflecting Brant's interest in civil rights and liberties, conservation, and constitutional questions. Documents his newspaper career primarily as editor of The St. Louis star and times (1930-1938), his playwriting (1923-1930), his historical studies of James Madison and the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, his work as speechwriter for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and as conservation consultant for U.S. secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickes (1938-1940), and the economic and foreign policy of the Roosevelt administration.
520 8 $aIncludes Brant's testimony before congressional committees on conservation, Supreme Court reorganization, constitutionality of anti-poll tax legislation, revision of Senate filibuster rules, and suffrage for the citizens of Washington, D.C.; correspondence with fellow members of the American Civil Liberties Union and with individuals prominent in the legal profession; correspondence concerning National Audubon Society activities; and papers from his work on the Emergency Conservation Committee which led to the establishment of Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Washington (State).
520 8 $aCorrespondents include James Abourezk, Dean Acheson, Clarke R. Ansley, Roger Nash Baldwin, Charles Austin Beard, Francis L. Berkeley, Francis Biddle, Hugo LaFayette Black, Bruce Bliven, William J. Brennan, Edmond Nathaniel Cahn, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Emanuel Celler, David Laurance Chambers, Henry Steele Commager, Thomas G. Corcoran, James Couzens, Irving Dilliard, Paul Howard Douglas, William O. Douglas, Don Edwards, Marshall Field, Felix Frankfurter, Mark O. Hatfield, William Temple Hornaday, Hubert H. Humphrey, Harold L. Ickes, Jacob K. Javits, Edward C. Mabie, Dumas Malone, Walter F. Mondale, Priestly Morrison, Grace Morse, Wayne L. Morse, George W. Norris, Ezra Pound, Elzey Roberts, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wiley Rutledge, Carl Sandburg, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Willard Shelton, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harlan Fiske Stone, Charles H. Townes, Harry S. Truman, Oswald Garrison Villard, Henry Agard Wallace, Earl Warren, James Russell Wiggins, Aubrey Willis Williams, and C. Vann Woodward.
530 $aMicrofilm edition of Brant's research files on James Madison available,$dno. 7,282.
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service.
541 $cGift, deposit later converted to gift, and bequest,$aIrving Brant,$d1943-1977.
541 $cGift,$aRobin Brant Lodewick,$d1978-1989.
544 $3Audio recording$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Music Division.
544 $3Photographs$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aAuthor, historian, and newspaper editor. Died 1976. Full name: Irving Newton Brant.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aAbourezk, James$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAcheson, Dean,$d1893-1971$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAnsley, Clarke R.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBaldwin, Roger N.$q(Roger Nash),$d1884-1981$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBeard, Charles A.$q(Charles Austin),$d1874-1948$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBerkeley, Francis L.$q(Francis Lewis),$d1911-2003$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBiddle, Francis,$d1886-1968$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBlack, Hugo LaFayette,$d1886-1971$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBliven, Bruce,$d1889-1977$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBrennan, William J.$q(William Joseph),$d1906-1997$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCahn, Edmond Nathaniel,$d1906-1964$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCardozo, Benjamin N.$q(Benjamin Nathan),$d1870-1938$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCeller, Emanuel,$d1888-1981$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aChambers, David Laurance,$d1879-1963$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCommager, Henry Steele,$d1902-1998$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCorcoran, Thomas G.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCouzens, James,$d1872-1936$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDilliard, Irving,$d1904-2002$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDouglas, Paul H.$q(Paul Howard),$d1892-1976$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDouglas, William O.$q(William Orville),$d1898-1980$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEdwards, Don,$d1915-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aField, Marshall,$d1893-1956$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFrankfurter, Felix,$d1882-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHatfield, Mark O.,$d1922-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHornaday, William T.$q(William Temple),$d1854-1937$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHumphrey, Hubert H.$q(Hubert Horatio),$d1911-1978$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aIckes, Harold L.$q(Harold LeClair),$d1874-1952.
600 10 $aIckes, Harold L.$q(Harold LeClair),$d1874-1952$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJavits, Jacob K.$q(Jacob Koppel),$d1904-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMabie, Edward C.$q(Edward Charles),$d1892-1956$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMadison, James,$d1751-1836.
600 10 $aMalone, Dumas,$d1892-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMondale, Walter F.,$d1928-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMorrison, Priestly,$d1872-1938$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMorse, Grace$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMorse, Wayne L.$q(Wayne Lyman),$d1900-1974$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNorris, George W.$q(George William),$d1861-1944$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPound, Ezra,$d1885-1972$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRoberts, Elzey$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Franklin D.$q(Franklin Delano),$d1882-1945.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Franklin D.$q(Franklin Delano),$d1882-1945$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRutledge, Wiley,$d1894-1949$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSandburg, Carl,$d1878-1967$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSchlesinger, Arthur M.$q(Arthur Meier),$d1917-2007$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aShelton, Willard$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStevenson, Adlai E.$q(Adlai Ewing),$d1900-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStone, Harlan Fiske,$d1872-1946$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTownes, Charles H.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTruman, Harry S.,$d1884-1972$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aVillard, Oswald Garrison,$d1872-1949$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWallace, Henry A.$q(Henry Agard),$d1888-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWarren, Earl,$d1891-1974$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWiggins, James Russell,$d1903-2000$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilliams, Aubrey Willis,$d1890-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWoodward, C. Vann$q(Comer Vann),$d1908-1999$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bSenate$xRules and practice.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bSupreme Court$xReorganization.
610 10 $aUnited States.$tConstitution.
610 20 $aAmerican Civil Liberties Union.
610 20 $aEmergency Conservation Committee (U.S.)
610 20 $aNational Audubon Society.
650 0 $aAmerican drama.
650 0 $aAmerican newspapers$zMissouri$zSt. Louis.
650 0 $aCivil rights.
650 0 $aConservation of natural resources.
650 0 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States.
650 0 $aFilibusters (Political science)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNational parks and reserves$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPlaywriting.
650 0 $aPoll tax$zUnited States$xLaw and legislation.
650 0 $aSuffrage$zWashington (D.C.)
651 0 $aOlympic National Park (Wash.)
651 0 $aOlympic Peninsula (Wash.)
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y1933-1945.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1933-1945.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
630 04 $aSt. Louis star and times.
656 7 $aAuthors.$2itoamc
656 7 $aEditors.$2itoamc
656 7 $aHistorians.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011060