Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection consists of the personal papers of former U.S. attorney general Francis Biddle. It is one of three portions comprising the larger collection of the Biddle Family papers that include the papers of his wife, Katherine Biddle and a series of family correspondence (see separate finding aids). Of interest are lengthy correspondence files relating to Biddle's appointments as judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1939); U.S. attorney general (1941);...

Scope and Contents note The Lawrence D. Egbert Papers contains official military documents included personal statements by war criminals, printed materials, photographs, newspaper cliippings, and personal correspondence. This collection would be of interest to anyone studying the Second World War; its effects on France, German War crimes, or the Nuremberg Trials.Box 1: Documents, files, articles, and printed materials concerning the Nuremberg Trials.Box 2: Miscellaneous printed material on...

Scope and Contents The papers of Fr. Walsh throw considerable light on most aspects of his exceptional career: as founder and guiding spirit of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as head of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in the early 1920s; as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; as a representative of the Catholic Church in Mexico; and as an extremely involved consultant at the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials. Significant correspondents include Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar...

Scope and contents note The Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S.J. Papers: Part 2 comprise the personal papers of the extraordinary Jesuit educator, author, and geopolitician Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S.J. The collection includes a fine run of letters to his brother Fred V. Walsh regarding Fr. Walsh's travels in Europe and his experiences connected to his service as a special adviser at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II. Also of interest is a group of postcards sent by Fr. Walsh from various locations in Europe. In...