Scope and Contents

The collection is divided into three series:

1. Correspondence from 1920-1967.

2. Hughes' tenure as a law professor at Georgetown University.

3. Hughes' law practice and cases from 1919-1970.

Scope and Contents John William Davis' correspondence encompasses the years in which he served as solicitor general. The major portion of that correspondence deals with letters of endorsement regarding a Supreme Court vacancy; inquiries from citizens seeking positions with the federal government; petitions for military commissions during the war years; and Davis' carbon responses as well. These papers were found among the William J. Hughes, Jr. Papers and in consideration of Davis' position, it warranted a...