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Reel 118 Miscellaneous 1881-1939, 1956, 1959
Reel 118 continues letters of congratulations from notable persons on the
occasion of the Justice's 80th birthday in 1936. Also found is
correspondence written in 1939 following Brandeis's announcement
of his retirement from the Court, as well as Brandeis letters to
the Palestine Economic Corporation, 1925-1938 and to Bernard
Flexner, 1927-1939. Correspondents of note include Henry Ford,
Albert Einstein, Franklin D. Roosevelt, David Ben-Gurion, Ernest
Gruening, Julian W. Mack, Robert W. Woolley, Harold Laski, David
E. Lilienthal, Frank Murphy, Harold Ickes, William O. Douglas,
and Charles Poletti. Series VII ends with facsimile copies of
Brandeis correspondence to Harold Laski, 1917-1933. These were
sent to the University of Louisville by the Yale Law Library
in 1956 and incorporated into the collection. Their cover letter
has been filmed. (Boxes M 17-4/5, 18)
