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Size | 145.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 75000 items) |
Abstract | James Bryan McMillan was raised in a small farming community in Robeson County, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina and received a law degree from Harvard University. In 1968, he was appointed U.S. district judge by Lyndon B. Johnson. Based in Charlotte, N.C., McMillan handled cases on a wide variety of subjects, including nuclear reactors, prison standards, housing, noise pollution, annexation, and public and private racial, sex, and age discrimination. Administrative files, case memoranda, trial notes, orders filed, speeches, court calendars, and other materials chiefly relating to McMillan's tenure as U.S. district court judge. Included are files relating to Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1969), which established busing as a national tool for school integration. |
Creator | McMillan, James B., 1916- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, September 1993; Barbara Aschenbrenner, November 1993
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, March 2021
Level of arrangment varies by series as noted below; some series are unarranged. Collection has not yet been archivally refoldered.
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James Bryan McMillan was raised in a small farming community in Robeson County, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina and received a law degree from Harvard University. In 1968, he was appointed U.S. district judge by Lyndon B. Johnson. Based in Charlotte, N.C., McMillan handled cases on a wide variety of subjects, including nuclear reactors, prison standards, housing, noise pollution, annexation, and public and private racial, sex, and age discrimination.
Back to TopAdministrative files, case memoranda, trial notes, orders filed, speeches, court calendars, and other materials chiefly relating to McMillan's tenure as U.S. district court judge. Included are files relating to Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1969), which established busing as a national tool for school integration.
Back to TopOffice files including official court papers, correspondence, background material, working papers, and notes. Correspondence includes letters and clippings sent to McMillan in response to the decision and its aftermath. Letters range in content from death threats and denouncements to thoughtful support; many describe personal suffering resulting from the decision.
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Background material, statistical reports, television editorials, letters, and clippings pertain to Swann v. the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
Box 14-20
Box 14Box 15Box 16Box 17Box 18Box 19Box 20 |
Miscellaneous papers concerning Swann v. the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education |
Includes maps and court exhibits showing school attendance areas, school pairings, and proposed changes.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/3 |
Map of attendance areas for elementary schools |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/4 |
Map of attendance areas for junior high schools |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/5 |
Final draft of junior high school assignments, 1974-1977 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/6 |
Board elementary school plan zones, 1 September 1970 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/7 |
Map of attendance areas for elementary schools |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/8 |
Map of attendance areas for elementary schools |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/9 |
Final draft of senior high school assignments, 1974-1977 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/11 |
Map of distances from senior high schools |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-4676/12 |
Map of attendance areas for junior high schools |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Contains press clippings with coverage of the busing decision.
Box 21-22
Box 21Box 22 |
Press clippings |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4676/1-2
OPF-4676/1OPF-4676/2 |
Political cartoons |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Contains complete issues of newspapers from 1970 to 1971. Most newspapers are from the greater Charlotte, N.C., area and include coverage of the busing decision.
Box 23-28
Box 23Box 24Box 25Box 26Box 27Box 28 |
Newspapers, 1970-1971 |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Box 29 |
United States v. Wilton Hall |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by case title.
Contains files on selected civil and criminal cases tried by Judge McMillan and his handwritten trial notes.
Box 30 |
A-B |
Box 31 |
B-C |
Box 32 |
C |
Box 33 |
C-D |
Box 34 |
E-H |
Box 35 |
H-L |
Box 36 |
M-N |
Box 37 |
O-R |
Box 38 |
R-S |
Box 39 |
T-W |
Box 40 |
W-Z |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Contains case memoranda and administrative and nomination papers for 4th and 7th Circuit Court proceedings.
Box 41-47
Box 41Box 42Box 43Box 44Box 45Box 46Box 47 |
Circuit court papers |
Arrangement: Chronological.
Contains copies of official court orders filed.
Box 48 |
1968-1970 |
Box 49 |
1971-1972 |
Box 50 |
1973-6/74 |
Box 51 |
7/74-10/75 |
Box 52 |
11/75-9/76 |
Box 53 |
10/76-9/77 |
Box 54 |
10/77-7/78 |
Box 55 |
8/78-6/79 |
Box 56 |
7/79-5/80 |
Box 57 |
6/80-1/81 |
Box 58 |
2/81-12/81 |
Box 59 |
1982 |
Box 60 |
1/83-4/84 |
Box 61 |
5/84-4/85 |
Box 62 |
5/85-3/86 |
Box 63 |
4/86-6/87 |
Box 64 |
7/87-11/88 |
Box 65 |
12/88-2/90 |
Box 66 |
3/90-12/91 |
Box 67 |
1/92-5/93 |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by file title.
Box 68 |
A-B |
Box 69 |
B-C |
Box 70 |
C |
Box 71 |
C-D |
Box 72 |
E-F |
Box 73 |
F-J |
Box 74 |
J-L |
Box 75 |
L-N |
Box 76 |
O-S |
Box 77 |
S-Z |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Includes drafts of McMillan's speeches and legal writings, background materials, and slight correspondence about speaking engagements.
Box 78-82
Box 78Box 79Box 80Box 81Box 82 |
Drafts of speeches, writings, and slight correspondence |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by file title.
Includes correspondence, invoices, receipts, contracts, and other papers related to office administration.
Box 83 |
A-C |
Box 84 |
C-J |
Box 85 |
J |
Box 86 |
J-L |
Box 87 |
O-Z |
Arrangement: Chronological.
Box 88 |
6/68-12/72 |
Box 89 |
1973-1977 |
Box 90 |
1/78-6/83 |
Box 91 |
7/83-12/85 |
Box 92 |
1986-1987 |
Box 93 |
1988-1989 |
Box 94 |
1990-1991 |
Box 95 |
1992-1993 |
Arrangement: Arrangement as received: Alphabetical within groups of years. Not completely sorted.
Box 96-98
Box 96Box 97Box 98 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
Arrangement: Unarranged
Box 99-101
Box 99Box 100Box 101 |
Court calendars |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Box 102 |
Law clerk memos and related papers |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Box 103-110
Box 103Box 104Box 105Box 106Box 107Box 108Box 109Box 110 |
Miscellaneous papers |