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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- |
Language | English |
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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 #04676, Subseries: "1.2. Miscellaneous Papers." Box 14-20 |
Includes maps and court exhibits showing school attendance areas, school pairings, and proposed changes.
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Contains press clippings with coverage of the busing decision.
Box 21-22
Box 21Box 22 |
Press clippings #04676, Subseries: "1.4. Scrapbooks and Clippings." Box 21-22 |
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 #04676, Subseries: "1.5. Newspapers." Box 23-28 |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Box 29 |
United States v. Wilton Hall #04676, Series: "2. United States v. Wilton Hall." Box 29 |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by case title.
Contains files on selected civil and criminal cases tried by Judge McMillan and his handwritten trial notes.
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 #04676, Series: "4. Circuit Court Papers." Box 41-47 |
Arrangement: Chronological.
Contains copies of official court orders filed.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by file title.
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 #04676, Series: "7. Speeches and Legal Writings." Box 78-82 |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by file title.
Includes correspondence, invoices, receipts, contracts, and other papers related to office administration.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Arrangement: Arrangement as received: Alphabetical within groups of years. Not completely sorted.
Box 96-98
Box 96Box 97Box 98 |
Miscellaneous correspondence #04676, Subseries: "8.3. Miscellaneous Correspondence." Box 96-98 |
Arrangement: Unarranged
Box 99-101
Box 99Box 100Box 101 |
Court calendars #04676, Subseries: "8.4. Court Calendars." Box 99-101 |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Box 102 |
Law clerk memos and related papers #04676, Series: "9. Law Clerk Memos and Related Papers." Box 102 |
Arrangement: Unarranged.
Box 103-110
Box 103Box 104Box 105Box 106Box 107Box 108Box 109Box 110 |
Miscellaneous papers #04676, Series: "10. Miscellaneous Papers." Box 103-110 |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, September 1993; Barbara Aschenbrenner, November 1993
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Level of arrangment varies by series as noted below; some series are unarranged. Collection has not yet been archivally refoldered.
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