Excerpted from Adrienne deVergie and Mary Kate Kell, Location Guide to the Manuscripts of Supreme Court Justices (Austin, Tex. : University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, 1978). Reprinted with permission of the Jamail Center for Legal Research, the University of Texas.
John Marshall Harlan's correspondence can be found within the following collections of personal papers:
- Benjamin Helm Bristow, lawyer and United States Secretary of Treasury, Papers, 1839-1932, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- Holmes Conrad Papers, 1812-1950, located in Virginia Historical Society Collections.
- Jacob McGavock Dickinson, Cabinet officer, jurist and lawyer, Papers, 1812-1946, located in Tennessee State Archives, Manuscript Section.
- Melville Weston Fuller, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Papers, 1833-1951, located in Chicago Historical Society Library.
- Horace Gray, Justice United States Supreme Court, Correspondence, 1845-1902, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- Adeline (Burr) Davis Green, wife of David Davis, Supreme Court Justice and later of agriculturist W.J. Green, Correspondence, 1828-1955, located in Duke University Library.
- Walter Quintin Gresham, soldier, priest, statesman, Papers, 1857-1930, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- Frederick William Lehman, lawyer, bibliophile, reformer, Papers, 1756-1928, located in Washington University Library (St. Louis, Missouri).
- William Lindsay, Confederate officer, judge, Kentucky and United States Senator, Papers, 1867-1932, located in University of Kentucky Library.
- Horace Harmon Lurton, Associate Justice of Supreme Court, Papers, 1860-1914, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- Phillips Family Papers, 1832-1914, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- Alfred Pirtle, Kentucky historian, Papers, 1847-1924, located in Filson Club (Louisville, Kentucky) Collection.
- Henry Wade Rogers, professor of law at University of Michigan, President of Northwestern University, Papers, 1873-98, located in University of Michigan, Michigan Historical Collection.
- Morrison Remick Waite, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Papers, 1818-88, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- Augustus Everett Willson, Governor of Kentucky, Papers, 1865-1921, located in Filson Club (Louisville, Kentucky) Collection.
- Frederick Douglas, abolitionist, orator. journalist, diplomat, Papers, 1841-1964, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- William Howard Taft, U. S. President, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Papers, 1784-1973, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
- John Marshall Harlan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Papers, 1810-1971, located in Library of Congress Manuscript Division. (Family and general correspondence, legal and financial papers, and other materials, chiefly 1861-1911.)