The Judge Roy W. Harper Papers consist of memos, correspondence, and other papers that document his cases, judgments, and opinions as a judge in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division. The papers cover the date range 1949-1990. Box 4 contains papers from cases that involved controversial issues of the time, including draft evasion during the Vietnam War (folders 1-3); the Smith Act (folders 4-12); and abortion (folder 19). Box 7 contains papers regarding administrative issues and points of law, and several folders of Harper's trial notes.