Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents The Richard B. Teitelman Collection contains 8 photographs documenting the career of Judge Richard B. Teitelman, the first Jewish judge to serve with the Supreme Court of Missouri and the first legally blind state Supreme Court judge in the United States. Five snapshots show Judge Teitelman at various unidentified events. Two of these photographs may have been taken at his appointment to the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District. Three additional photographs have been removed...