Series I: Coram Nobis 99900-000, 1949-1980, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series includes files related to Alger Hiss's 1979 petition for a writ of coram nobis and largely date from 1975 to 1980. Filed by the Debevoise & Plimpton firm as "Coram Nobis 99900-000," these materials consist of research files including law review articles, relevant cases, and court papers from a 1975 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit Alger Hiss filed to obtain access to documents FBI documents related to his case. This series also includes attorney correspondence, drafts of legal memoranda, and notes. Attorney Robert von Mehren's files make up a small portion of the coram nobis materials, and include drafts of the coram nobis petition, and copies of documents from the 1949 Hiss perjury trials.
Briefs from Other Cases, circa 1975
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cases, 1963-1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings, 1977-1978, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Coram: Extra, 1977
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1976-1980, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Court Papers: Drafts and Extra, 1949, 1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Debevoise Research Material, 1948-1949, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Defense Requests for Information, 1949-1954, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Facts, 1949, 1975, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FOIA Case: Court Papers, 1977 May 6
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Law Review Articles, 1976, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memos, 1976-1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memos, 1977
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memos of Law, 1975, 1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memos of Law: Drafts, 1977
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes on Reviewing Trial for Undisclosure of Exculpatory Evidence by Prosecution, 1975-1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sacco and Vanzetti Materials, 1977
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Schmahl Documents, 1948-1949, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Von Mehren, Robert B. Files, 1938-1949, 1975-1980, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 20-26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
