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Description: From the Sub-Series:

The files consist of correspondence with judges and state federal judicial officials written between 1977 and 1980. Included are recommendations with attached resumes for people seeking positions with the state and federal judicial system, for applicants to Bowdoin College, and correspondence with Senators William Cohen, Edmund Muskie, and President Jimmy Carter.

Description: From the Sub-Series: Material includes questionnaires for Mitchell's judicial nomination; notes and correspondence regarding participation in mock trials at law schools in New England; financial and personal records; and material on law seminars for new federal district judges. Also includes personal correspondence and recommendations, and press clippings documenting Mitchell's work as U.S. Attorney for Maine. The questionnaires served as a basis for the Senate's confirming his nomination for United States...