The National Archives and Records Administration (http://www.nara.gov/) maintains the official papers of the District Courts of the United States in its record group 21. The District Court for the District of Columbia records begin with 1801 and include term minutes and case files. Individual judge's chambers papers, such as the Oliver Gasch Papers, are considered the personal property of the individual judge and, as such, can be accepted by a variety of repositories. For example, the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/) houses collections of prominent federal judiciary figures and lawyers, including Chief Judge of the USDCDC, Judge John J. Sirica, and District of Columbia lawyer Edward Bennett Williams. The Federal Judicial Center in Washington DC (http://www.fjc.gov/) maintains a listing of judicial manuscript collections, and has participated in compiling oral histories of District Court judges, including Judge Gasch. The Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit coordinates the oral history project. A copy of the transcript of Judge Gasch's oral history is available in the Special Collections Reading Room at KF8775.G373 1996.
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