Correspondence; memoranda; speeches; writings; case files, dockets, and opinions and other legal records; subject files; scrapbooks; photographs; and other papers chiefly documenting Kaufman's judicial career (1949-1992) on the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1949-1961) and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1961-1992). Includes material on the espionage trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (1953), the trial of reputed underworld figure Joseph Bonanno (1959), and the New Rochelle, N.Y., school desegregation case, Taylor v. Board of Education (1961). Other papers relate to the Juvenile Justice Standards Program and other American Bar Association committees on which Kaufman served. Correspondents include Warren E. Burger, Tom C. Clark, and Simon H. Rifkind.