The late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's papers have been made public at the Library of Congress. Manuscripts, videos, and other documents are now available for viewing in the LOC's Manuscript Division Reading Room in Washington, DC.

Blackmun was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 and served on the Supreme Court until 1994. He died in 1999 at the age of of 90. Blackmun's best known for writing the majority opinion in the landmark Roe v. Wade case which granted women the right to legal abortion.

More information about Blackmun is available at the PBS Newshour website.