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Dean Gooderham Acheson papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1087
Abstract:
The papers include correspondence, writings, speeches, memoranda, and photographs, documenting Dean Acheson's life after leaving the U.S. State Department in 1953. Also documented is his work as a member of the Yale Corporation and his long friendship with Felix Frankfurter, Archibald MacLeish, and others. The correspondence and memoranda contain Acheson's views on many contemporary issues in American foreign policy such as Korea, the Middle East, NATO, Germany, the war in Vietnam, and...
Dates:
1898-1989
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Jasper Alston Atkins papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1811
Abstract:
The papers consist of legal documents, writings, clippings, correspondence, and photographs that document the career of Jasper Alston Atkins. The papers emphasize Atkins' civil rights court cases.
Dates:
1922-1997
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Baldwin family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 55
Abstract:
The papers detail the personal lives and professional careers of several generations and family lines of the Baldwin family. The legal, political, and business activities of family members in Connecticut, New York, and elsewhere are documented. Major topics include: family, women, law, education, Connecticut and New York politics and government, New Haven, Connecticut, and Yale University.
Dates:
1584-1977
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Felix S. Cohen papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1325
Abstract:
The papers document Felix S. Cohen's professional career as a civil servant, private attorney, law professor, and author. From 1933-1957, Cohen drafted legislation for the Department of Interior, most notably the Wheeler-Howard Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. In 1939 he headed the Indian Law Survey, which compiled all federal laws regarding Native Americans. He edited the summary of that survey, known as The Handbook of Federal Indian Law, which remains a...
Dates:
1904-1992, bulk 1925-1953
Ronald Dworkin papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 2071
Scope and Contents:
The Ronald Dworkin papers document Dworkin’s life and career as a law professor, author, and legal philosopher. Materials primarily document his professional career and activities, including his work at Yale University, Oxford University, and New York University, as well as his academic and popular writing. A smaller amount of personal material is included, primarily from his youth. The materials primarily contain writings and correspondence by Dworkin and other authors....
Dates:
1938-2013
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
John Hart Ely papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1976
Abstract:
The John Hart Ely papers consists of teaching files, research papers, drafts of articles, legal briefs, professional and personal correspondence, and video tapes documenting Ely's legal and teaching career. The bulk of the collection contains accumulated notes and research materials pertaining to Ely's writings on constitutional law from 1968 to 2003.
Dates:
1833-2003
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Jerome New Frank papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 222
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers,...
Dates:
1918-1972, bulk 1929-1957
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Harold Dwight Lasswell papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1043
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, research material, and personal memorabilia which document Harold Dwight Lasswell's boyhood and his career from 1939-1978, primarily as director of War Communications Research at the Library of Congress and as professor of law and political science at Yale University. The papers also reflect Lasswell's diverse research interests in content analysis, communications, psychology, values, policy sciences, and other fields in political and social...
Dates:
1877-1999
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Louis H. Pollak papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1989
Abstract:
The collection comprises the papers of attorney, legal scholar, and Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Louis H. Pollak. The papers consist of correspondence and subject files documenting myriad aspects of his life and career, including his tenure as professor and dean at Yale Law School.
Dates:
1948-2012
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
William Howard Taft papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 480
Abstract:
Miscellaneous letters by William Howard Taft, two speeches (one on strikes, the other on liberty under the law) and a colored pen and ink drawing by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould, entitled "Ex-President Taft in Retirement." Among the letters the most important was written to Colonel J.C. Hemphill from the White House, July 28, 1911 and discusses Senator Robert M. La Follette's attempt to introduce protectionist legislation on wool. In a number of letters in 1917 Taft writes to classmates of...
Dates:
1874-1928
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Thomas Day Thacher papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 757
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, reports, minutes of meetings, speeches, printed matter, photographs and memorabilia of Thomas Day Thacher, judge and political figure in New York City. The papers include significant material relating to his activities as solicitor-general, to the New York City charter of 1936, and legal papers from his period on the New York Court of Appeals. There is also considerable documentation of his service on the boards of various professional and...
Dates:
1779-1984, bulk 1914-1950
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale Law School, faculty, governing board, and board of permanent officers meeting minutes
Collection
Call Number: RU 450
Abstract:
The materials consist of minutes of meetings documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Law School faculty, governing board, and Board of Permanent Officers.
Dates:
1883-1981
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale Law School photographs of events, activities, and individuals
Collection
Call Number: RU 749
Abstract:
The materials consist of images documenting faculty, students, alumni, and the Justianian Society of the Yale Law School.
Dates:
Circa 1860-1970
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives