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Underhill Moore papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 356
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, course materials, diaries, legal documents, printed material, reports, subject files, and writings that document Underhill Moore's career as a law professor and his personal life. The papers emphasize Moore's teaching, writing, and involvement with Columbia Law School, Yale Law School, and the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University from 1924 to 1943. The papers also contain materials relating to Dr. William O. Moore and the Abraham Underhill...
Dates: 1870-1948, bulk 1925-1943

Peck family papers

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Call Number: MS 1031
Abstract: Papers of several branches of the Peck family in Connecticut. Half of the collection is made up of the papers of the Ambrose Peck family (1691-1911) including correspondence, diaries, account books, legal papers, photographs, and memorabilia. Noteworthy are letters on the Battle of Bunker Hill and the War of 1812, as well as diaries by Abby Ann Hyde Peck from her school days, 1824-1832, and her old age, 1874-1883. Another member of the family represented is Tracy Peck (1785-1862) an...
Dates: 1691-1911

Policy Sciences Center records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1882
Abstract:

The records include organizational papers, correspondence, financial records, and topical files which document the founding of the Policy Sciences Center in 1948 and its activities over the next thirty years, primarily between 1968 and 1974.

Dates: 1948-1987, bulk 1968-1974

Louis H. Pollak papers

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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

William Callyhan Robinson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1441
Abstract:

The papers consist of the journals of William C. Robinson and his wife, Anna E. H. Robinson. Each volume records the daily thoughts and activities of the individuals while they lived and worked in New Haven, Connecticut. Both William and Anna Robinson were deeply religious and there is evidence of this throughout the journals.

Dates: 1869-1881

Eugene Victor Rostow papers

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Call Number: MS 1024
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, writings, printed material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia documenting the professional and personal life of Eugene V. Rostow, Yale Law School professor and dean.

Dates: 1929-2000

Harry Shulman papers

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Call Number: MS 239
Abstract: The papers consist of professional correspondence, writings and files documenting Harry Shulman's work as an arbitrator in labor-management disputes. Included here are the records for some thirty cases over which he presided (1942-1955). Shulman's general files record his occasional practice of private law, his teaching at Yale Law School and contain an essay written in 1929 while he was a law clerk to Louis D. Brandeis. The correspondence contains a large number of letters congratulating...
Dates: 1922-1955

Walter Langford Smith papers

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Call Number: MS 1126
Abstract:

Correspondence, financial papers, photographs, and memorabilia chiefly relating to Smith's term as a special student at the Yale Law School (1905-1906). Also included are sixteen letters (1904-1906) written to him by his father.

Dates: 1901-1911

Sterling Law Buildings, Yale University, photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RU 613
Abstract:

The records consist of pictures documenting the construction of Sterling Law Buildings at Yale. Included are interior and exterior views.

Dates: 1930-1969

Robert B. Stevens Papers

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Call Number: MS 1686
Abstract:

The papers consist of reports, correspondence, and working papers documenting the professional life of Robert Stevens and the activities of the E.A.C.S.O., the East African Community, and the Commission on East African Cooperation.

Dates: 1961-1974

Thomas Walter Swan papers

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Call Number: MS 1369
Abstract:

Correspondence, speeches, photographs, awards, clippings, and miscellanea documenting the professional career of Thomas Walter Swan, a lawyer, judge, and dean of the Yale Law School, 1916-1927.

Dates: 1918-1976

William Howard Taft papers

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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

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

John Quillin Tilson papers

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Call Number: MS 1132
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, travel diaries, and documents relating to John Q. Tilson's public life. The diary of his trip to Europe in 1925 was kept while studying munitions for a report to Calvin Coolidge. Another diary reports on a trip to the Orient in 1927. Correspondence reflects his service in the Connecticut National Guard and his connection with Yale Law School. He lectured there on parliamentary law from 1930 until his death, and papers from this course are also in the collection. Of...
Dates: 1888-1956

George Dutton Watrous papers

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Call Number: MS 1065
Abstract: Office files compiled during Watrous' membership on the Connecticut State Bar Examining Committee and on the Yale Law School Curriculum Committee. The Bar Committee material includes correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter establishing levels of qualifications for the bar, regulations for admission, and bar examination questions. The Yale Law School papers include letters, schedules, subjects for prize orations, and newspaper clippings. Also in the papers is a notebook of model legal...
Dates: 1893-1923

Stanton Wheeler Papers

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Call Number: MS 1954
Abstract:

The papers document Stanton Wheeler's professional career at the Yale Law School and include teaching files from courses he taught at Yale; correspondence; drafts of publications and other writings; files pertaining to his scholarly research interests; and files related to Wheeler's involvement with committees and professional organizations.

Dates: 1950-2008

Yale Law Library records

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Call Number: RU 786
Abstract:

The records consist of memoranda, surveys, reports, policies, lectures, donor correspondence and journals documenting the holdings and operations of the Yale Law Library.

Dates: 1937-2006

Yale Law School, faculty, governing board, and board of permanent officers meeting minutes

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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

Yale Law School Fund records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 980
Abstract:

The records consist of by-laws and minutes of the board of directors of the YLSF, annual reports, brochures and other printed materials documenting fund raising activities of the Yale Law School during 1963-2004.

Dates: 1963-2004

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