Stanley H. Fuld papers, 1916-1992

Creator:: Fuld, Stanley H., 1903-2003
Extent:: 67 linear feet 28 boxes 215 volumes 6 oversized folders
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials. Correspondence is both professional and personal, relating primarily to Fuld's duties in the New York District Attorney's Office, as a judge in the state and federal courts, and to his civic work for the Jewish Theological Seminary, the City College of New York, New York University, and the Columbia University Law School. Major correspondents include: Thomas E. Dewey, Louis Finkelstein, Herbert Lehman, and Nelson A. Rockefeller. The rest of the collection consists of Fuld's briefs, opinions, memoranda, forms of indictments, appeals cases, reports for the New York State Court of Appeals from his appointment in 1946 through 1973, and manuscripts of his speeches and lectures. The memoranda series deals chiefly with investigations into organized crime. In addition there are biographical materials, memorabilia, and photographs.
Biographical / historical:: Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, 1967-1973. Columbia University LL.B., 1926.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Fuld, Stanley H. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1973. Accession number--M-1973.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Fuld, S.H. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/14/92. Accession number--M-92-04-14.

Custodial history:

Gift of Stanley H. Fuld, 1973, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1992 and 1993.

Processing information:

Processed ELJ 1974.

Papers Processed HR 07/08/92.

Arrangement:

Box 1: Cataloged correspondence and photographs; Box 2-5A: Arranged correspondence; Box 6-7: Subject files; Box 8-19: Speeches, letterbooks, and photographs; Box 20: Briefs, 1977-1978; Box 21-23: Biographical materials; Box 24-25: Printed materials; Oversize folders: Memorabilia and photographs; Bound volumes of legal materials, 215 vols.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-28. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Stanley H. Fuld papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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