Walter Gellhorn papers, 1930-1992

Creator:

Gellhorn, Walter, 1906-1995

Extent:

157 linear feet 376 boxes

Language:

English .

Scope and content:

Correspondence, writings, reports, memoranda, case files, and related printed materials. The papers cover the entire field of law with particular emphasis on civil rights, labor law, and family law. They include several series of office files dealing with Columbia University Law faculty, students, his course materials, and the administration of the Law School. In addition, there are numerous files for Amherst College (from which Gellhorn received his A.B. degree), arbitration cases, federal administrative procedure, legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Association of American Law Schools, and Fordham University (for which he prepared a study). There are manuscripts, drafts, proofs, correspondence, and other related materials for some of his books: Administrative Law Cases and Comments (1940); Security, Loyalty and Science (1950); The States and Subversion (1952); Individual Freedom and Government Restraint (1956); When Americans Complain (1966); and Ombudsmen and others (1966).

1986 Addition: Series III, 1975-1983.

1992 Addition: Series IV, 1976-1992.

Biographical / historical:

Attorney (Columbia University LL.B., 1931), legal scholar, and professor of law at Columbia School of Law from 1933 to 1973.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Source of acquisition--Gellhorn, Walter. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1963. Accession number--M-1963.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Gellhorn, Walter. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/21/92. Accession number--M-92-10-21.

Custodial history:

Gift of Walter Gellhorn, 1963, 1965-1967, 1977, 1986& 1992.

Processing information:

Papers Processed 1963.

Papers Processed HR 01/24/95.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

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:

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-376. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library 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;Walter Gellhorn papers; Name of Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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