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Aaron J. Vanderpoel papers, 1837-1885
1 boxThe incoming correspondence of Vanderpoel, containing letters from friends, clients, and colleagues and dealing with personal and legal matters. Correspondents include Henry M. Alexander, William Allen Butler, John P. and William V. S. Beekman, G. W. Bulkey, Joseph H. Choate, Frederic R. Coudert, Lewis L. Delafield, Jay Gould, William D. F. Maurice, Edward Pierpont, J. Bryce Smith, John Van Alen, John and Thomas Van Buren, and Henry Vanorden. Letters of a personal and business nature from various family members include several from Aaron and John Vanderpoel and Lewis Oakley, his uncles, and from Henry C. Van Schaack, his father-in-law. There are approximately twelve manuscripts of essays and speeches by A. J. Vanderpoel while he attended Kinderhook Academy and New York University, as well as a few by other family members. Various documents including mortgages, deeds, indentures, agreements, and court records relate to Vanderpoel's law practice and to family property.
Aaron W. Berg papers, 1848-1977
2 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials concerning Berg's lifelong interest in and work for his alma mater. Berg served the University in many capacities such as vice-president and president of the Alumni Association of Columbia College, 1954-1958, and member of the board of directors of the Alumni Federation of Columbia University, 1946-1958. The correspondence deals chiefly with alumni affairs; some of the major correspondents include Harry J. Carman, Lawrence Chamberlain, Frank S. Hogan, Mr & Mrs Richard Rodgers, and Arthur Hays Sulzberger. Among the photographs are two signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Also included is a typescript memoir of Berg's three years as a student in the Columbia School of Law (1927). Berg collaborated with three other students on this memoir. Aaron Berg's correspondence with Dwight D. Eisenhower is at the Eisenhower Library. Also included are literary autographs and manuscripts purchased on the Aaron Berg Fund.
A. Arthur Schiller papers, 1897-1977
64 boxesCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, photographs, printed materials, computer print-outs and tapes, key-punched cards, and card files of Schiller. The collection includes correspondence with his professional colleagues, foundations, and learned societies, and some personal correspondence. There are manuscripts and drafts of his books, articles, book reviews, lectures, and abstracts, his papers as a student, notebooks of readings and drafts, appointment books, mimeographed course materials, photostats, photographs, and materials relating to his computer studies of Roman law texts. Correspondents include Sir Harold Idris Bell, W.W. Buckland, W.E. Crum, Gilbert Highet, H.F. Jolowicz, Owen Lattimore, and Harold Medina.
Abraham H. Sarasohn papers, 1902-1943
1 boxCorrespondence, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous materials of Sarasohn. The correspondence pertains primarily to family and legal affairs. A few letters from his father, William Gillette, Rose Pastor Stokes, and Will Durant are included.
Alexander Hamilton Papers Publication Project records, 1700-1981
160 linear feetCorrespondence, typescripts, photocopies, microfilms, card files, and notes of the Alexander Hamilton Papers Publication Project, 1955-1981. The correspondence files of the editor, Harold C. Syrett, and his staff concerning the operations, activities, gathering of data, photocopies, and microfilm reproductions of letters, manuscripts, and documents by, to, and about Alexander Hamilton and selected and edited for publication by Columbia University Press as THE PAPERS OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON (New York, 1961-1970). Also, the corrected typescript copies of texts to be published, photocopies of letters, manuscripts, and documents by, to, and about Alexander Hamilton; microfilms of manuscript materials in a variety of repositories; and photocopies of newspaper articles relating to Hamilton.
Benjamin N. Cardozo papers, 1885-1940
10 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, clippings, and photographs of or relating to Cardozo, including his lecture notes as a student at Columbia, 1885-1889, and his commonplace books. Also, four boxes of printed and manuscript material collected by George S. Hellman while writing BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO, AMERICAN JUDGE; and photocopies of letters, manuscripts, and notebooks of original Cardozo papers in the Cardozo School of Law Library. Materials re. his estate and will have been added.
Charles Buckingham Cole papers, 1902-1914
1 linear feetSeven volumes of notes used by Cole for his course in Common Law and Equity Pleading at the New York Law School. These notes indicate that he discussed a large variety of legal topics in his classes. Each volume contains about 250 pages of notes, and in some of the volumes, clippings from legal texts are pasted in and loose pages of notes are tipped in. Also, A HANDBOOK OF INFORMATION and CATALOGUE for the New York Law School plus a few letters pertaining to Cole's classes.
Charles Evans Hughes papers, 1914-1930
57 boxesCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, reports, and printed material of Hughes. The papers cover primarily the period following Hughes' defeat in the 1916 presidential election up to his appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1930; in most files there is a gap from March 1921 to March 1925, when Hughes was Secretary of State. Some materials relate to the law firm of Hughes, Rounds, Schurman and Dwight (later Hughes, Schurman and Dwight), but primarily concern Hughes' philanthropies and activities in professional organizations. Among these latter associations are the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Legal Aid Society, and the New York State Bar Association. Records for a number of Hughes' cultural, educational, and international philanthropies, such as the Armenian National Union of America and the George Washington Memorial Association, are included as are materials on his participation in the 1918-1924 aircraft investigation, the Sixth Pan American Conference (Havana, 1928), and the Permanent Court of International Justice, the Hague.
Charles S. Whitman papers, 1868-1947, bulk 1910-1937
2.5 Linear FeetThe collection consists of addresses, press releases, memoranda proclamations, and other papers by and in regard to Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1347) who was the District Attorney of New York County from 1910 to 1914 and Governor of New York State from 1915 to 1918. The material ranges in date from 1910 to 1937. The material is confined for the most part to drafts of the Governor's speeches to various groups on such subjects as the NEW YORK STATE PENAL CODE, unification of state laws, public health, education, and agriculture. Also, a typed memorandum on Whitman's ancestry and a few miscellaneous items. There are not papers or correspondence of a personal nature in the collection. The material is mostly in typescript. There is also a microfilm of Lt. Charles F. Becker's testimony in the Rosenthal murder case.
Cyrus King papers, 1791-1817
6 boxesCollege speeches, notebooks and class exercises relating to King's undergraduate years at Columbia, letters written to and by King during his period in London, documents and incoming correspondence relating to his legal practice, correspondence from his career in Congress, speeches and petitions relating to Maine politics, and materials relating to statehood for the District of Maine, the War of 1812, and related contemporary events. The majority of the correspondence consists of letters written to King by various people, but there are also a number of letters, documents, and miscellaneous papers written by King in the collection.
Edgar Willis Turlington papers on the Mexican national debt, 1910-1929
4.84 linear feetCorrespondence, notes, drafts, reports, translations of documents, clippings, periodicals, and books used by Edgar Turlington in writing his book Mexico and her Foreign Creditors (Columbia University Press, 1930). This work was issued by the Council for Research in the Social Sciences of Columbia University as volume one of its series Mexico in International Finance and Diplomacy. His collaborators included Georgia L. Baxter, Frederick Sherwood Dunn, Parker Thomas Moon, and G. Butler Sherwell.
Edward N.Costikyan papers, 1952-1985
20.5 linear feetElbridge T. Gerry papers, 1856-1912
2.5 linear feetEli Cantor papers, 1935-1985
21.5 linear feetManuscripts, notes, correspondence, printed materials, and books. Ther collection contains typescript manuscripts with handwritten corrections of Cantor's novels"Enemy in the Mirror" (N.Y.: Crown Books, 1977) and "Love Letters" (N.Y.: Crown Books, 1980); printed works composed by Gallery 33 of the Composing Room, which Cantor headed from 196l to 1971; and articles by Cantor from various magazines, including "Esquire" and "Coronet". Also included are typescript manuscripts of "The Rite" (N.Y.: Zebra Books, 1979) and "The Nest" (N.Y.: Zebra Books, 1980), novels written by Cantor under the pseudonym Gregory A. Douglas. Series II of the collection contains 59 bound volumes of publications, edited by Cantor, from the "Research Institute of America", a New York based organization devoted to economic affairs
Ephraim London papers, 1940-1975
5.5 linear feetEugene H. Nickerson papers, 1955-1970
290 boxesPersonal, administrative, political, and investigative files of Nickerson. The papers deal almost entirely with his eight years as County Executive, and consist of correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts of speeches, notes, press releases, photographs, and clippings. Among the major correspondents are James A. Farley, Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward I. Koch, and Percy E. Sutton. The Investigation Files, which amount to nearly half the collection, document investigation into corruption and mismanagement in numerous Long Island businesses and governmental departments. These investigations, instigated and overseen by Nickerson, were carried out largely by the Commissioner of Accounts, Milton Lipson, and later by Samuel Greason, the first governmental ombudsman in the United States. These files consist primarily of memoranda, transcripts of hearings, payroll and financial accounts, notes, and tape recordings.
Eustace Seligman letters on U.S. foreign policy, 1969-1972
0.5 linear feetSeligman's correspondence files on United States foreign policy issues. These files of letters to government officials, congressmen, senators, scholars, and other individuals deal with Seligman's ideas, suggestions, and opinions on the Vietnam War, the Arab-Israeli controversy, China, India, and Cuba. In most cases there are one or two letters to or from each individual. The major correspondent is Ellsworth Bunker, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam.
Frank Smithwick Hogan papers, 1932-1975
18.77 linear feetPersonal correspondence, speeches, subject files, photographs, and printed and miscellaneous material of Hogan. The correspondence, speeches, and other material relate primarily to his activities as District Attorney, and to his unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate, 1958. The papers also reflect Hogan's deep concern for Columbia University, as a Trustee and a member of numerous alumni committees. Among the major correspondents are Harry J. Carman, Dwight David Eisenhower, Robert F. Kennedy, Arthur Hays Sulzburger, and Herbert Bayard Swope.
Frederic C. Smedley papers, 1956-1976
8 boxesPapers of Smedley, including correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, and printed materials about the United Nations, national politics and elections, and civic organizations in New York City and in Connecticut. Correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, and Bertrand Russell.
Frederick C. Tanner papers, 1911- 1928
17 boxesFiles of political correspondence and papers of Tanner. The majority of the correspondence deals with city and state elections. The correspondents include Charles Evans Hughes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Fiorello La Guardia. Also, a collection of eighteen scrapbooks.
Frederick William Holls papers, 1880-1903
9 Linear FeetLetters to and copies of letters, letter books, and miscellaneous papers of (George) Frederick William Holls. There is also an amount of clippings and other miscellanea. The correspondence is with many persons important in the areas of politics and education. The subject content of the letters is international in scope, including such matters as the Suez Canal, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, the Dreyfus affair, the Hague Peace Conference, Rhodes Scholarships, unification of education in New York State, the St. Louis Exposition, and tenement reform. Among the principal correspondents represented by groups of letters are John Barrett, Nicholas Murray Butler, Henry W. Diederick, Theodor Lange, Hugo Munsterburg, F.J. Odendahl, Theodore Roosevelt, and Carl Schurz.
Frederic René Coudert Jr. papers, 1923-1975
44 linear feetFrederic René Coudert Sr. papers, 1863-1962
9 linear feetGay J. McDougall South Africa and Namibia Papers, 1932-2006, bulk 1980-1994
268 linear feetGeorge Leslie Harrison papers on the Federal Reserve System, 1920-1940
31 linear feetPapers on banking and finance, especially relating to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
George Templeton Strong Diary, 1835-1875
7 linear feetA photostatic copy of the diary of Strong. The diary, running without interruption from Oct. 1835 through June 1875, contains a wealth of information about life in New York City. Its scope broadens to include the national scene with the outbreak of the Civil War. There is also a miscellaneous assortment of approximately 150 photostatic copies of personal correspondence with family and friends, correspondence during his term as treasurer of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, original drawings, caricatures and doodlings, invitations, guest lists, theater and concert programs, newspaper clippings, a family tree, and photographs. Includes typed index of Columbia references in Strong's diary.
George Z. Medalie papers, 1931-1945
6 VolumesScrapbooks of clippings by and relating to Medalie.
Harlan Fiske Stone papers, 1911-1924
33500 itemsOffice files of Stone. Most of the correspondence is with students, faculty members, and lawyers throughout the country and deals with recommendations for positions, lectureships and appointments, alumni affairs, student affairs, the COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW, the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the Association of American Law Schools. Also, reports of school activities and notes and typescripts of Stone's lectures, as well as photographs.
Henry Joseph Smith papers, 9999
31 linear feetFiles, research matter; caselaw, etc.
Hoyt family papers, 1855-1924
2.5 linear feetHyde family papers, 1879-1934
1 boxMiscellaneous papers of James Nevins Hyde, Charles Cheney Hyde, and James Nevins Hyde. The collection includes monographs, account books, pamphlets, obituaries, and photographs.
Indian Princely State records, 1890-1960
8.5 linear feetThese are manuscripts and typescript documents of 34 different princely states that existed as distinct political entities in pre-independence India. Although the majority of these states were tiny principalities in western India (primarily in what is now Rajasthan), some (e.g., Hyderabad) were located in other regions of India and represented major powers in the region at that time.
Jack Greenberg papers, 1990s
2.5 linear feetThe materials concern Greenberg's teaching and administrative duties at Columbia in the 1990s. There is nothing related to his civil rights work in the 1960s. Includes papers files, 3.5" floppy disks, CDs and cassette tapes.
James Lawrence Fly papers, 1920-1977
55 boxesJames Lawrence Fly papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, notes, reports, legal briefs and other documents, books, clippings, and other printed materials dealing with Fly's professional activities and relationships in all three phases of his career. Correspondents include Roger N. Baldwin, Felix Frankfurter, Cordell Hull, Elmer Rice, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry Truman.
John Bassett Moore papers, circa 1880s - circa 1940s
111 linear feetAn extensive collection of his papers -- correspondence, research file, legal opinions, etc. Business correspondence consists of letters, telegrams, legal files, memoranda, etc. related to clients of Moore; the clients include: Standard Oil Co., NY & Bermudez Co., Western Union, General Electric, various American landowners in Fiji, other assorted companies especially during 1915-1920. Research notes include typed and handwritten notes, copies of treaties and diplomatic correspondence, etc. related to international treaties and arbitrations. The Manuscripts consist of handwritten and typed manuscripts for several of Moore's publications, including his Digest of International Law (1906) and his International Adjudications (1929-1933). The Published materials consist of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, government reports from British colonial offices, U.S. government and judicial decisions, reprints of Moore's academic articles and speeches. International Meeting notes include typed pages of internal memoranda, agendas, and stenographic notes related to meetings of the International Labour Office (1920s-1930s) and the International Opium Conference (1924-1925). Additional materials include (but not limited to): maps, photographs, correspondence and government documents, etc.
John VanSchaick Lansing Pruyn letters, 1838-1869
1 boxLetters between Pruyn and various individuals who were involved in an important case brought before the Supreme Court in 1864 to determine the rights of organizations to bridge navigable streams. Pruyn argued the case successfully for the Hudson River Bridge Company, for which he was counsel. The collection depicts Pruyn's activities on behalf of the company and includes his correspondence pertaining to the case with William Henry Seward, James Moore Wayne, and S.L. Fairchild.
Kent Family papers, 1785-1901
2.10 linear feetLawrence A. Wien papers, 1954-1982
60 linear feetCorrespondence, documents, financial records and memorabilia. The personal correspondence of Lawrence A. Wien, 1960-1983; including memoirs and notes on interests both personal and financial. The Lawrence A. Wien Foundation files include correspondence, 1958-1976, information on the Foundation's 10-year trust, and information on tax returns. Files for the Charles and Rosanna Batchelor Memorial fund consist of general correspondence, grant requests, and miscellaneous financial documents. The Committee to Increase Corporate Philanthropic Giving files comprise a large part of the collection. Among the numerous individual corporations represented are the American Broadcasting Company and the Zale Company. Wien's Foundation for the Improvement of Housing Arrangements for Official Foreign Personnel has personal files for each person receiving the Foundation's benefits, guarantees for those individuals, and letters ment to solicit funds from various corporations
Lawrence E. Walsh Papers, 1919-2008
125 linear feetAn extensive collection of correspondence, reports, briefs, speeches, drafts, photographs, audio and visual tapes, and printed matter.
Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam records, 1962-1979
22 boxesCorrespondence, memoranda, lists, announcements, petitions, legal briefs, proofs, photographs, motion picture films, clippings, and printed materials. These files of Joseph Crown reflect activities in the peace movement, lobbying with members of Congress, trips to peace conferences in Stockholm, Grenoble, and Toronto, a trip to Hanoi in 1972, and interest in the movement to impeach President Nixon. Correspondents include Henry Steele Commager, J.W. Fulbright, Edward M. Kennedy, George McGovern, Wayne Morse, and U Thant.
Lindsay Rogers papers, 1908-1970
25000 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, and publications of Rogers. His correspondence contains letters from many prominent public administrators, historians, jurists, and politicians including Charles Beard, Edward Mead Earle, Felix Frankfurter, Herbert H. Lehman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman.
Louis B. Boudin papers, 1900-1950
2.5 linear feetCataloged Correspondence (3 boxes) is for 1900-1918, but there are a few letters that go up to 1950 which are with the manuscript materials.
Marie Mattingly Meloney papers, 1891-1943
22 Linear FeetMartin Mayer papers, 1954-1980
111 boxesPapers covering Mayer's literary activities from approximately 1954-1983 and his versatile interests in music and recordings, the financial world, the advertising business, the legal profession, and public education. The collection includes his notes, interviews, drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, reviews, correspondence, and clippings for THE SCHOOLS; THE LAWYERS; MADISON AVENUE, U.S.A.; EMORY BUCKNER; DIPLOMA; WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY: SOCIAL STUDIES IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS; as well as several hundred essays published in ESQUIRE, HORIZON, the SATURDAY EVENING POST, and other magazines. Also, material dealing with Mayer's books on banking, television, music, and housing, and with his continuing interest in education and the New York City school system; and diplomacy and his Sloan Foundation study on cities and universities.
Maurice Rosenberg papers, 1960s-1990s
58.75 linear feetCase law, statutes, correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia.
Melville Cane papers, 1901-1979
22 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, and books of Melville H. Cane. Among the correspondents are Van Wyck Brooks, Carl Jung, Lewis Mumford, William Saroyan, Upton Sinclair, Felix Frankfurter, Jessamyn West, and W.H.Auden. Included is a scrapbook of newspaper articles by Cane, written chiefly for the "New York Evening Post". He served as the Columbia University correspondent during 1901 and 1902, when he was studying for his degree at the School of Law
Mikhail Ivanovich Nil'skii Manuscripts, 1950-1954
41 itemsManuscripts of Mikhail I. Nilśkiĭ (probably a pseudonym), include a typescript memoir"Pobeg" (266 p.), which describes the author's experiences in Soviet labor camps. Also included are 40 short sketches, paginated consecutively, covering political prisons and camps and episodes from the lives of Soviet citizens, such as encounters with the NKVD, escape from the Nazis during World War II, and court trials.
Munroe Smith letters, 1880-1929
1 boxIncoming correspondence of Smith, containing letters from professional colleagues, university administrators, diplomats, and European acquaintances concerning international affairs, with emphasis on Germany and her role in World War I. References to Germany and the war are in the form of comments about Smith's publications during the period 1913-1919. Of particular importance are two letters from the Paris Peace Conference by James t. Shotwell and Robert Lansing. Other letters of interest are those from Frank Johnson Goodnow while he was in Peking, 1914; from Frederic William Maitland, relating to Cuba, 1889, 1902; from Alfred Nerincx relating to Belgium; from J.V. Sedmik describing political conditions om Czechoslovakia, 1924; from Theodore Roosevelt, 1915-1916, commenting on Smith's pamphlet MILITARY STRATEGY AND DIPLOMACY; and from John William Burgess, most of which were written while he was in Germany, 1905, 1906, 1907.
Nicholas Kelley papers, 1953-1963
7 boxesLetterbooks of Kelley for the years 1953-1963.
Ob"edinenie Russkikh Advokatov Vo Frantsii Records, 1919-1973
4500 itemsThe Ob"edinenie Russkikh Advokatov Vo Frantsii Records (Union of Russian Lawyers in France Records) contain correspondence, manuscripts, minutes and reports of meetings, subject files, and printed materials. Founded in 1926, the Union's first president was Nikolaĭ Teslenko, who was succeeded by Boris Gershun. From the early 1950s on the Union's activities became increasingly sporadic; its last general meeting was apparently held in 1973. The papers mostly concern 1930-1960. Cataloged correspondents are Oskar Gruzenberg, Maksim Vinaver, and Vasiliĭ Maklakov. There are annual reports of the Union's activities, and files on meetings of its executive council and on general meetings. Also included are membership lists and notes on members. Subject files concern chiefly Union activities. Substantial biographical materials on emigre lawyers can be found in the files related to the "Memorial of the Russian Legal Profession in the Emigration.".