4079098Michael Meltsner papers4079098Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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 Summary

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and printed materials documenting Professor Meltsner's activities in the NAACP's Legal Defense fund, and other organizations opposed to capital punishment.

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Michael Meltsner papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Meltsner, Michael C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-74.

 Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.

 Biographical / Historical

Michael Meltsner (b. 1937) is an American lawyer, professor, and author. Meltsner worked on the staff of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and served as counsel on many civil rights cases in the 1960s.

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 African Americans -- History African Americans -- Societies, etc Capital punishment NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211880Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118811Correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118821Scope and Contents

Copies

Subject Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118831Manuscripts--Meltsner and Others/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118842Harris Poll Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118852Photocopies of Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211886Scope and Contents

Mainly about capital punishment

Photocopies of Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118873Photocopies of Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118884Photocopies of Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118895Photocopies of Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118906Photocopies of Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118917Photocopies of Legal Briefs, Memoranda, and Statements/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211892Scope and Contents

Most are from the NAACP-LDF, regarding capital punishment.

Photocopies of Legal Briefs, Memoranda, and Statements/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118938Photocopies of Legal Briefs, Memoranda, and Statements/repositories/2/archival_objects/12118949Photocopies of Legal Briefs, Memoranda, and Statements/repositories/2/archival_objects/121189510Photocopies of Legal Briefs, Memoranda, and Statements/repositories/2/archival_objects/121189611Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/121189712Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/121189813