Herbert Wechsler Papers, 1919-2000, bulk 1932-1995

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Series XI: Subject Files, 1936-1999

Series XI: Subject Files (9 boxes, 4.5 linear feet). This series contains various other files held by Wechsler corresponding to his life, work, and points of interest. These are from his personal files that do not fall into the other Series in the collection and contain clippings, notes, and other documentation on matters legal and otherwise. Also within this series is an oral history of Wechsler's, documented by Columbia University.



Box 103 Folder 1 Abortion, 1973


Box 103 Folder 2 Association of American Law Schools, Special Committee, 1964-1965


Box 103 Folder 3 Biographies, 1964 , 1996


Box 103 Folder 4 Bartlet, Richard, 1967 , 1973-1975


Box 103 Folder 5 Black, Hugo L., Undated , 1956 , 1968-1972


Box 103 Folder 6 Brandeis, Louis D., Undated , 1957-1958


Box 103 Folder 7 Breitel, Charles D., 1966-1977


Box 103 Folder 8 Burger, Warren E., 1970-1981


Box 103 Folder 9 Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan, 1932 , 1938 , 1979


Box 103 Folder 10 Channel 13, 1962


Box 103 Folder 11 Clarke, John Hessin, 1952


Box 103 Folder 12 Clippings: General, 1967


Box 103 Folder 13 Clippings: General, 1968


Box 103 Folder 14 Clippings: General, 1970-1979


Box 103 Folder 15 Communism, Undated


Box 103 Folder 16 Criminal Law, Undated , 1960 , 1984-1985



Box 104 Folder 1 Criminal Law: Adolescents, 1940 , 1982


Box 104 Folder 2 Criminal Law: General Principles, 1937 , 1956-1989


Box 104 Folder 3 Criminal Law: Insanity Defense, 1979 , 1982-1984


Box 104 Folder 4 Criminal Law: International, 1984-1991


Box 104 Folder 5 Death Penalty, 1984-1993


Box 104 Folder 6 Dewey, Thomas E., Undated


Box 104 Folder 7 Douglas, William O., 1945 , 1965-1974 , 1980


Box 104 Folder 8 Federal Bar Association: Francis Biddle speech in honor of Justice Robert H. Jackson, 1941



Box 105 Folder 1 Fortas, Abe, 1967-1969


Box 105 Folder 2 Frankfurter, Felix, Undated , 1942-1970


Box 105 Folder 3 Friendly, Henry Jacob, Undated , 1977 , 1986-1989


Box 105 Folder 4 Griswold, Erwin N., 1967 , 1971-1974


Box 105 Folder 5 Habeas Corpus, 1980-2001


Box 105 Folder 6 Harlan, John Marshall, 1965 , 1971-1972


Box 105 Folder 7 Herbert Wechsler Professorship, 1995-1998


Box 105 Folder 8 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1939 , 1950 , 1963-1964


Box 105 Folder 9 International Law, 1990-1991



Box 106 Folder 1 Jackson, Robert H., Undated , 1953-1955 , 1974


Box 106 Folder 2 Jackson, Robert H.: Resolutions in Honor of (including drafts and correspondence), 1955


Box 106 Folder 3 Judicial Financial Disclosure, 1976 , 1979


Box 106 Folder 4 Jurisprudence, 1983 , 1988-1989 , 1991


Box 106 Folder 6 Keaton v. Hustler, 1983



Box 107 Folder 1 Law Enforcement and Deadly Force, 1976-1982


Box 107 Folder 2 Law Revision, 1965-1969


Box 107 Folder 3 Legal Codes, Undated , 1987-1990


Box 107 Folder 4 Libel: Kennedy v. Mid-Continent Telecasting, Inc., 1964


Box 107 Folder 5 Libel: Kennedy v. Mid-Continent Telecasting, Inc., 1965


Box 107 Folder 6 Libel: Gendusa v. Mid-Continent Telecasting, Inc., 1965


Box 107 Folder 7 Libel: General, 1961-1971


Box 107 Folder 8 Libel: General, 1977-1979



Box 108 Folder 1 Marshall, John, 1899 , 1965-1966


Box 108 Folder 2 McReynolds, James Clark: Memorial, 1947


Box 108 Folder 3 Model Banking Act, 1950


Box 108 Folder 4 Obituaries and Memorials, Undated , 1973-1985 , 1993-2002


Box 108 Folder 5 Oral History, 1981-1987 , 1992-1993


Box 108 Folder 6 Oral History: Book on New Deal, 1983


Box 108 Folder 7 Oral History: "Reminiscences of Herbert Wechsler" (Oral History Research Office, Columbia University), 1982


Box 108 Folder 8 Personal: IDs and Passports, 1966-1995


Box 108 Folder 9 Powell, Lewis F., 1976-1977



Box 109 Folder 1 Prisoner Exchange Treaties, 1976-1980


Box 109 Folder 2 Robinson v. Ariyoshi, 1979


Box 109 Folder 3 Rosenbergs, 1976


Box 109 Folder 4 Rothschild, Baron Victor, 1973


Box 109 Folder 5 Rutledge, Justice Wiley B., Undated , 1946-1951


Box 109 Folder 6 Sentencing and Correction, 1968 , 1983-1987


Box 109 Folder 7 Sentencing and Correction: Guidelines, Undated , 1968 , 1986-1990



Box 110 Folder 1 Stone, H.F., 1947-1987


Box 110 Folder 2 Supreme Court: General, Undated , 1936-1950


Box 110 Folder 3 Supreme Court, 1964-1971


Box 110 Folder 4 Taylor, Telford, 1998-1999



Box 111 Folder 1 Tributes, Undated , 1971 , 1983-1999


Box 111 Folder 2 In Honor of Professor Herbert Wechsler, Columbia Law Review 78:5 (June, 1978): 947-972., 1978


Box 111 Folder 3 Unison, Fred. M. (Supreme Court), Undated , 1954


Box 111 Folder 4 Warren, Earl (Supreme Court), 1968-1974


Box 111 Folder 5 Wechsler, Herbert: Clippings and articles regarding, 1954-1980 , 1998


Box 111 Folder 6 White, Byron Raymond (Supreme Court), 1965 , 1972


Box 111 Folder 7 Who's Who, Undated


Box 111 Folder 8 Wolkin, Paul A., 1992 , 1995


Box 111 Folder 9 Wright, Charles Alan, 1987-1991 , 1998