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Benjamin N. Cardozo papers, 1885-1940

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0192
Bib ID 4078582 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Cardozo, Benjamin N (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938; Hellman, George S (George Sidney), 1878-1958
Title Benjamin N. Cardozo papers, 1885-1940
Physical Description 9.5 linear feet (20 boxes)
Language(s) English .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

The seven volumes of Columbia lecture notes (Boxes 3-4) are too fragile for use; reader must use the microfilm copy of these volumes. Otherwise, the collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder. arranged: Boxes 1, 1A & 1B: Cataloged correspondence; Box 2: Articles about Cardozo; Boxes 3, 3A & 4: Columbia lecture notes; Box 5: Commonplace books; Boxes 5 & 6: Editorials 1938; Boxes 6 - 9: Materials for biography by George S. Hellman; Box 10: Writings by Cardozo-Photographs-Copies of letters to Annie Nathan Meyer; Boxes 10 & 11: Newspaper clippings & misc.; Boxes 12 & 13: Photocopies of letters & manuscripts in the B.N. Cardozo Papers, Cardozo School of Law, New York; Box 14: Arranged correspondence, 1918-1938; Box 15: Files of the Estate of B.N. Cardozo, 1938-1940; Box 16: Misc. financial records, Obituaries & memorials, Photograph s& Printed materials; Box 17: Correspondence, memorials & obituaries, E.J. Nathan documents & printed materials; Oversize folder of documents.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, 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.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

The seven volumes of Columbia lecture notes (Boxes 3-4) are too fragile for use; reader must use the microfilm copy of these volumes. Otherwise, the collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Literary rights of Benjamin N. Cardozo are held by. Columbia University.

Permission to cite or quote and to photocopy must be obtained from the. Cardozo School of Law, New York, N.Y. for photocopies in Boxes 12 and 13.

Single photocopies 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.

Readers must use microfilm of materials specified above.

Preferred Citation

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

Accruals

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

Alternate Form Available

Columbia lecture notes, 1889-1890 (7 v. and 1 folder of unbdound notes) are on: microfilm. See MN# Cardozo.

Commonplace book, 27 Oct. 1924 - 11 Nov. 1928, is also available on microfilm. See MN# Cardozo.

"Communism" (a.ms., 64p.) is also available on microfilm. See MN# 94-2006-4.

"The Earl of Beaconsfield, a Jew as Prime Minister" is also available on microfilm. See MN# 93-2003-1.

"Judicial Power in De Tocqueville" (64p.) is also available on microfilm. See MN# 94-2006-4.

Letters and manuscripts in Boxes 12 & 13 are: Type of reproduction--photocopies

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Hellman, George S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949. Accession number--M-49.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Freese, William. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/--/1991. Accession number--M-91-12.

Microfilms of 2 manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Addition; Date of acquisition--11/--/1994. Accession number--M-94-11.

9 BNC letters to & re. William H. Freese: Source of acquisition--Freese, William. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--08/03/1994. Accession number--M-94-08-03.

Correspondence files & estate papers: Source of acquisition--Nathan, Frederic S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/08/1999. Accession number--M-99-09-08.

2 letters from Cardozo to J.T. Sapienza: Source of acquisition--Kurland, Philip B. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/07/1997. Accession number--M-97-10-07.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Schulson, R.H. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1999. Accession number--M-1999.

Gift of the estate of Benjamin N. Cardozo.

Gift of George S. Hellman, 1949.

Gift of John Walden Myer & Rupert L. Joseph, 1951.

Gift of the Cardozo School of Law, New York, 1981.

Gift of Michael H. Cardozo, 1988.

Gift of William Freese, 1991 & 1994.

Gift of Alice Bator Kurland, 1997.

Gift of Frederic S. Nathan, 1999.

Gift of Ruth H. Schulson, 1999.

Publications About Described Materials

Hellman, George Sidney Benjamin N. Cardozo, American Judge. New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1940.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/17/1989.

Papers Processed HR 01/10/1992.

Microfilms of 2 manuscripts Processed HR 11/07/1994.

9 BNC letters to & re. William H. Freese Cataloged HR 11/23/1994.

Correspondence files & estate papers Cataloged & processed HR 12/13/1999.

2 letters from Cardozo to J.T. Sapienza Cataloged HR 01/24/2000.

Papers Processed HR 05/02/2000.

Revision Description

2020-10-20 EAD document created by CCR.

Subject Headings

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Commonplace books Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
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Financial records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lecture notes Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lectures Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts for publication Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Microfilms Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Mortgages Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notebooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Obituaries Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Proofs (printed matter) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wills Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

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Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Burlingham, Charles C (Charles Culp), 1858-1959 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : Students Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Crater, Joseph Force, 1889- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron, 1877-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hellman, George S (George Sidney), 1878-1958 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Judges Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Law -- Study and teaching Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lawyers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1867-1951 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
New York (State). Court of Appeals Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ochs, Adolph S (Adolph Simon), 1858-1935 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Odell, George Clinton Densmore, 1866-1949 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Seabury, Samuel, 1873-1958 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States. Supreme Court Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wagner, Robert F (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Whitman, Charles S., 1868-1947 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wise, Stephen S (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Young, Owen D., 1874-1962 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

United States Supreme Court Justice & Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.