This series is composed of legal documents, most of which concern the protracted and costly litigation stemming from Eilenberg's 1969 divorce from Natasha. Box 8, Folder 3 contains Eilenberg's Last Will & Testament, in addition to their legal separation and final divorce settlement papers. Some of this material is also pertinent to Eilenberg's Indian and East Asian art collection, since one of the allegations made by Natasha was that he was concealing the true extent and value of this collection, or even selling off parts of it covertly. Specific art collection inventories and other legal exhibits appear in Folders 4-6, but the collection is a consistently recurrent topic in many of the legal documents throughout the series. Additional complications (and further delay of a final divorce settlement) was provided by the separate, but closely related case of "Eilenberg v. Gemberling," where Eilenberg brought suit over a proposed Christies' auction of some art objects previously stolen from him while in storage (Folders 16-17). The series is organized by type of material.
Box 8 Folder 3
Will, Divorce, and Settlement Documents, 1969-1989
Box 8 Folder 4-5
Lawyer's Files re: Art Collection Inventory and Exhibits, 1956-1984, 2 folders
Box 8 Folder 6
Khmer Collection Inventory and Documents, 1974
Box 8 Folder 7-8
Legal Briefs and Appeal, 1981-1982, 2 folders
Box 8 Folder 9
Examination Before Trial, 1977
Box 8 Folder 10-15
Divorce Legal Documents, 1974-1982, 6 folders
Eilenberg v. Gemberling
Box 8 Folder 16
Documents, 1979-1980
Box 8 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1979-1980
Box 8 Folder 18-20
Legal Correspondence, 1975-1983, 3 folders
Box 8 Folder 21
S.E.'s Correspondence with Lawyers, 1974-1984