O.J. Simpson murder trial and DNA typing archive
Scope and content
Files of cases in which the use of DNA as evidence were an important factor, notably the People of New York State vs Castro, the case which set the precedent for allowing the use of DNA as evidence in a trial; photocopies, printouts, and clippings of news stories relating to the O.J. Simpson trial; interviews; and 235 Court TV tapes from the part of the Simpson trial in which the scientific evidence was provided.
Also, advertising materials, price sheets, technical data, interview transcripts, and other materials gathered by Arthur Daemmrich from three biotech companies: Genelex, Cellmark (who worked on the O.J. Simpson case), and Lifecodes.
Dates
- 1988-1996.
Creator
- no primary creator (Person)
- Lewenstein, Bruce V. (Person)
- Jasanoff, Sheila. (Person)
- Halfon, Saul E. (Person)
- Cole, Simon A., 1967- (Person)
- National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Organization)
- Cornell University. Department of Science & Technology Studies (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Biographical / Historical
Cornell University.s Department of Science and Technology Studies conducted a National Science Foundation-supported research project: DNA Fingerprinting: Law and Science in Criminal Process. A supplemental project, conducted in 1995, and also supported by NSF created "An Archive of Material on the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial and DNA Typing." The goal of the archive was to collect and preserve ephemeral materials for studying popular constructions of credibility in science, especially on issues relating to genetics and DNA testing, and on the specific roles of the law and the media in shaping these constructions. The project.s principal investigators were Sheila Jasanoff and Bruce Lewenstein. Graduate students included Saul E. Halfon, Simon A. Cole, and Arthur Daemmrich.
Extent
13.7 cubic feet. (13.7 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Files of cases in which the use of DNA as evidence were an important factor, including the OJ Simpson trial.
Physical Description
Photocopies, printouts, clippings and video.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- EAD encoding:
- Ann Hubert, May 2004
- Cellmark
- Criminal investigation -- United States -- Technological innovations.
- Criminals -- United States -- Identification.
- DNA fingerprinting -- United States.
- Forensic genetics -- United States -- Technique.
- Genelex
- Lifecodes
- Mass media and criminal justice.
- Medical genetics -- Law and legislation.
- Simpson, O. J., 1947- -- : Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trials (Murder) -- California -- Los Angeles.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Staff
- Date
- May 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)