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Law -- Study and teaching.

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Huntington Hooker notebooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-679
Scope and content

Notebooks of lectures and laboratory reports for courses in chemistry, English, geology, law, and industrial organization; unidentified in psychology and the history of philosophy; a treasurer's report for The Hill Club of Cornell University, a register of friends' signatures, a typescript story of class cutting and miscellaneous Cornelliana.

Dates: 1912-1920.

Bertram F. Willcox papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18-2-2372
Scope and content

Bound volumes of his class notes as a law student at Harvard, 1919-1922. Also, survey responses from, with copies of acknowledgement letters to various New York City and upstate judges and doctors, 1960-1961, from the Special Committee on the Study of Commitment Procedures of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Cornell Law School. Bertram F. Willcox served as director.

Dates: 1919-1961.

Frank Irvine papers

 Collection
Identifier: 18-1-463
Abstract

Includes correspondence pertaining to a course on patent law at Cornell, 1907-1908; correpondence between Irvine and other law school administrators in New York State, primarily concerning the New York Association of Law Instructors and its interest in the examination for and admission to the New York State Bar; minutes of a meeting of the association; and copies of speeches and other printed material.

Dates: 1907-1939.

Gray Thoron papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18-1-1695
Abstract Files of Gray Thoron include correspondence, surveys, memoranda, applications, reports, announcements, and other materials pertaining to Cornell Law School admissions, students, curricula, and examinations; personnel recruitment information and applications; budgets, endowments, fundraising, scholarships, and fellowships; alumni; the International Legal Studies Program; academic freedom and tenure; faculty members; policies; and other papers relating to Thoron's position as Law School...
Dates: 1922-1987.

Gustavus Hill Robinson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18-2-2000
Scope and content

Includes four volumes of lecture notes (undated); and two letters to Gustavus Robinson (1946, 1949).



Dates: [ca.1946]-1971.

Lyman Perl Wilson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18-2-2018
Scope and content

Papers include syllabi; law school curricula; lecture notes; student papers; exams; notes and printed material concerning trusts, torts, bankruptcy, and other legal issues; a broadside entitled "The Law Tree"; and other papers relating to Wilson's career as a law professor.



Dates: 1895-1951.

Magdalen Hupfel Flexner papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065188181]
Identifier: 37-5-1520
Scope and content

Includes notebooks, exam papers, mimeo sheets, and papers related to courses taken by Magdalen Hupfel Flexner at the Cornell Law School. Also, pamphlets dealing with cases in the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; appointment diary for 1963; and a letter, August 7, 1964, to Flexner from Richard Robinson.

Dates: 1943-1964.

Peter W. Martin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18-1-4325
Scope and content

Papers documenting Martin's work and activities as legal educator. Collection includes correspondence, papers, articles and presentations. Many of the files relate to the development of utilizing digital technology, including distance education, within the field of law education.

Dates: 1989-2009.

William Ray Forrester papers

 Collection
Identifier: 18-1-2304
Scope and content

Records of the Dean include files on admissions, the Advisory Council, committees, convocations, dean's reports, directories, international legal studies, and student activities; files from the Law School's participation in University-wide groups, committees, and meetings; and files pertaining to the Law School's participation in state, national, and international organizations.

Dates: 1962-1973.