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American Law Institute Executive Office records

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
ALI.02
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
55.25 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Executive Office Record Group, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.02, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1923-1999 (inclusive)
Creator:
American Law Institute
Abstract:
The Executive Office of the American Law Institute (ALI) performs the organization's major administrative functions, including fundraising, negotiating publication of ALI materials, and coordinating ALI projects. With most of the Reporters located at institutions all over the world, the office also serves as the central depository for the collection of records related to ALI projects. The collection, 1923-1999, primarily includes letters written by and received from staff in the ALI's Executive Office, including the Director and Deputy Director. For more detailed information about the scope and content of this collection, please consult the individual series.

The Executive Office of the American Law Institute (ALI) performs the organization's major administrative functions, including fundraising, negotiating publication of ALI materials, and coordinating ALI projects. With most of the Reporters located at institutions all over the world, the office also serves as the central depository for the collection of records related to ALI projects. The Director and Deputy Director are closely involved in all of ALI's projects and are copied on much of the correspondence created by Reporters. The Director receives comments from outside individuals and organizations that wish to express their opinions on ALI projects.

The Executive Office Record Group, 1923-1999, primarily includes letters written by and received from staff in the ALI's Executive Office, including the Director and Deputy Director. For more detailed information about the scope and content of this collection, please consult the individual series.

    Arrangement
  1. General Correspondence
  2. Fundraising
  3. Director's Office
  4. Deputy Director's Office
  5. Printing and Publication
  6. Spanish Translation of First Restatement

First shipment received from the American Law Institute in 1995.

Processed by Melissa Backes, 1995-2005.

Portions reprocessed by Jordon Steele, 2007.

Finding aid created by Jordon Steele, March 2009.

For additional records related to ALI projects, please see the Restatements and Other Codification Projects Record Group, ALI.04.

People
Subject

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Finding Aid Author
Jordon Steele
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

None.

Use Restrictions

The archives reserves the right to restrict access to materials of sensitive nature. Please contact the department for further information.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Letters and related materials sent received by the American Law Institute. Includes letters from Paul A. Wolkin.

Arrangement

Primarily chronological by subject file.

State Annotations to Restatement. 1934-52. , 1934-1952.
Box 1 Folder 1
Re: Foreign Copyright. 1935-39. , 1935-1939.
Box 1 Folder 2
Miscellaneous. "Return to File". 1939-43. , 1939-1943.
Box 1 Folder 3
Hurff, George B. Williston, Samuel. 1940-42. , 1940-1942.
Box 1 Folder 4
Letter to the Times. 1940. , 1940.
Box 1 Folder 5
Restatement. 1940-52. , 1940-1952.
Box 1 Folder 6
Re: Country Wide Annotations. 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 1 Folder 7
Embree, William Dean. Treasurer. 1944-54. , 1944-1954.
Box 1 Folder 8
Executive Committee. 1948. 1969. , 1948, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 9
Possible Supplement to the Restatement. 1948. , 1948.
Box 1 Folder 10
Tweed, Harrison. Letter to Members. 1949. , 1949.
Box 1 Folder 11
Re: Insurance Policies. P. A. Wolkin. 1950-62. , 1950-1962.
Box 1 Folder 12
Moot Court Competition. ALI 32nd Annual Meeting. w/ Article by Bowen, Catherine Drinker. 1952-56. , 1952-1956.
Box 1 Folder 13
Committee on Membership. P.A. Wolkin. 1953-57. (Includes Reports) , 1953-1957.
Box 1 Folder 14
Re: Contracts. 1954, 56. , 1954, 1956.
Box 1 Folder 15
Re: Restatement. 1954-57. , 1954-1957.
Box 1 Folder 16
Re: Accounting. 1955. , 1955.
Box 1 Folder 17
American Bar Foundation. P.A. Wolkin. 1955,65. , 1955-1965.
Box 1 Folder 18
American Bar Association. 1956. , 1956.
Box 1 Folder 19
Association of the Bar New York City, N.Y. 1956-57. , 1956-1957.
Box 1 Folder 20
Rail Travel Credit. 1956. , 1956.
Box 1 Folder 21
Pepper, George W. Medal. 1957. , 1957.
Box 1 Folder 22
General Correspondence. 1958. , 1958.
Box 1 Folder 23
Wolkin, P.A. w/Bunn, Charles. 1958. , 1958.
Box 1 Folder 24
INP Stokes. 1961. , 1961.
Box 1 Folder 25
INP Stokes. 1962. , 1962.
Box 1 Folder 26
Re: New Director. 1962-63. , 1962-1963.
Box 1 Folder 27
INP Stokes. 1963. , 1963.
Box 1 Folder 28
INP Stokes. 1964. , 1964.
Box 1 Folder 29
INP Stokes. 1965. , 1965.
Box 1 Folder 30
ALI Meeting - Wisconsin. 1965. , 1965.
Box 1 Folder 31
Membership - Wisconsin. 1965. , 1965.
Box 1 Folder 32
Caterers. ALI-General Corresp. 1966-73. , 1966-1973.
Box 1 Folder 33
Council Members. P. A. Wolkin. 1966, 1977, 1980. , 1966, 1977, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 34
General. P. A. Wolkin. 1966-77. , 1966-1967.
Box 1 Folder 35
Library. P. A. Wolkin. 1966. , 1966.
Box 1 Folder 36
Members of Council. P. A. Wolkin. 1966-67. , 1966-1967.
Box 1 Folder 37
Restatements. 1966-80. , 1966-1980.
Box 1 Folder 38
Proposal for ALI Sponsorship of Conference on Computers and the Law. P. A. Wolkin. 1967. , 1967.
Box 1 Folder 39
President's Correspondence. Norris Darrel. 1967-78. , 1967-1968.
Box 1 Folder 40
P. A. Wolkin. Fundraising. 1967-77. , 1967-1977.
Box 1 Folder 41
P. A. Wolkin. w/Law Libraries. 1967. , 1967.
Box 1 Folder 42
P. A. Wolkin. Model Code of Evidence. 1967-68. , 1967-1968.
Box 1 Folder 43
Proposal - National Law Foundation Bill. 1967. , 1967.
Box 1 Folder 44
P. A. Wolkin. Corresp. w/Council Members. 1968-70. , 1968-1970.
Box 1 Folder 45
Debate Topics. Correspondence. 1968-69. , 1968-1969.
Box 1 Folder 46
P. A. Wolkin. IBM. 1968-70. , 1968-1970.
Box 1 Folder 47
P. A. Wolkin. List of Judges and Officers, U.S. Court of Appeals and District Courts, State Supreme Court Judges, etc. 1968, 69. , 1968, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 49
Re: Restatements - Foreign Relations Law. 1968-76. , 1968-1976.
Box 1 Folder 49
Federal Judicial Center. P. A. Wolkin. 1969. , 1969.
Box 1 Folder 50
Israel Tax Institute. P. A. Wolkin. 1969. , 1969.
Box 1 Folder 51
Louisiana State Law Institute. P. A. Wolkin. 1969. , 1969.
Box 2 Folder 1
Segal, Bernard G. 1969-79. , 1969-1979.
Box 2 Folder 2
Foreign Visitors. P. A. Wolkin. 1970-74. , 1970-1974.
Box 2 Folder 3
Re: Journal of Legal Education Meeting. 1970. , 1970.
Box 2 Folder 4
50th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. P. A. Wolkin. 1971, 74. , 1971, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 5
Committee on Future Role of ALI in CLF. P. A. Wolkin. 1971. , 1971.
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence w/ Council Members. P. A. Wolkin. 1971. , 1971.
Box 2 Folder 7
Inquiries Re: Legal Profession. P. A. Wolkin. 1971-78. , 1971-1978.
Box 2 Folder 8
Non-Profit Organization Tax Letter. P. A. Wolkin. 1971-75. , 1971-1975.
Box 2 Folder 9
White House Correspondence. Letter from Pat Nixon. 1971. , 1971.
Box 2 Folder 10
With Council Members. P. A. Wolkin. 1972. , 1972.
Box 2 Folder 11
National Center for State Courts. 1972. , 1972.
Box 2 Folder 12
Norris Darrel Medallion. P. A. Wolkin. 1972. , 1972.
Box 2 Folder 13
With Council Members. P. A. Wolkin. 1973. , 1973.
Box 2 Folder 14
Darrell, Norris/Wolkin, Paul A. with Council Members. 1974. , 1974.
Box 2 Folder 15
P. A. Wolkin. 1974-77. , 1974-1977.
Box 2 Folder 16
"A". P. A. Wolkin. 1975-80. , 1975-1980.
Box 2 Folder 17
Address Changes. 1975. , 1975.
Box 2 Folder 18
British Broadcasting Corporation. P. A. Wolkin. 1975. , 1975.
Box 2 Folder 19
With Council Members. Darrell, Norris. P. A. Wolkin. 1975. , 1975.
Box 2 Folder 20
Re: Computers. Getting Services, Inc. 1975-77. , 1975-1977.
Box 2 Folder 21
ALI Directory. P. A. Wolkin. 1976. , 1976.
Box 2 Folder 22
Bennett Boskey - Annexes to Memorandum. P. A. Wolkin. 1976. , 1976.
Box 2 Folder 23
Bennett Boskey. Treasurer, General. 1976-80. , 1976-1980.
Box 2 Folder 24
Debate Teams. Mazzotti, Joan C. 1976-77. , 1976-1977.
Box 2 Folder 25
Re: Hon. R. Ami Cutter-President ALI. 1976-80. , 1976-1980.
Box 2 Folder 26
Re: "Ledit" - Legal Excerpts and Documents in Translation ( A legal writing project for law students). Cordoza, Michael H. 1976-78. , 1976-1978.
Box 2 Folder 27
National Conference of Bar Presidents. 1976. , 1976.
Box 2 Folder 28
"J". P. A. Wolkin. 1977-79. , 1977-1979.
Box 2 Folder 29
Jessup Competition. P. A. Wolkin. 1977-78. , 1977-1978.
Box 2 Folder 30
Re: Law Fellow Position. P. A. Wolkin. 1977. , 1977.
Box 2 Folder 31
Microfiche Info. P. A. Wolkin. 1977. , 1977.
Box 2 Folder 32
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. P. A. Wolkin. 1977. , 1977.
Box 2 Folder 33
Re: Villanova Headquarters. P. A. Wolkin. 1977-78. , 1977-1978.
Box 2 Folder 34
Buck Hills Symposium. P. A. Wolkin. 1978. , 1978.
Box 2 Folder 35
"C". P. A. Wolkin. 1978-80. , 1978-1980.
Box 2 Folder 36
"D". 1978-80. , 1978-1980.
Box 2 Folder 37
"E". 1978-79. , 1978-1979.
Box 2 Folder 38
"M". 1978-80. , 1978-1980.
Box 2 Folder 39
Re: Century Club's Exclusion of Women. Memo to Council. Ruth Bader Ginsberg. 1979. , 1979.
Box 2 Folder 40
Law Fellow. Neifield, Marsha. 1979. , 1979.
Box 2 Folder 41
ALI-General Correspondence. 1981-84. , 1981-1984.
Box 2 Folder 42
Re: Restatements - Foreign Relations Law. 1983-85. , 1983-1985.
Box 2 Folder 43
Re: Publications. Torrey, J. Stuart. 1983. , 1983.
Box 2 Folder 44
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with the ALI's major funders, include the Carnegie Corporation, the Falk Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Mellon Trust Foundation.

Carnegie Corporation. Preliminary Draft. April 16, 1923. , April 16, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 45
Carnegie Corporation. First Restatement. 1929, 1943. , 1929, 1943.
Box 2 Folder 46
Carnegie Corporation. Feb. 17, 1930. , February 17, 1930.
Box 2 Folder 47
General Material. 1940-41. , 1940-1941.
Box 2 Folder 48
Falk Foundation. UCC. 1944-56. , 1944-1956.
Box 2 Folder 49
Rockefeller Foundation. 1952. , 1952.
Box 2 Folder 50
Ford Foundation. 1952. , 1952.
Box 2 Folder 51
Restatements. Mellon. 1952-53. , 1952-1953.
Box 2 Folder 52
Various Funders. 1953. , 1953.
Box 2 Folder 53
Mellon Trust Foundations. Endowment Restatments. 1953. , 1953.
Box 2 Folder 54
Carnegie Corporation. CLE. 1958. , 1958.
Box 2 Folder 55
Division of Juris. Between State and Federal Courts. 1959. Meyer. Ford Foundation. 1960. , 1960.
Box 2 Folder 56
Ford Foundation. Criminal Justice. August 11, 1959. , 1959.
Box 2 Folder 57
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. International Transactions. 1959. , 1959.
Box 3 Folder 1
Missing Documents. 1960. , 1960.
Box 3 Folder 2
General Project Endowment App. 1961. , 1961.
Box 3 Folder 3
Ford Foundation. Model Land Develop. 1961, 63. , 1961-1963.
Box 3 Folder 4
Ford Foundation. Model Land Develop. 1st Restatement. 1961-63. , 1961-1963.
Box 3 Folder 5
Ford Foundation. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure. 1962-70. , 1962-1970.
Box 3 Folder 6
Ford Foundation. Pre-Arraignment Procedures (Crim. Law Admin.) 1962. , 1962.
Box 3 Folder 7
Falk Foundation. Federal Estate and Gift Tax. 1963. , 1963.
Box 3 Folder 8
Model Penal Code. Rockefeller. 1963, 65. , 1963-1965.
Box 3 Folder 9
PLI. 1964-65. , 1964-1965.
Box 3 Folder 10
Endowment Fund. 1964. , 1964.
Box 3 Folder 11
Ford Foundation. Extension Request. Foreign Relations Law. 1964. , 1964.
Box 3 Folder 12
Ford Foundation. Foreign Relations Law. 1964, 65. , 1964-1965.
Box 3 Folder 13
Rockefeller Foundation. Model Penal Code. 1965. , 1965.
Box 3 Folder 14
ACLEA. Constitution and Bylaws. Member List. 1967. , 1967.
Box 3 Folder 15
JCCLE. 1967. , 1967.
Box 3 Folder 16
American Bar Endowment. Federal Securities Code. Avalon, Beaumont, Monell. 1969. , 1969.
Box 3 Folder 17
Federal Securities. Beaumont. Avvalon, Mellon. Ambrose Monell. American Bar Endowment. 1969-72. , 1969-1972.
Box 3 Folder 18
Taxation of Foundations & Non-Profit Organizations. 1969-70. , 1969-1970.
Box 3 Folder 19
Ford Foundation. P. A. Wolkin. 1970. , 1970.
Box 3 Folder 20
Ford Foundation. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment. 1970. , 1970.
Box 3 Folder 21
JCCLE. Contributions and Grants. 1971. , 1971.
Box 3 Folder 22
Application for Grants - Foundation Letters. 1973. , 1973.
Box 3 Folder 23
Misc. Foundations. 1973-74. , 1973-1974.
Box 3 Folder 24
Proscriptions on Use of Funds. Mr. Williams & Ms. Chiechi. 1973. , 1973.
Box 3 Folder 25
Fund for Public Policy Research. Internal Revenue Code - Subchapters C&K. Fed. Inc. Tax Project. 1974-77. , 1974-1977.
Box 3 Folder 26
Income Tax Project. Tax Management Inc. Bureau of National Affairs. 1974. , 1974.
Box 3 Folder 27
Xerox Copies of Various Grant Apps. , 1982.
Box 3 Folder 28
Re: Drafts, Comments. Perkins, Roswell B. Letter to Members. Oct. 29, 1981. , October 29, 1981.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1981. , 1981.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1981. , 1981.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1981. , 1981.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1982. , 1982.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Perkins, Roswell B. Lettere to Members Re: Council Drafts. 1982. , 1982.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1982-83. , 1982-1983.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1983-84. , 1983-1984.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1983-84. , 1983-1984.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1984. , 1984.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1984. , 1984.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1984-85. , 1984-1985.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1985. , 1985.
Box 3 Folder unknown container

Physical Description

51 Linear FeetAbout 6100 items

Scope and Contents

Letters and related materials compiled by William Draper Lewis as Director of the American Law Institute. Correspondents include Learned Hand, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the American Bar Association, George Wharton Pepper, Samuel Williston, Herbert F. Goodrich, William A. Schnader, and ALI Council members. Some of the letters are marked personal.

Related Materials

For a series of Lewis's personal correspondence, please see William Draper Lewis Personal Correspondence, MSS.002.

Biographical / Historical

William Draper Lewis was born in Philadelphia in 1867. In 1891, he received both a law degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1896, he joined the law department at the University of Pennsylvania as dean of the school and professor of law. Under Lewis' leadership the law school flourished as he recruited new faculty, broadened the curriculum, and strengthened the collections of the Biddle Law Library.

In 1923, Lewis became the founding director of the American Law Institute (ALI). The ALI had been conceived by a committee of distinguished lawyers, judges, and legal scholars, known as "The Committee on the Establishment of a Permanent Organization for the Improvement of the Law." In addition to Lewis, this committee included Elihu Root, George Woodward Wickersham, Harlan Fiske Stone, and Benjamin Nathan Cardozo. Alarmed by growing dissatisfaction in the country over the administration of justice, the sponsors of the ALI hoped to establish a center for the improvement of the American law. Their particular goal was to combine the resources of all branches of the profession to produce a massive restatement of the common law, a critical summary and evaluation of the state of legal doctrine under different topical headings. Under Lewis' directorship the ALI completed the its first Restatement of the Law. Lewis served as director of the ALI until ill health forced his retirement in 1947.

Lewis died in 1949.

Container Summary

About 3000 items

First Reporter's Conference Statement number 1 by William Draper Lewis, October 15, 1927.
Box 3 Folder 29
With Seavey, Warren and Frankfurter, Felix. 1928-29. , 1928-1929.
Box 3 Folder 29
Preliminary Drafts & Tables, 1933. Willston, Samuel. , 1933.
Box 3 Folder 30
Re: Quoting the Restatement, 1933. , 1933.
Box 3 Folder 31
Proposed Restatement, Law of Associations, Frey, Alexander H. 1936. , 1936.
Box 3 Folder 32
Learned Hand Corresp. 1936-57. , 1936-1957.
Box 3 Folder 33
Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1936. , 1936.
Box 3 Folder 34
Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1937. , 1937.
Box 3 Folder 35
Council Members. 1938. , 1938.
Box 3 Folder unknown container
Council Members, Seavy, Warren A. 1939. , 1939.
Box 3 Folder 36
"L". 1939-40. , 1939-1940.
Box 3 Folder 37
"W". 1939-41. , 1939-1941.
Box 3 Folder 38
Rundell, Oliver S. 1939-41. , 1939-1941.
Box 3 Folder 39
Re: ABA Radio Series. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 40
With Cannon, Wm. C. and Perkins, Rollin M. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 41
Re: Carnegie Corporation. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 42
Re: Code of Evidence. 1940-41. , 1940-1941.
Box 3 Folder 43
Council Members-Rockefeller, Seavey, A. Hand. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 44
"E". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 45
"F". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 46
Frey, Alexander H. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 47
"G". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 48
"H". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 49
Hand, Learned. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 50
Hanna, John. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 51
Husserl, Gerhart. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 52
"J". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 53
"M". 1940, 44. , 1940-1944.
Box 3 Folder 54
Re: Membership. 1940,42. , 1940-1942.
Box 3 Folder 55
Misc. 1940-41. , 1940-1941.
Box 3 Folder 56
Misc. 1940-41. , 1940-1941.
Box 3 Folder 57
Powell, Richard R. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 58
Preliminary Studies for MPC. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 59
Rundell, Oliver S. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 60
"S". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 61
Seavey, Warren A. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 62
Sulzberger, Myron. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 63
"T". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 64
Re: the Task of Law Revision. 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 65
"U-V". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 66
"W". 1940. , 1940.
Box 3 Folder 67
Williston, Samuel. 1940-42, 47. , 1940-1947.
Box 3 Folder 68
(AALS) American Association of Law Schools. 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 69
Administrative Procedure of Federal Agencies. 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 70
American Bar Association. 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 71
"B". 1941-42. , 1941-1942.
Box 3 Folder 72
"C". 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 73
Council Members. 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 74
"D". 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 75
"F". 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 76
"G". 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 77
"H". 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 78
Hanna, John. 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 79
"J". 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 80
"K". 1941. , 1941.
Box 3 Folder 81
"L". 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 1
With Herbert F. Goodrich. 1941-48. , 1941-1948.
Box 4 Folder 2
"M". 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 3
Miscellaneous, Annual Meeting. 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 4
Morgan, E.M. 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 5
Re: Nadelman, Kurt H. 1941-42. , 1941-1942.
Box 4 Folder 6
"P". 1941., 1941.
Box 4 Folder 7
Pepper, George W. 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 8
Personal Correspondence. 1941-44. , 1941-1944.
Box 4 Folder 9
Powell, Richard R. 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 10
"R". 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 11
Letter from Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 12
Rundell, Oliver S. 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 13
"S". 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 14
Seavey, Warren A. and Scott, Austin W. 1941-42 , 1941-1942.
Box 4 Folder 15
"T". 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 16
"U-V". 1941. , 1941.
Box 4 Folder 17
Council Members. 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 18
With Learned Hand. 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 19
"M". 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 20
Re: Membership Past & Future. 1942 , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 21
Morgan, E.M. 1942 , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 22
Nadelman, Kurt H. 1942 , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 23
"O". 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 24
"P". 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 25
Pepper, George Wharton. 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 26
Powell, Richard R. 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 27
"R". 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 28
Rockefeller, John D. III. 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 29
Rundell, Oliver S. and Clark, Charles E. 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 30
"S". 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 31
Seavey, Scott. 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 32
"T". 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 33
"W". 1942. , 1942.
Box 4 Folder 34
Code of Evidence. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 35
With Council Memberes. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 36
"D". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 37
Domestic Relations. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 38
Embree, William Dean. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 39
Glueck, Sheldon. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 40
Goodwin, Clarence. 1943-44. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 41
"H". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 42
Inter-American Bar Association. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 43
"K". 1943-44. , 1943-1944.
Box 4 Folder 44
"L". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 45
"M". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 46
McMurray, Orin K. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 47
Morgan, E.M. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 48
Murray, George Welwood. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 49
Nadelman, Kurt H. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 50
"O". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 51
"P". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 52
Personal Corresp. 1943-44. , 1943-1944.
Box 4 Folder 53
Peters, Louise C. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 54
Powell, Richard R. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 55
"R". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 56
"S". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 57
With Seavey, Warren A. and Scott, Austin W. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 58
"T". 1943-45. , 1943-1945.
Box 4 Folder 59
"W". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 60
Interview with Waterman, Edmund. 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 61
"X-Y-Z". 1943. , 1943.
Box 4 Folder 62
Annual meeting regrets. 1944. , 1944.
Box 4 Folder 63
"B". 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 4 Folder 64
"C". 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 4 Folder 65
With Council Members. 1944. , 1944.
Box 4 Folder 66
"F". 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 4 Folder 67
"H". 1944. , 1944.
Box 4 Folder 68
Hillman, Sidney. 1944. , 1944.
Box 4 Folder 69
"J". 1944. , 1944.
Box 4 Folder 70
"K". 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 5 Folder 1
"L". 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 5 Folder 2
Lemann, Monte. 1944. , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 3
Misc. Correspondence. 1944. , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 4
Nadelman, Kurt H. 1944. , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 5
"P". 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 5 Folder 6
Re: Quarles, James - Resignation , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 7
"R". 1944. , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 8
Re: Reiss, Leo. 1944. , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 9
Rheinstein, Max - Re: Comp. Law Institute , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 10
"S". 1944-45. , 1944-1945.
Box 5 Folder 11
Williston, Samuel. 1944. , 1944.
Box 5 Folder 12
"A". 1945 , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 13
ABA Regional Group Mtg. Re: Organization of Nations for Peace and Law. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 14
ABA Special Committee on Improving the Administration of Justice. 1945 , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 15
ALI Publishers. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 16
Baker, Ralph J. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 17
Re: Charles Chandler - Ambassador to Brazil. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 18
"D". 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 19
Embree, William Dean. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 20
Et ux. 1945 , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 21
Fishman, Leo. "The Liberty of Migration" and Other Articles. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 22
Frasier, Everret. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 23
Re: Frey, Alexander. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 24
Gilmore, E.A. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 25
With Goodrich, H.F. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 26
Letter to Liebman, Morris I. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 27
Re: McMurray, Orin K.P. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 28
Re: Misc. Correspondence. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 29
Rheinstein, Max. & Sims, Henry U. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 30
Roosevelt, F.D. 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 31
"V". 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 32
"W". 1945. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 33
"The Annals". 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 34
Re: Donation to American Library in Paris. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 35
Embree, William Dean. includes John D. Rockefeller. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 36
Future of the Institute - Taxation. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 37
General. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 38
Investigation of New York - Civil Rights - Race Relations Project. Includes Roger N. Baldwin, ACLU. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 39
Re: Juristic Center. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 40
Re: Keeping the Restatement up to Date. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 41
Re: Keeping the Restatement up to Date. 1946-47. , 1946-1947.
Box 5 Folder 42
Re: Luncheon at N. Y. State Bar Association. Jan. 25. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 43
Re: National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 44
With Pandel, Edna and Otis J. - Release of Son from Prison , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 45
Pepper, George Wharton. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 46
Schnader, William A. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 47
Special Letter to Mr. Lewis Re: Resignation. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 48
Re: Special Members. 1946-47. , 1946-1947.
Box 5 Folder 49
Re: Trip to Chicago & Ann Arbor. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 50
Re: Youth Correction Authorities Act. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 51
Ellington, John R. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 52
Keeping the Restatement Up to Date: Correction of Obvious Errors. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 53
Hanna, John. Keeping the Restatement Up to Date. Security. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 54
International Law: Speech to be given by WDL to American Branch of Int'l Law Assoc. in NY. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 55
"J". 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 56
Misc. Corresp. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 57
Misc. Goodrich. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 58
"R". 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 59
"S". 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 60
"W". 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 61
Special Articles: Comp. Study of Bustamante Code on Private International Law and The American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law of Conflict of Laws. .
Box 5 Folder 62
Roosevelt, F.D. 1941. , 1941.
Box 5 Folder 63
"B". 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 64
"C". 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 65
"F". 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 66
Grossman, Hon. Moses. 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 67
"H". 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 68
Hutcheson, Jr., the Honorable Joseph C. 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 69
"K". 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 70
"L". 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 71
"M". 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 72
Misc. 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 73
Tuttle & Rood, Annual Meeting. 1942. , 1942.
Box 5 Folder 74
with Cardozo, Benjamin. Re: Conflict of Laws, Chapter 11. 1930-32. , 1930-1932.
Box 5 Folder 75
to Council Members. R. Moley's Mich. Law Review Article & Goodrich's Report to Council, 1931. 1930-36. , 1930-1936.
Box 5 Folder 76
General. Includes letter to Winston Churchill. 1945-46. , 1945-1946.
Box 5 Folder 77
Regional Group Conference - ABA Special Comittee For Peace and Law Through United Nations. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 78
with Goodrich, Herbert. 1943. , 1943.
Box 5 Folder 79
Miscellaneous. 1946. , 1946.
Box 5 Folder 80
Letter of praise for restatements from H. Allen Barton. , 1945.
Box 5 Folder 81
Scope and Contents

Letters and related materials collected and created by Goodrich as Director of the American Law Institute. Correspondents include John R. Ellingston, Warren A. Seavey, William A. Schnader, Louis B. Schwartz, Herbert Wechsler, and ALI Council members.

Biographical / Historical

Herbert F. Goodrich was born in Anoka, Minnesota in 1889. He received his JD from Harvard Law School in 1914.

Goodrich taught at the University of Iowa, University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Dean from 1929 to 1940. Following his teaching career, Goodrich was appointed to the bench of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Goodrich was Director of the American Law Institute from 1947 to 1962. During his tenure, the ALI completed projects on the Uniform Commercial Code and the Model Penal Code, among others. Goodrich also chaired the Drafting Committee of the Uniform Commercial Code and was the Report for the Restatement of Conflicts.

Goodrich was still Director of the American Law Institute when died in 1962.

Container Summary

About 2800 items

Re: CLE. 1946-51. , 1946-1951.
Box 5 Folder 82
Re: International Law. 1946-51. , 1946-1951.
Box 5 Folder 83
General. 1947. , 1947.
Box 5 Folder 84
Council Members. 1947-50. , 1947-1950.
Box 5 Folder 85
Re: Membership. 1947-51. , 1947-1951.
Box 6 Folder 1
Re: Chief Justices' Conference. 1948. , 1948.
Box 6 Folder 2
General. 1948-55. , 1948-1955.
Box 6 Folder 3
General. 1948. , 1948.
Box 6 Folder 4
General. 1948. , 1948.
Box 6 Folder 5
Prof. Survey and Prof. Women. 1948-61. , 1948-1961.
Box 6 Folder 6
Tweed, Harrison. 1948-50. , 1948-1950.
Box 6 Folder 7
Ellingston, John R. 1949. , 1949.
Box 6 Folder 8
Seavey, Warren A. 1949. , 1949.
Box 6 Folder 9
Council Members. 1949. , 1949.
Box 6 Folder 10
Pepper, George Wharton. 1949. , 1949.
Box 6 Folder 11
Council Dinner. 1950. , 1950.
Box 6 Folder 12
Re: Divorce. 1950. , 1950.
Box 6 Folder 13
General. 1950. , 1950.
Box 6 Folder 14
Hurff, George B. 1950-51. , 1950-1951.
Box 6 Folder 15
Re: Legal Ethics. 1950-52. , 1950-1952.
Box 6 Folder 16
With Council Members. 1951. , 1951.
Box 6 Folder 17
With Council Members. 1951-60. , 1951-1960.
Box 6 Folder 18
Re: Decennial Inst. On Fed. Taxation. 1951. , 1951.
Box 6 Folder 19
General. 1951. , 1951.
Box 6 Folder 20
Harrison, Earl G. 1951. , 1951.
Box 6 Folder 21
Re: Keeping the Restatement Up to Date. 1951-52. , 1951-1952.
Box 6 Folder 22
Law and Morals Project. 1951. , 1951.
Box 6 Folder 23
Tweed, Harrison. 1951. , 1951.
Box 6 Folder 24
"B". 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 25
Re: By-Laws. 1952-54. , 1952-1954.
Box 6 Folder 26
Carnegie Corporation. 1952-56. , 1952-1956.
Box 6 Folder 27
Council Members. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 28
"G". 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 29
General. 1952, 56. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 15
"H". 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 31
Leach, Bart. Re: Rules against Perpetuities. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 32
"M". 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 33
"P". 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 34
Restatement of Contracts. 1952-53. , 1952-1953.
Box 6 Folder 35
Restatement Revisited. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 36
"S". 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 37
Schnader, William A. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 38
Schwartz, Louis B. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 39
Smith, Blackwell. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 40
Re: Special Committee Report. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 41
State Annotations. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 42
Surrey, Stanley S. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 43
"T". 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 44
Tweed, Harrison. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 45
Tweed, Harrison. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 46
Warren, Wm. C. 1952. , 1952.
Box 6 Folder 47
Youth Correction Authority Act. 1952-56. , 1952-1956.
Box 6 Folder 48
Re: Constitution, Conscience, Communism. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 49
Re: Constitution, Conscience, Communism. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 49
Council Members. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 50
Circular Letters to Members. 1953-55. , 1953-1955.
Box 6 Folder 51
Davis, John W. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 52
Re: Dinner. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 53
General. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 54
Japanese Embassy. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 55
Re: Platform Guests. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 56
Re: State Annotations. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 57
Tweed, Harrison. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 58
with Wechsler, Herbert. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 59
Wickersham, Cornelius. Whitehouse. 1953. , 1953.
Box 6 Folder 60
"D". 1954-55. , 1954-1955.
Box 6 Folder 61
"G". 1954-55. , 1954-1955.
Box 6 Folder 62
"H". 1954-56. , 1954-1956.
Box 6 Folder 63
"M". 1954-55. , 1954-1955.
Box 6 Folder 64
"P". 1954-55. , 1954-1955.
Box 6 Folder 65
"S". 1954-55. , 1954-1955.
Box 6 Folder 66
Tweed, Harrison. 1954. , 1954.
Box 6 Folder 67
"A". 1955. , 1955.
Box 6 Folder 68
Advisory Group - Criminal Law. 1955. , 1955.
Box 6 Folder 69
American Bar Association. 1955. , 1955.
Box 6 Folder 70
"B". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 1
"C". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 2
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 3
"E". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 4
"F". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 5
General Correspondence. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder 6
General Correspondence. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder 7
General Correspondence. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder 8
General Correspondence. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder 9
"J". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 10
"K". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 11
"L". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 12
Local Bar Associations. 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 13
Misc. Correspondence. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder 14
"N". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 15
Non-Attendance at Annual Mtgs. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder 16
"O". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 17
"R". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 18
Tweed, Harrison. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder 19
"W". 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 20
with Wolkin, Paul. 1955-58. , 1955-1958.
Box 7 Folder 21
Re: Segal, Bernard. Treasurer. 1955. , 1955.
Box 7 Folder 22
Re: ALI Headquarters. 1956. , 1956.
Box 7 Folder 23
with Law Libraries. 1956. , 1956.
Box 7 Folder 24
Local Bar Associations. 1956. , 1956.
Box 7 Folder 25
Re: Rule of Law - International Commission of Jurists. 1956. , 1956.
Box 7 Folder 26
with Subcommittee on Model Penal Code. 1956-57. , 1956-1957.
Box 7 Folder 27
"T". 1956. , 1956.
Box 7 Folder 28
"R". 1957. , 1957.
Box 7 Folder 29
1st PA Banking and Trust Company. 1958. , 1958.
Box 7 Folder 30
Hart, Henry M., Jr. "Problem No. 26". 1958. , 1958.
Box 7 Folder 31
Division of Jurisdiction Between Federal & State. 1959-60. , 1959-1960.
Box 7 Folder 32
General Correspondence. 1959-62. , 1959-1962.
Box 7 Folder 33
Proposed Land Use Project. 1959-62. , 1959-1962.
Box 7 Folder 34
"A Succession of Books From Books". 1959. , 1959.
Box 7 Folder 35
General Endowment. 1961. , 1961.
Box 7 Folder 36
Re: Staff. 1961. , 1961.
Box 7 Folder 37
Personal File. 1962. , 1962.
Box 7 Folder 38
Re: Patent Law. Drafts. 1948-51. , 1948-1951.
Box 7 Folder 39
with Cavers, David and Fuller, Lon. Re: Ethics. 1952. , 1952.
Box 7 Folder 40
"Restatement in Courts". Requests for Copies. 1933-35. , 1933-1935.
Box 7 Folder 41
General Correspondence. 1940. , 1940.
Box 7 Folder 42
General Correspondence. 1941. , 1941.
Box 7 Folder 43
General Correspondence. 1941. , 1941.
Box 7 Folder 44
General Correspondence. 1942. , 1942.
Box 8 Folder 1
General Correspondence. 1942. , 1942.
Box 8 Folder 2
Miscellaneous. 1947. , 1947.
Box 8 Folder 3
West & ALI Publishers. 1950-55. , 1950-1955.
Box 8 Folder 4
with Council. Re: Membership etc. 1960-61. , 1960-1961.
Box 8 Folder 5
Re: 1947 annual meeting and Oct. 11, 1946 executive committee meeting. , 1947.
Box 8 Folder unknown container
With council members. .
Box 8 Folder unknown container

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with publishers of ALI material, including West Publishing Company.

ALI Publishers. Printers Corrections. 1935-41. , 1935-1941.
Box 8 Folder 14
ALI Publishers-Printers. 1941. , 1941.
Box 8 Folder 15
Encyc. Britannica. P. A. Wolkin. 1945-58. , 1945-1958.
Box 8 Folder 16
Advance Orders - Restatement Supplement. 1948-53. , 1948-1953.
Box 8 Folder 17
ALI Publishers. 1950. , 1950.
Box 8 Folder 18
General. 1953-58. , 1953-1958.
Box 8 Folder 19
Publishers. 1953. , 1953.
Box 8 Folder 20
West Publishing Company. 1953-59. , 1953-1959.
Box 8 Folder 21
West Publishing Company. 1954. , 1954.
Box 8 Folder 22
Re: Printing of Annual Mtg. Proceedings. 1955. , 1955.
Box 8 Folder 23
Re: Publications. 1955-68. , 1955-1968.
Box 8 Folder 24
Printing and Publications. Kane, John R. P. A. Wolkin. 1955-56. , 1955-1956.
Box 8 Folder 25
Press Releases. P. A. Wolkin. 1955-57. , 1955-1957.
Box 8 Folder 26
Restatement Price Lists - Publishers. 1958-67. , 1958-1967.
Box 8 Folder 27
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company. Restatments. 1961-78. , 1961-1978.
Box 8 Folder 28
Restatement, Second. Corrections in New Printings. 1964-80. , 1964-1980.
Box 8 Folder 29

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with entities interested in publishing a Spanish Translation of the First Restatement of the Law.

Persons Interested in Spanish Translation. 1940-45. , 1940-1945.
Box 8 Folder 30
Inter-American Bar Association. 1941. , 1941.
Box 8 Folder 31
Companies Doing Business in S. America. 1941. , 1941.
Box 8 Folder 32
General. 1941. , 1941.
Box 8 Folder 33
General. 1941,45. , 1941-1945.
Box 8 Folder 34
Garcia Amador. Conflict of Laws. 1941-46. , 1941-1946.
Box 8 Folder 35
Garcia Amador. Conflict of Laws. 1941-46. , 1941-1946.
Box 8 Folder 36
Inter-American Bar Association. 1942. , 1942.
Box 8 Folder 37
Garcia Amador. Conflict of Laws. 1942-43. , 1942-1943.
Box 8 Folder 38
Spanish-English Law Dictionary. 1945-46. , 1945-1946.
Box 8 Folder 39
Memorandum by Raul C. Migone. 1946. , 1946.
Box 8 Folder 40
Stencils. 1946. , 1946.
Box 8 Folder 41
Statement of the Director. 1946. , 1946.
Box 8 Folder 42
General. 1946. , 1946.
Box 8 Folder 43
Reports & Proofs. 1946-47. , 1946-1947.
Box 9 Folder 1
General. 1947. , 1947.
Box 9 Folder 2

Scope and Contents

Files sent from the ALI Headquarters with no apparent department or officer of origin.

Related Materials

For files from the office of the Director, see the "Director's Office" series.

Principles of Corporate Governance Files, 1980-1992.
Box 16 Box 10-15
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, drafts, and related materials regarding the Principle of Corporate Governance project and collected by the ALI headquarters.

Related Materials

For additional records related to the Principles of Corporate Governance project, see ALI.00.001 and ALI.04.023.

Folder 1.

Print, Suggest