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[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.
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
General Correspondence
Fundraising
Director's Office
Deputy Director's Office
Printing and Publication
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.
Re: Publications. Torrey, J. Stuart. 1983.
, 1983.
Box 2Folder 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 2Folder 45
Carnegie Corporation. First Restatement. 1929, 1943.
, 1929, 1943.
Box 2Folder 46
Carnegie Corporation. Feb. 17, 1930.
, February 17, 1930.
Division of Juris. Between State and Federal Courts. 1959. Meyer. Ford Foundation. 1960.
, 1960.
Box 2Folder 56
Ford Foundation. Criminal Justice. August 11, 1959.
, 1959.
Box 2Folder 57
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. International Transactions. 1959.
, 1959.
Box 3Folder 1
Missing Documents. 1960.
, 1960.
Box 3Folder 2
General Project Endowment App. 1961.
, 1961.
Box 3Folder 3
Ford Foundation. Model Land Develop. 1961, 63.
, 1961-1963.
Box 3Folder 4
Ford Foundation. Model Land Develop. 1st Restatement. 1961-63.
, 1961-1963.
Box 3Folder 5
Ford Foundation. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure. 1962-70.
, 1962-1970.
Box 3Folder 6
Ford Foundation. Pre-Arraignment Procedures (Crim. Law Admin.) 1962.
, 1962.
Box 3Folder 7
Falk Foundation. Federal Estate and Gift Tax. 1963.
, 1963.
Box 3Folder 8
Model Penal Code. Rockefeller. 1963, 65.
, 1963-1965.
Box 3Folder 9
PLI. 1964-65.
, 1964-1965.
Box 3Folder 10
Endowment Fund. 1964.
, 1964.
Box 3Folder 11
Ford Foundation. Extension Request. Foreign Relations Law. 1964.
, 1964.
Box 3Folder 12
Ford Foundation. Foreign Relations Law. 1964, 65.
, 1964-1965.
Box 3Folder 13
Rockefeller Foundation. Model Penal Code. 1965.
, 1965.
Box 3Folder 14
ACLEA. Constitution and Bylaws. Member List. 1967.
, 1967.
Box 3Folder 15
JCCLE. 1967.
, 1967.
Box 3Folder 16
American Bar Endowment. Federal Securities Code. Avalon, Beaumont, Monell. 1969.
, 1969.
Box 3Folder 17
Federal Securities. Beaumont. Avvalon, Mellon. Ambrose Monell. American Bar Endowment. 1969-72.
, 1969-1972.
Box 3Folder 18
Taxation of Foundations & Non-Profit Organizations. 1969-70.
, 1969-1970.
Box 3Folder 19
Ford Foundation. P. A. Wolkin. 1970.
, 1970.
Box 3Folder 20
Ford Foundation. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment. 1970.
, 1970.
Box 3Folder 21
JCCLE. Contributions and Grants. 1971.
, 1971.
Box 3Folder 22
Application for Grants - Foundation Letters. 1973.
, 1973.
Box 3Folder 23
Misc. Foundations. 1973-74.
, 1973-1974.
Box 3Folder 24
Proscriptions on Use of Funds. Mr. Williams & Ms. Chiechi. 1973.
, 1973.
Box 3Folder 25
Fund for Public Policy Research. Internal Revenue Code - Subchapters C&K. Fed. Inc. Tax Project. 1974-77.
, 1974-1977.
Box 3Folder 26
Income Tax Project. Tax Management Inc. Bureau of National Affairs. 1974.
, 1974.
Box 3Folder 27
Xerox Copies of Various Grant Apps.
, 1982.
Box 3Folder 28
Re: Drafts, Comments. Perkins, Roswell B. Letter to Members. Oct. 29, 1981.
, October 29, 1981.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1981.
, 1981.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1981.
, 1981.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1981.
, 1981.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1982.
, 1982.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Perkins, Roswell B. Lettere to Members Re: Council Drafts. 1982.
, 1982.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1982-83.
, 1982-1983.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1983-84.
, 1983-1984.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1983-84.
, 1983-1984.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1984.
, 1984.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1984.
, 1984.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1984-85.
, 1984-1985.
Box 3Folder unknown container
Request for Council Drafts. 1985.
, 1985.
Box 3Folder 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 3Folder 29
With Seavey, Warren and Frankfurter, Felix. 1928-29.
, 1928-1929.
Keeping the Restatement Up to Date: Correction of Obvious Errors. 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 53
Hanna, John. Keeping the Restatement Up to Date. Security. 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 54
International Law: Speech to be given by WDL to American Branch of Int'l Law Assoc. in NY. 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 55
"J". 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 56
Misc. Corresp. 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 57
Misc. Goodrich. 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 58
"R". 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 59
"S". 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 60
"W". 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 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 5Folder 62
Roosevelt, F.D. 1941.
, 1941.
Box 5Folder 63
"B". 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 64
"C". 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 65
"F". 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 66
Grossman, Hon. Moses. 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 67
"H". 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 68
Hutcheson, Jr., the Honorable Joseph C. 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 69
"K". 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 70
"L". 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 71
"M". 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 72
Misc. 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 73
Tuttle & Rood, Annual Meeting. 1942.
, 1942.
Box 5Folder 74
with Cardozo, Benjamin. Re: Conflict of Laws, Chapter 11. 1930-32.
, 1930-1932.
Box 5Folder 75
to Council Members. R. Moley's Mich. Law Review Article & Goodrich's Report to Council, 1931. 1930-36.
, 1930-1936.
Box 5Folder 76
General. Includes letter to Winston Churchill. 1945-46.
, 1945-1946.
Box 5Folder 77
Regional Group Conference - ABA Special Comittee For Peace and Law Through United Nations. 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 78
with Goodrich, Herbert. 1943.
, 1943.
Box 5Folder 79
Miscellaneous. 1946.
, 1946.
Box 5Folder 80
Letter of praise for restatements from H. Allen Barton.
, 1945.
Box 5Folder 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 5Folder 82
Re: International Law. 1946-51.
, 1946-1951.
Box 5Folder 83
General. 1947.
, 1947.
Box 5Folder 84
Council Members. 1947-50.
, 1947-1950.
Box 5Folder 85
Re: Membership. 1947-51.
, 1947-1951.
Box 6Folder 1
Re: Chief Justices' Conference. 1948.
, 1948.
Box 6Folder 2
General. 1948-55.
, 1948-1955.
Box 6Folder 3
General. 1948.
, 1948.
Box 6Folder 4
General. 1948.
, 1948.
Box 6Folder 5
Prof. Survey and Prof. Women. 1948-61.
, 1948-1961.
Box 6Folder 6
Tweed, Harrison. 1948-50.
, 1948-1950.
Box 6Folder 7
Ellingston, John R. 1949.
, 1949.
Box 6Folder 8
Seavey, Warren A. 1949.
, 1949.
Box 6Folder 9
Council Members. 1949.
, 1949.
Box 6Folder 10
Pepper, George Wharton. 1949.
, 1949.
Box 6Folder 11
Council Dinner. 1950.
, 1950.
Box 6Folder 12
Re: Divorce. 1950.
, 1950.
Box 6Folder 13
General. 1950.
, 1950.
Box 6Folder 14
Hurff, George B. 1950-51.
, 1950-1951.
Box 6Folder 15
Re: Legal Ethics. 1950-52.
, 1950-1952.
Box 6Folder 16
With Council Members. 1951.
, 1951.
Box 6Folder 17
With Council Members. 1951-60.
, 1951-1960.
Box 6Folder 18
Re: Decennial Inst. On Fed. Taxation. 1951.
, 1951.
Box 6Folder 19
General. 1951.
, 1951.
Box 6Folder 20
Harrison, Earl G. 1951.
, 1951.
Box 6Folder 21
Re: Keeping the Restatement Up to Date. 1951-52.
, 1951-1952.
Box 6Folder 22
Law and Morals Project. 1951.
, 1951.
Box 6Folder 23
Tweed, Harrison. 1951.
, 1951.
Box 6Folder 24
"B". 1952.
, 1952.
Box 6Folder 25
Re: By-Laws. 1952-54.
, 1952-1954.
Box 6Folder 26
Carnegie Corporation. 1952-56.
, 1952-1956.
Box 6Folder 27
Council Members. 1952.
, 1952.
Box 6Folder 28
"G". 1952.
, 1952.
Box 6Folder 29
General. 1952, 56.
, 1952.
Box 6Folder 15
"H". 1952.
, 1952.
Box 6Folder 31
Leach, Bart. Re: Rules against Perpetuities. 1952.
, 1952.