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Penn Law School Legal Oral History Project Files

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
BLL.001
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
6 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Penn Legal Oral History Project Files, BLL.001, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Date:
1999-2006 (inclusive)
Creator:
University of Pennsylvania. Law School
Form:
Oral histories (literary works)
Abstract:
The Penn Law School Legal Oral History Project was a collaborative effort from 1999 through 2006 by a team of faculty, librarians, and students to record and preserve first-person narratives of graduates and members of the Penn Law Community as well as notable public interest lawyers. The project began as a seminar, the goal of which was to train students in the theory and practice of oral history. Each student then selected a distinguished graduate or member of the Penn Law community and conducted a one-to-two hour videotaped interview. Following the interview, the student transcribed the videotape and prepared a biographical article. The collection, dated 1999-2006, includes transcripts of interviews of distinguished Penn Law School alumni, associated members of the Penn Law community, and public interest lawyers. The collection also includes biographical essays of the interview subjects and interview questions written by the law students, as well as background research compiled by the law students, typewritten correspondence, occasional photographs, brief handwritten annotations, and related materials.

From 1999 to 2006, The Penn Law School Legal Oral History Project was a collaborative effort by a team of faculty, librarians, and students to record and preserve first-person narratives of graduates and members of the Penn Law community as well as notable public interest lawyers. The project began with a seminar taught by Professor Sarah Barringer Gordon and Edwin Greenlee, Associate Director for Public Services of the Biddle Law Library. One of the primary goals of the project was to train students in the theory and practice of oral history. Each student then selected a distinguished graduate or member of the Penn Law community and conducted a one-to-two hour videotaped interview. Following the interview, the student transcribed the videotape and prepared a biographical article. The videotape, transcript, article, and related biographical information were then archived in the Biddle Law Library.

The Penn Law School Legal Oral History Project Files, 1999-2006, include transcripts of interviews of distinguished Penn Law School alumni, associated members of the Penn Law community, and public interest lawyers. The interviews were conducted by students enrolled in the Penn Law School at the time. The collection also includes biographical essays of the interview subjects and interview questions written by the law students, as well as background research compiled by the law students, typewritten correspondence, occasional photographs, brief handwritten annotations, and related materials.

The items in this collection are arranged alphabetically by interview subject's last name.

Digital reproductions of many of these materials--including transcripts, questions, and biographical essays--are located on Archives' offline server and are available for research. Please contact the Archives for more information.

Transferred to archives in 2005.

Processed by Christiana Dobrzynski Grippe and Jeremiah Eagen, July-December 2010.

Videotaped interviews are located separately from the materials in this collection. Please contact the Archives to access them.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Finding Aid Author
Chrisitana Grippe
Finding Aid Date
2010
Access Restrictions

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

Use Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Researchers are advised to contact the interview subject before quoting part of his or her oral history.

Collection Inventory

al-Hibri, Azizah Y., 2002 March 21.
Box 1 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Hisham Elkoustaf.

Allen-Castellitto, Anita, 2001 April 12.
Box 1 Folder 2-3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Melissa Guinan.

Allingham II, Thomas J., 2004 March 23.
Box 1 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Jason Sabat.

Austin, Janice L., 2003 March 31.
Box 1 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Dee Spagnuolo.

Austin, Regina , 1999 October 21.
Box 1 Folder 6-7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Randy Lee.

Bamberger, Clinton, 2001 March 3.
Box 2 Folder 1-2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Erik Lieberman.

Bartle, Harvey, 2000 November 30.
Box 2 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Shirin Heidary.

Beck, Phyllis, 2006 February 14.
Box 15 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Lisa Pilnik

Bernstein-Baker, Judith, 2000 November 10.
Box 2 Folder 4-5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Irene Barberena.

Biben, Matthew L., 2004 March 3.
Box 2 Folder 6-7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Carly Bellis.

Black, Allen D., 2000 November 22.
Box 2 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Isaac E. Dweck.

Carano, Frank, 2000 November 9.
Box 3 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Joanna Lee Levine.

Carr, Catherine C. , 2004 March 24.
Box 3 Folder 2-6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Leona Goldshaw.

Carson, Timothy J., 2005 April 15.
Box 3 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by David Spiegel.

Casellas, Gilbert F., 1999 October 22.
Box 4 Folder 1-2 Box 3 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Lake Srinivasan.

Chee, Manlin M., 2001 March 1.
Box 4 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Christine A. Docherty.

Chenault-Fattah, Renée, 2003 March 5.
Box 4 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Dionne A. Thomas.

Cohen, Lita I. , 2000 March 31.
Box 4 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Simi B. Kaplin.

Copelon, Rhonda, 2001 March 2.
Box 4 Folder 6-7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Elizabeth Carrott.

Dalzell, Stewart, 1999 October 10.
Box 4 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Jeremy A. Blumenthal.

Davis, Aretha D. , 2003 March 17.
Box 5 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Daniel Yunger and Anoshir Van Baharai.

DeFrantz, Anita, 2005 March 24.
Box 5 Folder 2-3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Kimberly K. Palermo.

Dennis, Andre L., 2001 March 19.
Box 5 Folder 4-5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Joanna Lee Levine.

Dennis, Edward S.G., 2006 March 23.
Box 16 Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Daque E. Tirado

Denworth, Joanne, 2006 March 3.
Box 16 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Stefan Carpenter

Di Massa, Rudolph J. , 2001 November 26.
Box 5 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Rasheena Harris.

Edelman, Peter, 2006 February 6.
Box 16 Folder 4-6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Karen M. Tani

Ellison, Penny, 2006 Febrary 28.
Box 16 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Bik Cheema

Farrell, J. Michael, 2006 March 17.
Box 17 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Matthew D. Satchwell

Farmer, Millard, 2001 March 2.
Box 5 Folder 7-8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Katie Worthman.

Feathers, Susan, 2004 February 10.
Box 6 Folder 1-2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Yonina Bendheim Jacobson.

Feldman, Myer, 2000 March 12.
Box 6 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Meredith J. Coleman.

Ferleger, David, 2003 March 3.
Box 6 Folder 4-5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Sarah Donovan.

Forman, Leon S. , 2004 April 13.
Box 6 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Jason E. Dymbort.

Francis, Vernon, 2005 April 9.
Box 6 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Kristel Miller.

Genberg, Ira, 2005 March 25.
Box 7 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Heather Orr.

Gittis, Howard, 2006 March 16.
Box 17 Folder 2-3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Sahar Dar

Gonzalez, Hector, 2005 April 5.
Box 7 Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Javier Romero.

Gordon, Sarah B. , 2004 March 17.
Box 7 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Michael Benwitt.

Hansen, Kenneth, 2001 November 5.
Box 7 Folder 4-5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Megan Becher.

Holland, Randy J., 2000 October 11.
Box 7 Folder 6-8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Katie Harrison.

Honnold, John O., 2000 March 25.
Box 8 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Steffan Bressler.

Hoyle, Lawrence T. , 2004 April 5.
Box 8 Folder 2-3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by David A. Degnan.

Kauffman, Bruce W. , 2003 March 26.
Box 8 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Mary Stokes.

Klaus, William R. , 2001 February 26.
Box 8 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Rosanna V. Perretta.

Kuhn, Perla M., 2004 March 22.
Box 8 Folder 6-7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Joseph A. Sena.

Kurzban, Ira, 2001 November 1.
Box 9 Folder 1-3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Kristin Smith.

Lacroix, Charlotte A., 2002 March 18.
Box 9 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Kimberly M. Dodd.

Lerner, Alan M. , 2000 February 2.
Box 9 Folder 5-8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Lake Srinivasan.

Levy, Mike, 2004 March 1.
Box 9 Folder 9
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Christina Fahmy.

Liacouras, Peter, 2002 March 21.
Box 10 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Jay Rittberg.

Liu, Diana, 2004 April 8.
Box 10 Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Louise Choi.

Loeser, Hans, 2001 March 2.
Box 10 Folder 3-4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Larry Seymour.

Love, Agnus Robert, 2005 March 3.
Box 17 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Julie Ganz

Makadon, Arthur, 2000 November 2.
Box 10 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Marjorie A. George.

Marchman, Robert A., 2004 February 2.
Box 10 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Aisha L. Vinegar.

McLaughlin, Mary A., 2003 March 19.
Box 10 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Gabrielle Jampol.

Meeker, Derek, 2003 April 15.
Box 10 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Anoosh Bahiraei.

Millinger, Donald, 2000 October 25.
Box 11 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by José A. Gregory.

Nevel, James, 2006 March 20.
Box 17 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Natali K. Thompson

Nields, John W. Jr., 2006 April 20.
Box 17 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Brian D. Miller

Perskie, Steven P. , 2005 February 21.
Box 11 Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by David Kravitz.

Pollak, Louis H. , 2001 April 24.
Box 11 Folder 3-4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Liana M. Perez.

Poritz, Deborah, 1999 November 4.
Box 11 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Mal Serure.

Pratter, Gene E.K. , 2005 March 29.
Box 17 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Kimberly Przybyla

Price, Leslie R. , 2000 November 8.
Box 11 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Dan Giannetto.

Price, Richard B., 2005 March 1.
Box 18 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Max Turner

Pritchett, Wendell, 2005 February 25.
Box 11 Folder 7-8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Aaron Kornfield.

Putnam, Jr., Alfred W. , 2003 March 20.
Box 12 Folder 1-2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Eric S. Wilensky.

Randolph, A. Raymond, 2003 March 3.
Box 18 Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Raj Parekh

Reath, Henry T. , 2000 December 1.
Box 12 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Mark Malcoun.

Reitz, Curtis R. , 1999 March 9.
Box 12 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Scott E. White.

Reynoso, Cruz, 2001 March 2.
Box 12 Folder 5-8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Will Proctor.

Roper, Mary C. , 2000 November 6.
Box 13 Folder 1-3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Christine A. Docherty.

Rosenbaum, Eli, 2001 March 1.
Box 13 Folder 4-5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Deborah Weisbein.

Savett, Sherrie R., 2000 November 13.
Box 13 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Lisa S. Tahk.

Schleiff, Henry S. , 2005 February 23.
Box 13 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Seth F. Shinfield.

Schwartz, Herbert F., 2004 March 1.
Box 14 Folder 1-2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Cassaundra L. Manning.

Sheehan, Robert C., 2003 March 23.
Box 14 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Daniel Yunger.

Shestak, Jerome J., 2000 November 21.
Box 14 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Mark Malcoun.

Shuster, Morris M., 2001 November 30.
Box 14 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Todd J. Griset.

Skeel, David A. , 2002 April 23.
Box 14 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Ruth Yang.

Smith, Ward L., 2005 March 25.
Box 14 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Heidi Tallentire.

Strine, Leo E. Jr., 2006 March 21.
Box 18 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Joe Sensenbrenner

Tanenbaum, Myles, 2000 February 4.
Box 14 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Randy Lee.

Terris, Bruce, 2001 March 2.
Box 15 Folder 1-2
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Corinne Levy.

Tobias, Glen A., 2006 April 6.
Box 18 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Melissa Iachan

Tuck-Ponder, Michele, 2000 March 9.
Box 15 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Diankha Warren.

Veasey, E. Norman, 1999 November 18.
Box 15 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Andrew Edelstein.

Verrier, Jo-Ann M., 2003 March 6.
Box 15 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Tammy Yuen.

White, Cynthia E. , 2003 March 27.
Box 15 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Antoinette E. Walker.

Wolf, Flora B. , 2001 November 1.
Box 15 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Katie M. Craven.

Master Tapes, 1999-2006.
Box T1-T6
Scope and Contents

VHS tapes, DVCAM tapes, digital video tapes, and audiotapes that correspond to the interview files.

Arrangement

Largely alphabetical within type of media.

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