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Elizabeth Kelly Research Files

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Call Number:
BLL.012
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
4 linear feet (4 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Elizabeth Kelly Research Files, BLL.012, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1972-2000 (inclusive)
Creator:
Kelly, Elizabeth Slusser
Abstract:
The Elizabeth Kelly Research Files contain correspondence and research materials amassed by Liz Kelly during her project to publish previously unpublished, confidential drafts of the Uniform Commercial Code. This project was the second installment in Kelly's republishing efforts of the UCC drafts; the first compilation was printed in 1984.

Elizabeth Slusser Kelly was born in 1938 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Kelly received her J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law where she stayed to serve as their law library's Director. In 1984, Kelly assumed the position of the Director of the Biddle Law Library at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. As Director of the Biddle Law Library, Kelly oversaw a reorganization of the library, and then, its relocation and expansion to Tanenbaum Hall which was constructed in 1993. During this time, Kelly also worked on aggregating and publishing UCC drafts of the American Law Institute (ALI) and Uniform Law Commission (formerly NCCUSL). Kelly, along with research assistants and colleague Ann Puckett, published two sets of draft volumes for the Uniform Commercial Code, the first in 1984 and the second in 1995. Kelly retired in 2001 and became the first woman emeritus faculty member in the history of the Law School. Kelly passed at the age of 72 in 2010.

The Elizabeth Kelly Research Files contain materials created during the research and publication process of previously unpublished confidential drafts of the Uniform Commercial Code and is organized into two series.

Series I: Administrative Files, 1972-2000, contains correspondence, notes, and photocopies compiled during Kelly's research, drafting, and publication process. This series is organized alphabetically.

Series II: Resources, 1940-1990, contains a compilation of sources a majority of which are photocopied versions of materials located by Kelly in various repositories or personal collections as well as bound reproductions of drafts and some original drafting materials which are notated as in the collection inventory as being original materials. This series is organized chronologically.

1. Administrative files

2. Resources

Given to the archives in the early 2000s, but was appraised and accessioned in 2024.

Processed by Abigail Boyer (2024)

American Law Institute Uniform Commercial Code records

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Finding Aid Author
Abigail Boyer
Finding Aid Date
2024
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Collection Inventory

Articles, 1989-1997.
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence , 1980-1999.
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence requesting permission to publish, 1979-1997.
Box 1 Folder 3
Drafting and bibliography note cards, undated.
Box 1 Folder 4
Interlibrary Loan and photocopy requests, 1979-1982.
Box 1 Folder 5
Indexes , 1972, 1974, 1983.
Box 1 Folder 6
Inventories , 1995.
Box 1 Folder 7
Inventories , 1997.
Box 1 Folder 8
Kelly drafting notes and materials, 1981-1982.
Box 1 Folder 9
Notes taken from visit to Harvard Law School Library, April 1987.
Box 1 Folder 10
Photocopies and notes , circa 1980-1990s.
Box 1 Folder 11
Publisher correspondence for drafts, 1985, 1992, 1995.
Box 1 Folder 12
Research bibliography notes and photocopies , 1983-2000.
Box 1 Folder 13
Research bibliography notes and photocopies , 1990.
Box 1 Folder 14
Research chronology resources and notes, 1982, 1996-1997.
Box 1 Folder 15
Research: location bibliography notes , 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 16
Versions of Uniform Commercial Code drafting correspondence, 1996.
Box 1 Folder 17

Sales act drafts and legislation (photocopies) , 1940-1941.
Box 2 Folder 1
Drafts and proceedings (photocopies) , 1941-1948.
Box 2 Folder 2
Sales Act meeting minutes (original) , October 1943.
Box 2 Folder 3
Report of the director (original), November 1943.
Box 2 Folder 4
Drafts and proceedings (photocopies) , 1943-1944.
Box 2 Folder 5
Annual report and drafts (photocopies) , 1944-1948.
Box 2 Folder 6
Drafts (original) , 1947.
Box 2 Folder 7
Drafts (original) , 1947-1948.
Box 2 Folder 8
Code of commercial law draft (original) , 1948.
Box 2 Folder 9
Tentative Draft 3 article 7 (photocopies) , 1949.
Box 2 Folder 10
Group 3 tentative drafts and history of the Uniform Commercial Code article (photocopies), 1949.
Box 2 Folder 11
Annotated draft and reports (photocopies), circa 1950s.
Box 2 Folder 12
Reports, proceedings, articles on the Uniform Commercial Code (photocopies), 1950.
Box 2 Folder 13
Article 7 drafts and meeting materials (photocopies) , 1951.
Box 2 Folder 14
Drafts, state annotations, article (original) , 1952.
Box 2 Folder 15
Emmett Smith Memorandum (original), 1952.
Box 3 Folder 1
Draft recommendations and article on the Uniform Commercial Code (photocopies), 1953.
Box 3 Folder 2
Article 7 warehouse receipts (photocopies), 1953.
Box 3 Folder 3
John Honnold UCC article 2 NYSLRC recommendation materials sent to Liz Kelly (original), 1953-1956.
Box 3 Folder 4
Reports, comments, drafts (photocopies), 1954.
Box 3 Folder 5
New York Law Revision Commission article 7 study report (photocopies), 1955.
Box 3 Folder 6
Uniform Commercial Code feedback states and individual (photocopies), 1955.
Box 3 Folder 7
Analysis and reports (photocopies), 1956.
Box 3 Folder 8
Stenographic notes from the hearing of the Bill on the Commercial code (original) , January 22, 1957.
Box 3 Folder 9
Uniform Commercial Code history and reception (photocopies), 1957-1959.
Box 3 Folder 10
Uniform Commercial Code reports (photocopies), 1960-1961.
Box 3 Folder 11
Journal articles and Permanent Editorial Board report (original), 1964.
Box 3 Folder 12
Journal articles and Permanent Editorial Board report (photocopies), 1965.
Box 3 Folder 13
Permanent Editorial Board reports and drafts (photocopies), 1966-1968.
Box 3 Folder 14
Permanent Editorial Board Article 9 review committee compiled documents (original), 1967-1968.
Box 4 Folder 1
Permanent Editorial Board article 9 review and draft (photocopies), 1970.
Box 4 Folder 2
Permanent Editorial Board article 9 final report (photocopies), 1971.
Box 4 Folder 3
Uniform Commercial Code 1972 appendix and article 9 official text (photocopies), 1972.
Box 4 Folder 4
Articles on the Uniform Commercial Code and UCC revisions (photocopies), 1974-1978.
Box 4 Folder 5
Article on Uniform Commercial Code and meeting materials (photocopies), 1981-1988.
Box 4 Folder 6
Preliminary Report article 2 study group (original), March 1, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 7
Article 9 (photocopies), undated.
Box 4 Folder 8
Meeting materials, comments, draft sections (photocopies), undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
Uniform Commercial Code Variations in articles 1-8 binder (photocopies), undated.
Box 4 Folder 10

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