Organization: United States. Supreme Court - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Kenneth N. Klee papers, 1969-1999 (inclusive) 1975-1998 (bulk)

Extent:: 28.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Kenneth N. Klee spent his career analyzing bankruptcy law and advocating for pro-debtor reforms to the Bankruptcy Code. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1974 and joined to the California bar in 1975. He began his career as Associate Counsel for the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, a subunit of the House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary, where he advised Congress and helped draft legislation related to bankruptcy reform in the 1970s. He was also a consultant to the House Judiciary Committee from 1977 to 1982 and the Department of Justice from 1983 to 1985. Klee was a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, an association of scholars and practitioners committed to the study of bankruptcy legislation and reform, where he was chair of the Committee on Legislation from 1992 to 1999. He worked at Stutman, Treister and Glatt and was a founding partner of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff, and Stern, LLP. The collection, 1969-1999, includes papers relating...(see more)

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library [Contact Us]

Francis R. Kirkham Law Clerk papers, circa 1935-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.3 linear feet (about 25 items.)
Abstract:: Francis Kirkham (1904-1996) was born in Utah in 1904. After earning his undergraduate and law degrees from George Washington University, Kirkham clerked for two Supreme Court Justices, including former Chief Justice Evan Hughes. During his time as a law clerk, Kirkham drafted a report suggesting revisions to the way people filed for bankruptcy, which was a pertinent issue in the wake of the Great Depression. This report, "Suggested Revisions to the General Orders and Forms of Bankruptcy," was published in 1939. The collection, circa 1935-1939, includes correspondence with Supreme Court Justices, drafts, reports, National Bankruptcy Conference drafts, and related material regarding Kirkham's activity as a Supreme Court law clerk drafting the "General Order and Rules of Bankruptcy," which was published in 1939.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library [Contact Us]

American Bankruptcy Institute records, 1982-2013 (inclusive) 1985-1996 (bulk)

Extent:: 21 linear feet (50 boxes and one photo album box)
Abstract:: Harry Dixon Jr. (1944-2006), a lawyer from Nebraska, wanted to form an organization with the dual purpose of providing Congress with expert and unbiased views on legislation and creating an institution that could keep the bankruptcy community aware of legislative activities affecting them. In February 1982, Dixon incorporated under Nebraska law this new organization which was to be called the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). The records of the American Bankruptcy Institute document two main areas of the organization: the history and operating activities of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the organization's professional activities, publications, and research on bankruptcy related issues. The materials date from 1982-2013, with the bulk from 1985-1996. Materials are largely in paper format, comprising correspondence, memos, facsimiles, resumes/c.v., financial records, by-laws, articles of incorporation, certificates, lease agreement, newsletters, marketing materials,...(see more)

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library [Contact Us]

Fred Rodell papers, 1927-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 linear ft. (23 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of Fred Rodell (1907-1980), a 1926 graduate of Haverford College and long-time professor of law at Yale University. The papers consist of correspondence, published and unpublished writing, scrapbooks of Rodell's written work, and albums of personal photographs.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Bernie Joe "Tex" Burkett collection related to Watergate, 1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: .33 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Bernie Joe (BJ) “Tex” Burkett (1924-2010), was a Republican political operative and public relations professional. The Bernie Joe "Tex" Burkett collection related to Watergate include a copy of the articles of impeachment proposed by Rep. Harold Donohue (D-MA), as well as background and briefing materials for Senator William Roth (R-DE), preparing the senator for the possible impeachment trial of President Richard M. Nixon.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, 1878-1917, 1984, 1986, 1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Belva Ann McNall Lockwood (1830-1917), was the first woman attorney to practice before the Supreme Court. She personally lobbied members of Congress to pass a special act admitting women to the bar of the Court, and first practiced before the Court in 1879. Lockwood ran for the U.S. presidency in 1884 and 1888, being the first woman to have a complete, national campaign for that office. From the 1870s onward Lockwood was active with the radical peace group, the Universal Peace Union, representing the organization at several international peace congresses.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Alpheus Thomas Mason Papers, circa 1925-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 30 boxes
Abstract:: Alpheus T. Mason taught in the Dept. of Politics at Princeton University beginning in 1925 and authored a number of legal works as well as biographies of Supreme Court justices Harlan Fiske Stone and Louis D. Brandeis. This collection consists of papers of Mason, including material relating Stone, Brandeis and Woodrow Wilson.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

E. Kimbark MacColl Papers, 1936-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: E. Kimbark MacColl has written extensively on the history and politics of Portland, Oregon. Consists of notes, outlines, correspondence, and chapter drafts for MacColl's Ph.D. thesis, "The Supreme Court and Public Opinion: A Study of the Court Fight of 1937" (1953).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Delaware Boundary Case Collection, 1664-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 5.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photostats of documents collected by assistant New Jersey attorney general Duane E. Minard regarding a state boundary case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, October term, 1929, in which New Jersey was the plaintiff and Delaware the defendant.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

John Marshall Harlan Papers, 1884-1972 (inclusive) 1936-1971 (bulk)

Extent:: 685 boxes, 1 folder, and 16 items
Abstract:: John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971), a distinguished lawyer and jurist, served on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Harlan's papers consist of legal materials, correspondence, writings, and personal papers that document his career as an attorney and a judge, especially the period when he was a Supreme Court Justice.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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