Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Cardozo, Benjamin N (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938 and Hellman, George S (George Sidney), 1878-1958
- Extent:
- 10 linear feet and 21 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Benjamin N. Cardozo papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, clippings, and photographs of or relating to Cardozo, including his lecture notes as a student at Columbia, 1885-1889, and his commonplace books. Also, four boxes of printed and manuscript material collected by George S. Hellman while writing BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO, AMERICAN JUDGE; and photocopies of letters, manuscripts, and notebooks of original Cardozo papers in the Cardozo School of Law Library. Materials re. his estate and will have been added.
- Biographical / Historical:
United States Supreme Court Justice & Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
- Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Hellman, George S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949. Accession number--M-49.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Freese, William. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/--/1991. Accession number--M-91-12.
Microfilms of 2 manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Addition; Date of acquisition--11/--/1994. Accession number--M-94-11.
9 BNC letters to re. William H. Freese: Source of acquisition--Freese, William. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--08/03/1994. Accession number--M-94-08-03.
Correspondence files estate papers: Source of acquisition--Nathan, Frederic S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/08/1999. Accession number--M-99-09-08.
2 letters from Cardozo to J.T. Sapienza: Source of acquisition--Kurland, Philip B. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/07/1997. Accession number--M-97-10-07.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Schulson, R.H. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1999. Accession number--M-1999.
Gift of the estate of Benjamin N. Cardozo.
Gift of George S. Hellman, 1949.
Gift of John Walden Myer Rupert L. Joseph, 1951.
Gift of the Cardozo School of Law, New York, 1981.
Gift of Michael H. Cardozo, 1988.
Gift of William Freese, 1991 1994.
Gift of Alice Bator Kurland, 1997.
Gift of Frederic S. Nathan, 1999.
Gift of Ruth H. Schulson, 1999.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/17/1989.
Papers Processed HR 01/10/1992.
Microfilms of 2 manuscripts Processed HR 11/07/1994.
9 BNC letters to & re. William H. Freese Cataloged HR 11/23/1994.
Correspondence files & estate papers Cataloged & processed HR 12/13/1999.
2 letters from Cardozo to J.T. Sapienza Cataloged HR 01/24/2000.
Papers Processed HR 05/02/2000.
- Arrangement:
Selected materials cataloged; remainder. arranged: Boxes 1, 1A & 1B: Cataloged correspondence; Box 2: Articles about Cardozo; Boxes 3, 3A & 4: Columbia lecture notes; Box 5: Commonplace books; Boxes 5 & 6: Editorials 1938; Boxes 6 - 9: Materials for biography by George S. Hellman; Box 10: Writings by Cardozo-Photographs-Copies of letters to Annie Nathan Meyer; Boxes 10 & 11: Newspaper clippings & misc.; Boxes 12 & 13: Photocopies of letters & manuscripts in the B.N. Cardozo Papers, Cardozo School of Law, New York; Box 14: Arranged correspondence, 1918-1938; Box 15: Files of the Estate of B.N. Cardozo, 1938-1940; Box 16: Misc. financial records, Obituaries & memorials, Photograph s& Printed materials; Box 17: Correspondence, memorials & obituaries, E.J. Nathan documents & printed materials; Oversize folder of documents.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Law -- Study and teaching
Judges
Lawyers
Addresses
Agreements
Articles
Biographies (literary works)
Commonplace books
Contracts
Essays
Financial records
Lecture notes
Lectures
Manuscripts for publication
Microfilms
Mortgages
Notebooks
Notes (documents)
Obituaries
Photographs
Photographic prints
Proofs (printed matter)
Wills - Names:
- Columbia University -- : Students
New York (State). Court of Appeals
United States. Supreme Court
Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939
Burlingham, Charles C (Charles Culp), 1858-1959
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-
Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954
Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron, 1877-1965
Hand, Learned, 1872-1961
Hellman, George S (George Sidney), 1878-1958
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950
Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1867-1951
Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959
Ochs, Adolph S (Adolph Simon), 1858-1935
Odell, George Clinton Densmore, 1866-1949
Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Seabury, Samuel, 1873-1958
Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944
Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891-1968
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968
Wagner, Robert F (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953
Whitman, Charles S., 1868-1947
Wise, Stephen S (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949
Young, Owen D., 1874-1962
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
The seven volumes of Columbia lecture notes (Boxes 3-4) are too fragile for use; reader must use the microfilm copy of these volumes. Otherwise, the collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Literary rights of Benjamin N. Cardozo are held by. Columbia University.
Permission to cite or quote and to photocopy must be obtained from the. Cardozo School of Law, New York, N.Y. for photocopies in Boxes 12 and 13.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Readers must use microfilm of materials specified above.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Benjamin N. Cardozo papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu