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University of Utah College of Law records, 1925-1981
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- University of Utah. College of Law
- Title
- University of Utah College of Law records
- Dates
- 1925-1981 (inclusive)19251981
1962-1975 (bulk)19621975 - Quantity
- 12.25 linear ft. and 3 oversize boxes
- Collection Number
- Acc0242
- Summary
- The University of Utah College of Law was founded in 1912. Samuel D. Thurman served as dean from 1962 -1975. He also served as president of the American Association of Law Schools. This collection contains the professional papers of Thurman as well as administrative records of the College of Law at the University of Utah. The professional papers relate to Thurman's participation in professional organizations such as the American Association of Law Schools, the American Bar Association, the Order of the Coif, Foundation Press, the Utah State Bar Association, and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah. Also included are faculty meeting minutes (1947-1975), the texts of lectures given as part of the William H. Leary lecture series, scrapbooks of the Law Wives Club, and related materials.
- Repository
-
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains the professional papers of Samuel D. Thurman as well as administrative records of the College of Law. the professional papers relate to his participation in professional organizations such as the American Associations of Law Schools, the American Bar Association, the Order of the Coif, Foundation Press, the Utah State Bar Association, and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University. Also included are administrative correspondence and memoranda from the office of the dean, as well as college faculty meeting minutes(1947-1975). The collection also includes texts of the annual William H. Leary Lecture given at the College of Law (1960-1968). Additional materials include scrapbooks of the Law Wives Club (1954-1972) and class examinations (1956-1964).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: University of Utah College of Law records, Acc. 242, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 242.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 1956-1970Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Annual Meeting |
1970 |
2 | Appraisal Committee |
1956-1966 |
3 | "Challenge and Development" Report |
1963-1970 |
4 | Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility (CLEPR), Boulder Conference Correspondence |
1968 |
5 | CLEPR, Boulder Conference, Miscellaneous Materials |
1966-1971 |
6 | Correspondence |
1960-1970 |
7 | Law Schools Survey |
1969 |
8 | Miscellaneous Information |
1960-1970 |
9 | Publications |
1965-1970 |
American Bar Association (ABA), 1955-1972Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Correspondence |
1968-1972 |
2 | "Diploma Privilege" |
1971-1972 |
3 | Faculty Membership, National |
1967-1968 |
4 | Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Administration |
1971 |
5 | Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Correspondence |
1970-1971 |
6 | Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Publications |
1967-1971 |
7 | Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Workshop Correspondence |
1970-1971 |
8 | Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Workshop Handouts |
1971 |
9 | Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Workshop Miscellaneous |
1970-1971 |
10 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Adviser Search Committee |
1968 |
11-15 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Correspondence |
1966-1972 |
American Bar Association (ABA), 1955-1972Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Council Reports |
1955-1963 |
2 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Dallas Meeting Correspondence |
1969 |
3 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Fiscal Information |
|
4 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Golden Gate Inspection |
1968 |
5 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: "Information Take-off" |
1962 |
6 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Inspection Reports |
1968 |
7-9 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Minutes |
1965-1970 |
10 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Miscellaneous |
1966-1970 |
11 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Monthly Reports |
1969-1970 |
12 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: St. Louis Meeting |
1969-1970 |
13-14 | Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Standards |
1968-1969 |
American Bar Association (ABA) to American Law Institute, 1955-1972Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | ABA: London Meeting - Correspondence |
1969-1971 |
2 | ABA: London Meeting - Printed Materials |
1971 |
3 | ABA: Standards of Judicial Conduct Special Committee - Correspondence and Reports |
1969-1970 |
4 | ABA: Student Loan Correspondence |
1964-1972 |
5 | Accreditation: ABA Correspondence |
1960 |
6 | Administration: College Council, Establishment of |
1975-1976 |
7 | Administration: Dean, Office of--Structure |
1970 |
8 | Administration: Governance, College of Law |
1976 |
9 | Administration: Organization Plan Report |
1968 |
10 | Administrative Court Study: Background Materials |
1966-1969 |
11 | Admissions Correspondence |
1971-1972 |
12 | Admissions Policy: Meeting Minutes |
1975 |
13 | Alumni: Arizona Roster |
1966 |
14 | Alumni: California Meetings |
1964-1970 |
15 | Alumni: Fund Raising
(Also see Annual Appeal and Development Campaign in box 5 of this collection.)
|
1960s |
16 | Alumni: Miscellaneous Material |
1948-1967 |
17 | American Association for the Comparative Study of Law: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, and Reports |
1961-1967 |
18 | American Counsel Association Scholarship Instructions |
1963 |
19 | American Law Institute: Correspondence and Reports |
1961-1963 |
Annual Appeal to Attrition Study, 1940-1971Return to Top
Container(s): Box 5
(For more information on the Annual Appeal, also see Alumni Fund Raising and Development Campaign in box 4 of this collection.)
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1-4 | Annual Appeal: Administrative Correspondence |
1961-1971 |
5 | Annual Appeal: Moyle Family Correspondence |
1969 |
6 | Annual Appeal: Selected Donor Correspondence |
1970-1971 |
7-11 | Annual Appeal: Selected Correspondence |
1966-1970 |
12 | Annual Reports: Correspondence and Reports |
1954-1967 |
13 | Attrition Study: Background Information Statistics |
1940-1963 |
Book Orders to Budgets, 1950-1969Return to Top
Container(s): Box 6
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Book Orders: Correspondence |
1966-1969 |
2-8 | Budgets: Miscellaneous Material (Selected) |
1951-1959 |
Building, Law to Buildings, 1956-1970Return to Top
Container(s): Box 7
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Building, Law: Miscellaneous Materials |
1963-1970 |
2 | Building, Law: Scheduling |
1965-1966 |
3 | Building Needs: Carlson Hall Proposal |
1969 |
4 | Building, New: Architectural Planning Guide |
1959 |
5 | Building, New: Basement Remodeling |
1966-1970 |
6-8 | Building, New: Correspondence |
1956-1964 |
9 | Building, New: Dedication |
1968 |
10 | Building, New: Miscellaneous Materials |
1956-1961 |
11 | Building, New: Problems |
1964 |
12 | Building, New: Specifications, Architectural |
1963 |
13 | Buildings: Law Building and Carlson Hall Floor Plans |
1963 |
Catalog, University of Utah to Clyde Building Lot Correspondence, 1951-1954, 1964-1970Return to Top
Container(s): Box 8
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Catalog, University of Utah: Materials |
1951-1954 |
2-3 | Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility (CLEPR): Clinical Programs Model Prosecutor Proposals |
1969-1971 |
4 | CLEPR: Clinical Programs, Professional Responsibility Proposal |
1968-1971 |
5 | CLEPR: Clinical Programs Questionnaire |
|
6-10 | CLEPR: Correspondence |
1968-1972 |
11 | CLEPR: Grant, University of Utah |
1970 |
12 | CLEPR: Grants, National and International |
1969-1971 |
13 | CLEPR: Interim Report, Clinical Law Program |
1969-1970 |
14 | CLEPR: Minutes |
1969 |
15 | CLEPR: Newsletters |
1969 |
16 | CLEPR: Organizational Materials |
1968-1972 |
17 | CLEPR: Proposal Instructions |
1968 |
18 | Clyde Building Lot: Correspondence |
1964-1970 |
Coif, Order of the, National and Utah Chapter, 1953-1971Return to Top
Container(s): Box 9
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Coif, National: Chapters and Officers |
1967 |
2-4 | Coif: Correspondence |
1965-1967 |
5 | Coif: Inspection Report |
1966 |
6 | Coif: Leadership Roster |
|
7 | Coif: Minutes |
1965-1966 |
8 | Coif: Miscellaneous material |
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9 | Coif: Report |
1965-1967 |
10 | Coif: Triennial Award Committee |
1964-1967 |
11 | Coif, Utah: Correspondence |
1954-1970 |
12 | Coif, Utah: Directory and Handbooks |
1953-1962 |
13 | Coif, Utah: Invitations to Membership |
1953-1971 |
14 | Coif, Utah: Leary Lecture Contributions
(Also see Leary Lecture in box 17 of this collection.)
|
1961-1970 |
15 | Coif, Utah: Membership Lists |
|
16 | Coif, Utah: Minutes |
1953-1964 |
17 | Coif, Utah: Miscellaneous Materials |
|
18 | Coif, Utah: Organizing Materials |
1953 |
19 | Coif, Utah: Rituals of Coif and Phi Kappa Phi |
College Council Minutes to Estate Planning SeminarReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 10
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1-2 | College Council Meeting Minutes
(Also see Faculty Meeting Minutes in boxes 11 and 12 of this collection.)
|
1977-1979 |
3 | Criminal Law: Proposed Clinical Program, Correspondence |
1967-1970 |
4-8 | Curriculum: Correspondence, Reports, and Other Materials |
1958-1970 |
9 | Curriculum: Criminal Justice Offerings |
1971 |
10-11 | Curriculum: Four-Year Program |
1950; 1953 |
12 | Curriculum: Draft Modifications |
1968 |
13 | Curriculum: Three-, Four-, and Six-Year Programs |
1940s |
14 | Dean Selection Committee: Correspondence and Other Materials |
1961 |
15-16 | Dean's Report: Correspondence |
1964; 1967 |
17 | Dean's Report: Manuscript |
1963 |
18-19 | Dean's Report: Correspondence |
1954-1962 |
20 | Development Campaign: Correspondence |
1968-1971 |
21 | Development Campaign: Strategy Outline |
|
22 | Development Office: Chairperson Correspondence |
1965 |
23 | Directories: Students, Faculty, and Staff |
1957-1970 |
24 | Disciplinary Process Code |
1974-1978 |
25 | Estate Planning Seminars for Women: Correspondence and Other Materials |
1969 |
Faculty Records, 1947-1974Return to Top
Container(s): Box 11
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Faculty Memorandum and Correspondence |
1947-1951 |
2 | Faculty Biographies: Dykstra and Bodenheimer |
|
3 | Faculty Committees: Academic Standards Report |
1976 |
4 | Faculty Committees: Admissions Committee Report |
1978 |
5 | Faculty Committees: Assignment Lists |
1960-1979 |
6 | Faculty Committees: Council Advisory Committee |
1976-1979 |
7-12 | Faculty Committees: Curriculum Committee Reports |
1951; 1971-1979 |
13 | Faculty Committees: Disciplinary Code Report |
1972 |
14 | Faculty Committees: Library Committee, Retrieval System Report |
1978 |
15 | Faculty Committees: Ranks, Faculty |
1967 |
16 | Faculty Committees: Readmission Committee Report |
1976 |
17 | Faculty Committees: Student Misconduct Report |
1978 |
18 | Faculty Correspondence: Bodenheimer, Edgar |
1951; 1953 |
19 | Faculty Correspondence: Dykstra, Daniel J. |
1952-1953; 1971 |
20 | Faculty Correspondence: Emery, A. G. (Fred) |
1952-1954 |
21 | Faculty Correspondence: Kadish, Stanford H. |
1953 |
22-23 | Faculty: Letters of Application
(Also see Faculty Recruitment in box 13 of this collection.)
|
1969-1973 |
24 | Faculty Meeting Minutes: College Council Meeting Minutes |
1976-1977 |
25-27 | Faculty Meeting Minutes |
1973-1976 |
Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1947, 1949-1973Return to Top
Container(s): Box 12
Faculty Recruitment to Faculty Roster, 1925-1970Return to Top
Container(s): Box 13
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Faculty Recruitment: AALS Interviews |
1969 |
2-7 | Faculty Recruitment: Correspondence and Resumes |
1963-1970 |
8 | Faculty Recruitment: Kimball, Spencer L. - Correspondence |
1948-1949 |
9 | Faculty Recruitment: Burton, Riley Paul - Correspondence |
1951-1954 |
10 | Faculty Recruitment: Dykstra, Daniel - Correspondence |
1948-1949 |
11 | Faculty Recruitment: Harris, Silas A. - Correspondence |
1926 |
12 | Faculty Recruitment: Jensen, Adolph L. - Correspondence |
1925-1926 |
13 | Faculty Recruitment: Kadish, Sanford H. - Correspondence |
1951 |
14 | Faculty Recruitment: Ritter, Willis - Correspondence |
1925-1926 |
15 | Faculty Recruitment: Shealy, Edward M. - Correspondence |
1951 |
16 | Faculty Recruitment: Swenson, Robert W. - Correspondence |
1950-1953 |
17 | Faculty Roster 1905-1970 |
undated |
Foundation Press to Iverson, Paul E., Scholarship, 1961-1972Return to Top
Container(s): Box 14
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Agenda and Materials |
1972 |
2 | Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Minutes |
1971 |
3-4 | Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Materials |
1968-1969 |
5 | Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Minutes |
1966 |
6-14 | Foundation Press: Correspondence |
1961-1973 |
15 | Future Planning: Building Needs, Long-Range |
1967-1977 |
16 | Future Planning: Ten-Year Plan |
1966-1976 |
17 | Iverson, Paul E.: Scholarship Correspondence |
1964-1965 |
Higher Education, Utah State Board to Kimball Correspondence, 1950-1970Return to Top
Container(s): Box 15
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Higher Education, Utah State Board of: Correspondence |
1968-1970 |
2 | Hinckley Institute of Politics: Board Meeting Materials |
1965-1969 |
3 | Hinckley Institute of Politics: Correspondence |
1963-1969 |
4 | Hinckley Institute of Politics: Originating Documents |
1964-1965 |
5 | Historical Materials: pre-1960 |
undated; 1950 |
6 | Honors and Awards: Correspondence |
1951-1955 |
7 | International Cooperation Year: Committee Materials |
1965 |
8 | Judicial System, State of Utah Study: Correspondence |
1966-1967 |
9-11 | Juris-Doctorate Degree: Correspondence |
1966-1970 |
12 | Kimball Correspondence |
1950-1954 |
Law Building to Library Advisory Committee, 1947-1949, 1955-1971Return to Top
Container(s): Box 16
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Law Building: Moot Court Room Use |
1963-1969 |
2-10 | Law Days: Miscellaneous Material |
1960-1968 |
11 | Law Library: Administration |
|
12 | Law Library: Advisory Committee Minutes |
1967-1970 |
13 | Law Library: Correspondence |
1966-1970 |
14 | Law Library: Depository for Federal Government Documents, Correspondence |
1966 |
15 | Law Library: Funding Needs |
1965-1970 |
16 | Law Library: Guide |
1969-1971 |
17 | Law Library: Howell, J. A., Collection Correspondence |
1955 |
18 | Law Library: Needs and Goals |
1964-1969 |
19 | Law Library: Quarterly Newsletter |
1969 |
20 | Leary Correspondence: General University |
1947-1949 |
21 | Library Advisory Committee: Meeting Minutes |
1969 |
Leary Lectures, 1958-1969Return to Top
Container(s): Box 17
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Contributions |
1959 |
2 | Memorial Fund Accounting Sheets |
1959-1969 |
3 | Organizing Conference |
1958-1960 |
4 | Organizing Materials |
1958-1959 |
5 | Correspondence |
1969 |
6 | Tom C. Clark |
1968 |
7 | Abram Chayes |
1967 |
8 | Charles E. Breitel |
|
9 | Eugene V. Rostow |
1965 |
10 | Walter Gelhorn |
1964 |
11-13 | Erwin N. Griswald |
1963 |
14 | William Brennan, Jr. |
1961 |
15 | Roger Traynor |
1960 |
Phi Kappa Phi to Student Rosters, 1946-1971Return to Top
Container(s): Box 18
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Phi Kappa Phi: Nominations |
1951-1968 |
2 | Reynolds Lecture: Dykstra Correspondence, Lecture Text, and Other Materials |
1959 |
3 | Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation: Correspondence |
1963-1971 |
4 | Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation: Meeting Minutes |
1963; 1966; 1969 |
5 | Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation: Miscellaneous Materials |
|
6-12 | Scholarships: Correspondence and Other Materials |
1956-1971 |
13 | Student Bar Association: Correspondence |
1968-1970 |
14 | Student Bar Association: Manual |
1969 |
15 | Student Bar Association: Miscellaneous Materials |
|
16 | Student Newsletter: Devil's Advocate
|
1969-1970 |
17 | Student Organization: ABA Law Students Division |
|
18 | Student Organization: Correspondence and Other Materials |
1952-1968 |
19 | Student Organization: Legal Fraternities 1930's-1950's |
undated; 1946-1950 |
20 | Student Rosters |
1962; 1967 |
Summation ot Traynor, Roger J.Return to Top
Container(s): Box 19
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1-2 |
Student Bulletin: Summation
|
1967-1970 |
3 | Summer School: Course Schedule |
1950-1967 |
4-10 | Summer School: Correspondence |
1953-1954; 1964-1970 |
11-13 | Thurman Correspondence, General |
1970-1972 |
14 | Traynor, Roger J.: Honorary Degree Correspondence |
1962-1963 |
U. S. Supreme Court Clerkship, Norberg Correspondence to World Peace Through Law Center, 1950-1973Return to Top
Container(s): Box 20
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | U. S. Supreme Court Clerkship: Norberg Correspondence |
1966-1967 |
2 | Urban Studies: Correspondence and Report |
1969-1970 |
3 | Utah State Bar: Meeting Agendas and Minutes |
1950-1954 |
4-6 | Utah State Bar Commission: Correspondence |
1969-1973 |
7-9 | Utah State Bar Commission: Meeting Minutes |
1969-1972 |
10 | Utah State Bar: Correspondence |
1950-1954 |
11-12 | Utah State Bar: Miscellaneous Materials |
1942-1949 |
13 | Utah State Bar: Specialization Committee Correspondence |
1966 |
14 | Visiting Lecturer: Madl and Dr. Feren |
|
15-17 | Western Law School Conference: Correspondence |
1952-1953; 1960-1968; 1972 |
18 | Willamette University Controversy: Correspondence |
1968-1970 |
19 | World Peace through Law Center: Correspondence |
1966 |
Examinations, 1956-1964Return to Top
Container(s): Box 22-23
Law Wives Club and Miscellaneous Materials, 1961-1981Return to Top
Container(s): Box 24
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Correspondence |
1981 |
2 | Directories, Miscellaneous |
1972-1973; 1973-1974 |
3 | Law Wives Club: Miscellaneous Materials |
1971-1972 |
4 | Law Wives Club: Schedules and Miscellaneous Materials |
1970-1971 |
5 | Law Wives Club: Reports and Correspondence |
1969-1970 |
6-7 | Law Wives Club: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Materials |
1967-1969 |
8 | Law Wives Club: Meeting Minutes |
1961-1964 |
Scrapbook, 1968-1972Return to Top
Container(s): Box 25
Scrapbook, 1959-1968Return to Top
Container(s): Box 26
Scrapbook, 1954-1959Return to Top
Container(s): Box 27
Conference on Energy and the Public Lands, 1978 August 16Return to Top
Container(s): Box 28
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Law schools--Utah--History--Sources
- Law--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
- Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Thurman, Samuel D. (Samuel David), 1913-
Corporate Names
- American Bar Association
- Association of American Law Schools
- Foundation Press
- Hinckley Institute of Politics
- Order of the Coif. Utah Chapter
- University of Utah--Archives
- Utah State Bar Association
Form or Genre Terms
- Budgets
- Correspondence
- Examinations
- Lectures
- Memorandums
- Minutes
- Photoprints
- Reports
- Scrapbooks