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Isidore Starr Papers, circa 1940-2014
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Starr, Isidore
- Title
- Isidore Starr Papers
- Dates
- circa 1940-2014 (inclusive)19402014
- Quantity
- 9 cubic feet (9 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
- Collection Number
- 6159 (Accession No. 6159-001)
- Summary
- Books, documents and other materials on Isidore Starr's career and involvement in law-related education
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access.
Records stored off site; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Isidore Starr is a teacher and lawyer who is widely recognized as the "father of law-related education" (LRE). His degrees include: B.A. (City College of New York), L.L.B. (St. John's University, 1936), M.A. (American history, Columbia University, 1939), J.S.D. (Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University), and a Ph.D. (political science and economics, New School for Social Research).
Isidore Starr was born on November 24, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Starr taught social studies in the New York City Public Schools from 1934 to 1961. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the U.S. Army, first as an instructor at Camp Plauche (New Orleans) and then as an information-education officer in the Philippine Islands. Starr became a professor of education at Queens College, New York in 1962 and taught there until his retirement in 1975. Starr served as a consultant and instructor in law studies for the Law in American Society Foundation in Chicago, Law in a Changing Society in Texas, Law-Focused Education at the University of Oklahoma, Law-Related Education Project at the University of Cincinnati, and law studies institutes in New York State. After retirement he moved to Arizona, where he served as a consultant to the Arizona Bar Foundation Center for Law-Related Education and to the National Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. The Isidore Starr Award for Excellence in Law-Related Education was established in 1983 by the American Bar Association to recognize outstanding achievement in the field of law-related education (LRE). The award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions in promoting excellence in law-related education in elementary or secondary schools.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Course materials for law-related education programs, "Living Bill of Rights" films prepared by Starr for Encyclopedia Britannica, publications, photographs, awards and certificates, video recordings of presentations
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 6159-001, Isidore Starr papers, circa 1940-2011
- Accession No. 6159-002, Isidore Starr papers, 1951-2014
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 6159-001: Isidore Starr papers, circa 1940-2011Return to Top
Scope and Content: Course materials for law-related education programs, "Living Bill of Rights" films prepared by Starr for Encyclopedia Britannica, publications, photographs, awards and certificates, video recordings of presentations
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Info: Isidore Starr via Margaret Fisher and via Cindy Lott, Law-Related Education Dept. of the Texas State Bar
- Series 1, Lecture excerpt- in class discussion
- Series 2, Teaching Resources
- Series 3, Isidore Starr-Personal
- Series 4, Student Manuals
- Series 5, Magazine and Articles
- Series 6, Books and Booklets
- Series 7, Miscellaneous
- Series 8, Photographs, Audio, and Audiovisual materials
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Series 1: Lecture excerpt- in class
discussion |
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Box | Accession | ||
1 | 6159-001 | Excerpts and articles
Scope and Content:
Selections from Washington's Farewell Address, 1796. Rights
vs. Rights: An Improbable Collission Course. Which Races Intermarry Most? 40th
Anniversary of Loving Case. Supreme Court Anniversaries for 2008: Trop v.
Dulles and Cooper v. Aaron -- Civil Rights Enforcement. 14th Amendment Cases:
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District. 14th
Amendment Diagrams. John Lawrence v. Texas
|
2007-2008 |
1 | 6159-001 | Introductory Excercises |
circa 1970-1990 |
1 | 6159-001 | Worksheets: Law and U.S. Constitution |
1999 |
1 | 6159-001 | Influencial American Documents |
2004 |
1 | 6159-001 | Declaration of Independence |
1976-1997 |
1 | 6159-001 | Origin of the Bill of Rights |
circa 1980-1990 |
2 | 6159-001 | Due Process of Law- Trial by Jury |
circa 1970-1990s |
Series 2: Teaching Resources |
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Box | Accession | ||
1 | 6159-001 | Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American
Life
Scope and Content:
Teacher's guide and interactive manual to study the supreme
court in American life. The manual is paired with the book "Equal Justice Under
Law" and has questions for students/responses and interactive tables/learning
materials.
|
1991 |
1 | 6159-001 | Law Related Education in Juvenile Justice
Settings
Scope and Content:
OJJDP Grant to Seattle University Law School. Implementation
Model.
|
circa 1990s |
1 | 6159-001 | 26th National Law-Related Education Leadership
Conference |
2009 |
1 | 6159-001 | Law Related Education |
1980-2008 |
1 | 6159-001 | Lesson Plans and Teaching Resource
Bulletin |
1991, 2007 |
1 | 6159-001 | Resources and study materials |
1991-1992 |
1 | 6159-001 | Stories old and new: International Human Rights
law
Scope and Content:
Teaching historical development of current content and future
significance of human rights law
|
2000 |
1 | 6159-001 | Student Activism and the Social Studies in the
Seventies
Scope and Content:
Implications for Social Studies, Student unrest in law,
values, community, urban setting
|
1970 |
1 | 6159-001 | Teaching Strategies for US Supreme Court
Decisions
Scope and Content:
Teaching Strategies, Thematic Essays and Document Based
Questions
|
2001 |
1 | 6159-001 | Religious Freedom in Americas
Scope and Content:
Re: Seperation of Church & State with various subsections
to the unit
|
1986 |
1 | 6159-001 | Justice: Fair Procedure for the Accussed - Part
V
Scope and Content:
Unit on the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of
Rights. Workship in Basic Issues in Citizenship pf Northeastern States
Citizenship Project -- Isidore Starr & William A. Grimes
|
1964 |
1 | 6159-001 | International Law and the Society of Nations:
Introduction to Public International Law in the 90's
Scope and Content:
How to resolve international conflicts: human rights,
preservation of environment, prohibitionon the threat and use of force on
international relations - interactive guide
|
1993 |
1 | 6159-001 | The Academy: Innovative Humaities Resources to Reach
and teach history and government (Thursday)
Scope and Content:
Due Process, freedom of press, civil rights, antitrust
|
2006 |
1 | 6159-001 | The Academy: Innovative Humaities Resources to Reach
and teach history and government (Wednesday)
Scope and Content:
government/politics seminar with cases
|
2006 |
1 | 6159-001 | Equal Justice Under Law
Scope and Content:
Teaching guides for a broad scale of legal issues
|
1985 |
1 | 6159-001 | Rise of the American Nation
Scope and Content:
History Book about American History with matching, fill in the
blanks - very interactive
|
1961 |
1 | 6159-001 | Great Trials in American History: Civil War to the
Present
Scope and Content:
15 trials covering the period from Civil War to present -
historical contexts that have made the legal narrative today
|
1985 |
1 | 6159-001 | National History Day: Rights in History
Scope and Content:
Includes suggested topics, basic introduction to Rights in
history, articles about power of government in times of war
|
1991 |
1 | 6159-001 | Justice in Urban America Services
Scope and Content:
Guide for teachers on how to teach Urban law, includes video
guides. 2 copies
|
1970 |
1 | 6159-001 | Rise of the American Nation
Scope and Content:
Textbook on American History, includes teaching devices and
guidance
|
1966 |
1 | 6159-001 | Essentials of Law-Related Education
Scope and Content:
A guide for practitioners and policymakers on the essentials
of LRE
|
1995 |
1 | 6159-001 | Foundations for teaching democracy |
1993 |
1 | 6159-001 | Bill of Rights in highschool |
1962 |
1 | 6159-001 | Articles |
circa 1990s-2008 |
1 | 6159-001 | Lessons on the Federalist Papers |
1986 |
1 | 6159-001 | International Law and the Society of Nations:
Introduction to Public International Law in the 90's |
1994 |
1 | 6159-001 | Vital Issues of the Constitution |
1971 |
3 | 6159-001 | Justice and Dissent |
1995 |
3 | 6159-001 | Foundations of American citizenship
Scope and Content:
resources for structuring courses that would align with
requirements of the Foundations of American Citizenship
|
1988 |
Series 3: Isidore
Starr-Personal |
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Box | Accession | ||
2 | 6159-001 | Starr, CV and Who's Who |
2001-2005 |
2 | 6159-001 | Clippings |
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2 | 6159-001 | Correspondence |
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2 | 6159-001 | Notes |
|
2 | 6159-001 | Certificates and awards |
|
2 | 6159-001 | Term Paper: Political Theory Today |
undated |
2 | 6159-001 | Oral History Project: Arizona Legal
History
Scope and Content:
Arizona Historical Society, interview with Isidore Starr
|
1992 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Essentials of Law Related Education-Five
Fundamental Ideas
Scope and Content:
Paper prepared by Starr for the 15th Annual National
Law-Related Education Seminar "The Promise of American Democracy in Changing
Times", January 14-17, 1993. Austin, Texas.
|
1993 |
6 | 6159-001 | Texas Flags
Scope and Content:
2 flags and 1 certificate awarded by the State of Texas House
of Representatives
|
1991 |
7-8 | 6159-001 | Awards and Plaques |
|
folder:oversize | |||
OS Folder 1 | 6159-001 | Certificates and awards
Scope and Content:
Isidore Starr Day 1986, Honorary Texas Citizen 1986, Senate of
Maryland 2011, The Great Navy of the State of Nebraska 1965, Brooklyn Law
School of St. Lawrence University 1942.
|
1965-2011 |
OS Folder 2 | 6159-001 | Distinguished Service to Education
Scope and Content:
Awarded to Starr at Brooklyn Technical High School
|
1961 |
Series 4: Student Manuals |
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Box | Accession | ||
2 | 6159-001 | International Law and the Society of Nations:
Introduction to Public International Law in the 90's
Scope and Content:
How to resolve international conflicts: human rights,
preservation of environment, prohibitionon the threat and use of force on
international relations - interactive guide
|
1993 |
2 | 6159-001 | Intercom: A guide to discussion, studym and resources
- global perspective: The human dimension
Scope and Content:
Cases about the environment, seattle in the context of
environmental law and if trees have standing
|
1977 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Making of the President: Motion Picture Case
studies
Scope and Content:
Synoposis of elections of Presidents - interactive questions
and multiple choice - integrates films to analyze
|
1972 |
Series 5: Magazine and Articles |
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Box | Accession | ||
2 | 6159-001 | Articles |
1967-1997 |
2 | 6159-001 | Update: The Constitution in War and Peace
Scope and Content:
Articles on various constitutional questions including attacks
on courts and juvenile justice
|
1984 |
2 | 6159-001 | Human Rights: Federalism and Rights
Scope and Content:
Articles about federalism and the Supreme Court
|
2002 |
2 | 6159-001 | Social Education: Whaling in Antarctica
Scope and Content:
Articles about teaching strategies for social studies classes
|
2014 |
2 | 6159-001 | Celebrating the Idea of Equality
Scope and Content:
The last of a five-part series on the Bicentennial of the
Constitution discussing equality and the Founders of the Constitution
|
1987 |
2 | 6159-001 | Six Cases That Shaped America
Scope and Content:
A review of six cases that touched the heart of the Americans
and dealt with the most profound of American issues: race, public will, and
private right, economic rights, the reach of national power.
|
1987 |
2 | 6159-001 | Chronology of Bicentennial Dates from the End of the
American Revolution to the Ratification of the Bill of Rights |
1987 |
2 | 6159-001 | Articles and passages by Isidore Starr |
circa 1970-1997 |
2 | 6159-001 | Update: Religion and the Law |
1979 |
Series 6: Books and Booklets |
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Box | Accession | ||
2 | 6159-001 | Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience
Scope and Content:
Discussions of the revolt of youth and death of MLK and civil
disobedience
|
1968 |
2 | 6159-001 | Equal Justice Under Law: Supreme Court in American
Life
Scope and Content:
Goes through the history of supreme court and gives
understanding of rich heritage of SCOTUS
|
1988 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Idea of Liberty
Scope and Content:
Book about the First Amendment - right to petition, assemble,
seperation church and state, freedom of press
|
1978 |
2 | 6159-001 | Our Living Bill of Rights: Liberty Under the Law &
Freedom of Expression
Scope and Content:
Socrates, Feiner Case, Power of the state, dignity of the
individual, freedom versus security
|
1968 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Prince Edward County Case: Our Living Bill of
Rights |
1968 |
2 | 6159-001 | Human Rights in the United States: Oxford Social
Studies Pamphlets
Scope and Content:
The American Tradition of Human Rights; Freedom of Thought,
Belief, and Expression; Rights of An Accussed Person; The Right to Property;
Human Rights in Time of Crisis; Changing Conception of Human Rights
|
1951 |
2 | 6159-001 | Southwestern Journal of Social Education: Texas
Council of the Social Studies Journal
Scope and Content:
Social education learning materials and articles
|
1975 |
2 | 6159-001 | Youth and the Law
Scope and Content:
Regarding youth and citizenship, juvenline court, family,
youth in trouble, web delinquency
|
1974 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Federal Judiciary
Scope and Content:
Discusses basic facts of judicial system, includes activities
and questions for students
|
1961 |
2 | 6159-001 | Human Rights in the United States
Scope and Content:
Discusses basic facts of human rights and due process,
includes activities and questions for students
|
1951 |
2 | 6159-001 | Crimes and Justice |
1974 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Noblest Institution: Teaching About the Right to
Trial by Jury in NY
Scope and Content:
Lessons for the role of juries in the courts
|
1996 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Bill of Rights: A History in Documents
Scope and Content:
Uses historical documents to teach about significance of Bill
of Rights in the past and present
|
2003 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Federal Judiciary
Scope and Content:
Historical analysis of religious freedom in the US and
additional resources for teachers
|
1957 |
2 | 6159-001 | Liberty Under Law: Case Studies of the Basic
Principles of the Bill of Rights
Scope and Content:
Discusses basic facts of judicial system, includes activities
and questions for students (1st edition 701)
|
1963 |
2 | 6159-001 | Law Studies in the Schools
Scope and Content:
Case samples, lessons for various Bill of Rights topics. 2
copies.
|
1977 |
2 | 6159-001 | Corporal Punishment in the Schools: Its Use is
Abuse
Scope and Content:
Articles on the importance and implementation of LRE
|
1981 |
2 | 6159-001 | Freedom |
2006 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Prince Edward County Case
Scope and Content:
Historical progression of education of African Americans in
the US
|
1968 |
2 | 6159-001 | Now You Are 18
Scope and Content:
Guide to 18 year olds in the law: voting, jury duty, credit
|
1987 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Presidents Speak and "This is What They
Said"
Scope and Content:
Quotes from all Presidents of the US
|
1984 |
2 | 6159-001 | The Gideon Case
Scope and Content:
Articles and questions based on equal justice and due process
|
1968 |
2 | 6159-001 | High Points
Scope and Content:
Articles about teaching and book reviews
|
1951 |
2 | 6159-001 | Problems in American Civilization
Scope and Content:
|
1949 |
3 | 6159-001 | Rise of the American Nation
Scope and Content:
|
1961 |
3 | 6159-001 | Samuel Sewall: the Puritan Pepys
Scope and Content:
Biography of Samuel Sewall, history essay by Isidore Starr
|
undated |
3 | 6159-001 | Transactions of the American Philosophical
Society |
1968 |
3 | 6159-001 | The Supreme Court and The Civil War |
1996 |
3 | 6159-001 | Liberty, Property, & the Foundations of the
American Constitution |
1989 |
3 | 6159-001 | The Founders and the Classics |
1994 |
3 | 6159-001 | Contexts of the Bill of Rights |
1990 |
3 | 6159-001 | Justice: Due Process of Law
Scope and Content:
Text book describing how courts operate and basic due process
|
1981 |
3 | 6159-001 | The Idea of Liberty: First Amendment
Freedoms
Scope and Content:
Textbook includes sections of court cases, and additional
information on 1st amendment freedoms
|
1978 |
3 | 6159-001 | Living Together Under the Law
Scope and Content:
Discussions, pictures, lesson ideas for why we have rules/
laws
|
1994 |
3 | 6159-001 | The Separation of Church and State
Scope and Content:
Founding Fathers' writings on freedom of religion
|
2004 |
Series 7: Miscellaneous |
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Box | Accession | ||
2 | 6159-001 | Bill of Rights Film Festival
Scope and Content:
Includes documents from film festival, production notes of The
Handmaid's Tale
|
1993 |
2 | 6159-001 | National Bicentennial Competition
Scope and Content:
assessment survey and test
|
undated |
2 | 6159-001 | Arizona's Law for Kids |
circa 2000s |
2 | 6159-001 | Citizenship |
1990, 2002 |
Series 8: Photographs, audio, and
audiovisual materials |
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Box | Accession | ||
3 | 6159-001 | Photographs: Friends and family |
circa 1940s-2000s |
4 | 6159-001 | Videos
Scope and Content:
17 VHS
|
circa 1980-1990 |
4 | 6159-001 | Cassette tapes
Scope and Content:
13 sound cassettes
|
circa 1980-1995 |
5 | 6159-001 | Film reels
Scope and Content:
6 reels, 16mm.
|
circa 1960 |
Reel | |||
reel 1 | 6159-001 | Film reel: The Schempp Case
Scope and Content:
16mm sound film, 35 minutes. Liberty Under Law: Bible reading
in public schools. In collaboration with Isidore Starr.
|
1972 |
Accession No. 6159-002: Isidore Starr papers, 1951-2014Return to Top
Scope and Content: Law-related education materials collected and produced by Isidore Starr.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Info: Larry Starr
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Accession | ||
1 | 6159-002 | Loose Notes |
1990-2006 |
1 | 6159-002 | Legal Briefings Notated |
1994-1998 |
1 | 6159-002 | Research Materials |
1967-2012 |
1 | 6159-002 | Declaration of Ind., Bill of Rights, Const. |
1976-1987 |
1 | 6159-002 | Education Materials |
1954-1993 |
1 | 6159-002 | Writings - Published & Drafts |
1951-1980 |
1 | 6159-002 | Bill of Rights Film Festival |
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1 | 6159-002 | Consititution Materials |
1986-1994 |
1 | 6159-002 | Education Materials |
1997-2001 |
1 | 6159-002 | Amendement VI |
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1 | 6159-002 | Declaration of Independence |
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1 | 6159-002 | Printouts from Internet Walter Shea |
2014 |
1 | 6159-002 | Citizenship Test |
|
1 | 6159-002 | Consititutionalism |
|
1 | 6159-002 | Arizona Legal History Interview |
1992 |
1 | 6159-002 | Native Americans & the Constitution |
1987-1994 |
1 | 6159-002 | Poetry |
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1 | 6159-002 | Lawlessness in the US |
1978-2000 |
1 | 6159-002 | Federalist & Anti-Federalist |
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1 | 6159-002 | Law & the Social Studies |
1996 |
1 | 6159-002 | Juvenile Justice |
1973-1982 |
1 | 6159-002 | Constitution Day |
2011 |
1 | 6159-002 | Roots of the Constitution |
1987 |
1 | 6159-002 | General Notes |
|
1 | 6159-002 | A Curriculum of Hope |
1987 |
1 | 6159-002 | Expression |
1985-2001 |
1 | 6159-002 | 80th Birthday Letters (PHOTO) |
1991 |
1 | 6159-002 | Bound Book of Thank You Letters |
1979 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Children of immigrants--United States
- Jewish lawyers--United States
- Law--Study and teaching--United States
- Lawyers--United States
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Starr, Isidore--Archives