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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)
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
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

No restrictions on access.

Records stored off site; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

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

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 6159-001, Isidore Starr papers, circa 1940-2011
  • Accession No. 6159-002, Isidore Starr papers, 1951-2014

Preservation Note

Records stored off site; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Information

Isidore Starr via Margaret Fisher and via Cindy Lott, 2017-03-02

Law-Related Education Dept. of the Texas State Bar, 2017-03-21

Larry Starr

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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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
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