Box 13

 Container

Staff Only

Contains 2 Results:

Research And Lecture Notes. There are approximately 1000 pages of holographic and typescript notes. The notes cover a variety of subjects, including legal transactions, bees, the legal profession, and will writing. There are several rough drafts of speeches included. There are also several notebooks kept by Cecil Sims while he was a soldier (W.W.l).

 File — Multiple Containers
Dates: 1914 - 1967
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cecil Sims Papers

Writings By Sims. Material includes 11 essays and research papers dealing with miscellaneous subjects. Papers are alphabetically arranged by title: Agricultural Obstetrics, or Birth on the Farm; The Doctrine of Assumption of Risk; Labor Disputes; Language And The Law (book review) ; A Pattern For The Future; Shall We Fight In The Lowlands, Or Retreat To The Mountains?; Social Security; Teaching Ethics In The Broader Sense; Who Will Survive, Homo Sapiens Or The Insects?; 2 untitled works found at end. Writings are holographic, typescript, and carbon copies.

 File — Box: 13
Dates: 1914 - 1967
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cecil Sims Papers

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