Law

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on law or legal systems as well as collections of statutes not limited to a specific topic. Works on the science of law are entered Jurisprudence. Works on legislative enactments as a source of law, as distinct from constitutional law or from the law arising from judicial or administrative decisions are entered under Statutes. Works on the legislative process are entered under Legislation. Works on the interpretation of statutes and other laws are entered under Law--Interpretation and construction.

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

J. Louis Adams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0019
Abstract

The J. Louis Adams Collection, 1946-1947, consist of 11 bound volumes of notes taken during law classes at Vanderbilt University by James Louis Adams, Jr., 1905-1964.

Dates: 1946 - 1947
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Nathaniel Baxter/Robert Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0036
Abstract

This .42 linear feet collection contains 51 items (of which 20 are photographs) relating to the lives of the Baxter and Jackson families, Nashville, and Vanderbilt University.

Dates: 1875 - 1969
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Robert Belton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0812
Dates: 1975 - 2009
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Stewart Brooks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0055
Scope and Contents

This .21 linear feet collection contains three law docket books that list his clients, the types of legal matters he handled for them, and the costs for services.

Dates: 1890-1899
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Dewey Daane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0098
Dates: 1946 - 2001
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

John T. Dorsey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0114
Scope and Contents This collection is mostly made of newspaper clippings. Most of the articles in the first “half” are about political affairs in Central America and how America gets involved with them. There are also papers about the affairs of the Vatican and more miscellaneous topics. The collection holds documents about more personal matters including two calendars, letters, pamphalets, tax forms, documents from the hospice, and a yearbook of unknown origin.The second half of the collection is...
Dates: 1920 - 1990
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Doris Ann Dudney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0822
Scope and Content Note

This collection is composed of one Hollinger box with seven folders. Within the collection is a biography of Dudney, her Kappa Delta initiation certificate, her notes from law school, her license to practice law in Florida, correspondence from both her and her family, and an article by Opal S. Dudney.

Dates: 1925 - 1951
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

George Graham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0662
Dates: 1960 - 2000
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Pantaleon Gutierrez y Diaz de Quijano Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0954
Abstract

This collection contains a letter, dated 12 May 1796, from Pantaleon Gutierrez y Diaz de Quijano, the Mayor of Bogota from 1796-1797, to the Mayor of the town of Choconta regarding judicial action in a criminal case against Manuel Mariño.

Dates: 1796 May 12
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Hubert Thomison Holman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0739
Abstract

This collection contains 4 folders of material related to Hubert T. Holman's time as a law school student at Vanderbilt in the 1920s. While there, Holman participated in the debate team as documented in numerous newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1920s
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Andrew Jackson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0224
Abstract

This collection contains four handwritten legal trial transcripts, arranged in four file folders, signed by Andrew Jackson who was the Judge of the Superior Court. A typescript of each letter is included in the folders.

Dates: 1791 - 1803
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Edmund M. Morgan, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0304
Scope and Content Note The papers of Edmund M. Morgan, Jr., date from approximately 1906 to 1964 and document his lengthy and distinguished career as an attorney, a legal scholar, a teacher, and a public servant. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s and 1950s. Extensive correspondence, Morgan's own writings, and papers related to his professional activities provide insight into his scholarship and record his part in such important proceedings as the simplification of the federal rules for civil...
Dates: 1906 - 1964
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Holden Bovie Schermerhorn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0610
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 6 items: an address, three drawings, and two handwritten manuscripts.

Dates: 1919 - 1931
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Cecil Sims Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0393
Dates: 1914 - 1967
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Wilson Sims Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0679
Dates: 1953 - 1955
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

William Turner Lawsuit Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0897
Abstract

The William Turner Lawsuit Collection is a small collection comprised of original, handwritten legal documents from an 1848-1852 dispute over the sale of a fourteen-year old enslaved girl, Phebe. 17 folders contain original letters; the other 10 are transcriptions created in 2017.

Dates: 1848-1852
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

John Summerfield Wilkes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0503
Abstract John Summerfield Wilkes was born March 2, 1841 in Culleoka, Maury County, Tennessee and died, at the age of 67, in Pulaski, Tennessee on February 2, 1908. He attended Alabama Western University in Florence and studied law under a private teacher in Nashville until the Civil War began. During the war, he served as a captain in the Third Tennessee Regiment, Confederate Army, and as Adjutant General on the staff of General John C. Brown. Wilkes married Florence A. Barker on June 20, 1865 and...
Dates: circa 1890s-1910s
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

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