Benjamin Kaplan papers

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Benjamin Kaplan papers

1939-2010

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The Benjamin Kaplan Papers span the years 1939-2010, with the bulk of the material falling between 1942 and 1972. The collection includes the following: personal and professional correspondence, military documents, memoranda, teaching notes, sample assignments, syllabi, articles, drafts, galleys, speeches, notes, research materials, clippings, reviews, trial materials, opinions, decisions, collaborative writings, published materials, off-prints, photographs, lectures, books, and notebooks. Kaplan’s papers reflect his careers as a military and civilian lawyer, a professor of law, and a judge. Series I contains information related to Kaplan’s work crafting the indictments at Nuremberg. Also of interest are papers that document his work on the Committee for Practice and Procedure, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, for which he served as reporter. Additionally, there are extensive writings and a wide range of research material on copyright and comparative or international civil procedure, as well as Kaplan’s notes and writings from his time with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Court of Appeals.

1 collection (55 linear feet in 132 boxes)

eng, Latn

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Kaplan, Benjamin, 1911-2010

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Benjamin Kaplan was born in New York City on April 9, 1911. He graduated from Clinton DeWitt High School in 1925, from City College of New York in 1929, and from Columbia Law School in 1933. After completing his law degree, he entered private practice with the firm Greenbaum, Wolff and Earnst, where he remained until 1942, when he joined the army, drafting procurement contracts. In 1943, Kaplan became part of the group of military lawyers (headed by Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson) who d...