Harold A. Stevens papers 1907-1990 1936-1990

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Harold A. Stevens papers 1907-1990 1936-1990

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The collection documents Stevens' advancement to the highest court in New York State and his contributions to the legal profession particularly his role as a founder of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). Stevens' accomplishments are reflected in letters from his contemporaries, colleagues, and dignitaries. Approximately one third of the collection, ten archival boxes, from 1951 to 1969, consists of judicial journals or volumes containing descriptive notes and transcripts from court cases ranging from litigation between companies and personal lawsuits to grand larceny, robbery, separations and divorces, custody proceedings and murder trials over which Stevens presided. There is also one notebook entitled, "Torts, Abstracts, and Five Point Method Notes." The collection also contains some letters, legal documents from a few court cases, and two folders of International Commission of Jurists Conference papers. ̀.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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Stevens, Harold A., 1907-1990

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The late Justice Harold A. Stevens was born on John's Island, South Carolina. He was the first Roman Catholic African American to hold several judicial positions in successively higher courts in New York State (NYS). He was appointed to the NYS Supreme Court (1957), to the NYS Appellate Division (1968), NYS Court of Appeals (1974), and the Appellate Division (1977) from which he retired. From the description of Harold A. Stevens papers, 1907-1990 bulk(1936-1990). (New York Public Lib...