Reminiscences of Harold R. Medina : oral history, 1977.

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Reminiscences of Harold R. Medina : oral history, 1977.

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Family background, childhood in Brooklyn and Westhampton; education, Princeton, 1909, Columbia Law School, 1912; 1915-40, Columbia Law School professor; 1918, founded Medina & Sherpick, appellate practice; 1947-51, United States District Court, South District New York City Judge; United States Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals, 1951-58, senior circuit judge, 1958- ; legal books, including JUDGE MEDINA SPEAKS (1954) and ANATOMY OF FREEDOM (1959); public speaking career; discussion of the art of practicing law, judicial temperament; important cases argued or presided over; Anthony Kramer treason case, Corscadden mayoralty succession case, 1949 conspiracy trial of 11 Communists; private studies: Latin, Spanish, English literature, cryptology; book collecting, other hobbies. Impressions of Harlan F. Stone, Learned Hand, Christian Gauss, others.

Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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