Papers of Ezra Ripley Thayer, 1882-1915 (inclusive).

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Papers of Ezra Ripley Thayer, 1882-1915 (inclusive).

1882-1915

Correspondence, memoranda, drafts of writings, lecture notes and other teaching material, reports, clippings, printed matter, and other papers, relating to Thayer's student and teaching career at Harvard Law School, work as a practicing attorney, and involvement in professional affairs. Includes notes, financial records (1884-1891), and examination questions from his student days at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and studies for the Massachusetts Bar Association and Carnegie Foundation on the quality and content of bar examinations and methods of teaching in American law schools.

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