Materials relating to the dedication of the Elihu Root Room in Langdell Hall and the John Chipman Gray Collection, 1939.

Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964

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James McCauley Landis (1899-1964), lawyer and government official, was Special Assistant to the President on Regulatory Agencies during the Kennedy administration. From the description of Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581556 Lawyer, educator, consultant ? Dean, 1937-1946. Sec. 1934-1937; chm, 1935-1937. Member, Pres. Emergency Bd. on Nat. Ry. Strike, 1938. Special trial examiner for U.S. Dept. of Labor in Bridg...

Langdell Hall (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Chafee, Zechariah, 1859-1943

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Trustee and fellow of Brown University. Businessman from Providence, R.I. and 1880 graduate of Brown University. From the description of Zechariah Chafee correspondence and reports, 1880-1943. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 86140646 ...

Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950

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Henry Lewis Stimson, the politician, was one of Eleanor Stimson Brooks's cousins. He took an interest in the family and had given her support throughout Van Wyck's struggles with depression (1926-1930). From the description of Correspondence to Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1930-1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191821881 Stimson served as U.S. Secretary of war (1911-1913, 1940-1945), was governor general of the Philippine Islands (1927-1929) and U.S...

Gray, John Chipman, 1839-1915

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Gray (Harvard A.B. 1859; LL.B. 1861) was a legal scholar, founder (with classmate John C. Ropes) of the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, and a professor of law at the Harvard Law School. His wife was Anna Lyman Mason. From the description of Correspondence, 1800-1932. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81162043 Gray (Harvard A.B. 1859; LL.B. 1861) ) was a legal scholar, founder (with classmate John C. Ropes) of the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, and a professor of...

Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...