Papers, 1923-1976.

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Papers, 1923-1976.

Miscellaneous Harvard correspondence relating to class reunions, special professorships, H.L.S. Association of New York, Ames competition brief. Also 6 vols. of The Bull, a weekly office newsletter of the N.Y.C. law firm of Root, Clark, Buckner, Howland and Ballantine, including 1945 Silver anniversary issue of The Bull. Also Loeb Classical Library correspondence for 1965-1969. Plimpton's student notebooks transferred to Law Library collections.

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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...

Plimpton, Francis T. P. (Francis Taylor Pearsons), 1900-1983

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Lawyer. A.B. Amherst m.c.l. 1922, L.H.D. (hon.) 1973; J.D. Harv. Law School 1925. In law practice with firm Root, Clark, Buckner and Ballantine, New York City, 1925-1932. General Solicitor, RFC, Wash., D.C., 1932-1933. Partner in N.Y. law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton, 1933-1961, 1965-1983. Served with United Nations, 1961-1965. First vice-president and member of administrative tribunal, United Nations, 1966-1980. Author of magazine articles; contributor to As We Knew Adlai (1965). ...

Root, Clark, Buckner, Howland and Ballantine.

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