Records, 1928-1931.

Comstock, Ada Louise, 1876-1973

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Ada Louise Comstock (December 11, 1876 – December 12, 1973) was an American women's education pioneer. She served as the first dean of women at the University of Minnesota and later as the first full-time president of Radcliffe College. Ada Louise Comstock was born on December 11, 1876, in Moorhead, Minnesota, to Solomon Gilman Comstock, an attorney, and Sarah Ball Comstock. Her father recognized her capabilities and potential and set about to cultivate them by encouraging an early and sound ...

Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937

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Newton Diehl Baker Jr. (December 3, 1871 – December 25, 1937) was an American lawyer, Georgist, politician, and government official. He served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 to 1915. As U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921, Baker presided over the United States Army during World War I. Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Baker established a legal practice in Cleveland after graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law. He became progressive Democratic ally of...

Pound, Nathan Roscoe, 1870-1964

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Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 30, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a member of the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years, from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century. ...

United States. Wickersham Commission

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The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, popularly known as the Wickersham Commission, was appointed by President Hoover, under provisions of an act of March 4, 1929, to inquire "into the problem of the enforcement of prohibition under the provisions of the eighteenth amendment of the Constitution and laws enacted in pursuance thereof, together with the enforcement of other laws." Each of the 11 commissioners headed a committee that investigated and reported on one general aspe...

MacKintosh, Kenneth H.

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Norris, George William, 1861-1944

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U.S. representative and senator from Nebraska. From the description of Papers of George W. Norris, 1884-1944 (bulk 1893-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81101513 ...

Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

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Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...

Anderson, Henry W. (Henry Watkins), 1870-

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Richmond, Va., lawyer, Republican Party official, American Red Cross commissioner for Romania and Balkan states, and Virginia campaign chairman for William Howard Taft in 1908. From the description of Papers : of Henry Watkins Anderson, 1908-1973. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29391689 ...

Simpson, Sidney Post, 1898-1949

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Law professor. A.B., Knox Coll., 1917, LL.B., Harv. L.S., 1922. Law practice in Wash., D.C., 1922-1925; N.Y.C., 1925-1931. Consultant on cost of crime for U.S. Wickersham Commission, 1929-1931. Prof. of Law, Harv. U., 1931-1947. Author: Report on the Cost of Crime (1931); (with Z. Chafee) Cases on Equity (1934); (with A.W. Scott) Cases on Judicial Remedies (1938). From the description of Papers of Sidney Post Simpson, 1922-1931 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat reco...

National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.

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