Papers, 1817-1968.

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Papers, 1817-1968.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, government documents, and files of annotated books, parliamentary debates, pamphlets, magazines and newspapers, used and collected by Lévitt for his study of the crisis in Rhodesia following its Unilateral Decalaration of Independence, November 11, 1965, together with his proposals for and efforts in behalf of a reconciliation between Rhodesia and Great Britain. 1974 addition includes papers relating to Lévitts teaching career at Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University, his professional and political activities in Connecticut, 1930-1933, and his service as special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, 1933-1937, representative of the Dept. of Justice on Committee of Advisors on Codification of Nationality Laws of the United States, and Judge of the U.S. District Court of the Virgin Islands. Includes court papers, study and research material on international treaties and nationality and comparative law, and miscellaneous personal and professional papers.

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Beadle, Hugh, Sir.

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Wall, Patrick J.

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