Reminiscences of Walter Gellhorn : oral history, 1977.

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Reminiscences of Walter Gellhorn : oral history, 1977.

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Angelo Herndon case; postwar years at Columbia Law School: impressions of deans, faculty members, Columbia presidents; American Civil Liberties Union activities, 1940s-50s; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund activities, from 1940s; McCarthy investigations; 1951 British National Health Service study; 1952 study of families and children in courts; 1957 study on revision of New York State Constitution; visiting professorships: Tokyo, Harvard and others; legal educational standards work for Association of American Law Schools, presidency, 1963; research on citizen grievance-handling mechanisms, especially ombudsmanship; 1969 study on eligibility of church-related institutions for state funds; 1968 Columbia student demonstrations; women and blacks in legal education and profession; contract and grievance arbitration since 1936; establishment of National Legal Services Corporation; activities as trustee of Amherst College, 1960-72.

Transcript: 603 leaves.Tape: 9 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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