Herbert L. Packer papers, 1942-1972.

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Herbert L. Packer papers, 1942-1972.

Papers primarily contain correspondence, but also include articles, drafts, conference materials, financial records, and administrative files. Subjects include his academic career at Yale and Stanford; his research and writing on the Alger Hiss trial; the government witness project undertaken at Stanford; and other legal issues. Correspondents include Robert Barnard, Edward N. Benjamin, Palmer L. Bevis, Warren Christopher, Robert A. Koch, Richard W. Lyman, Phil C. Neal, Louis B. Schwartz, Thomas W. Swan, Donald F. Turner and Edwin Zimmerman.

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Stanford university. School of law

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Turner, Donald F.

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Donald Frank Turner (1921-1994) was a law clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court from 1950 to 1951, and served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Anti-Trust Division at the Department of Justice from 1965 to 1968. He was also a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C., and a professor of law at Harvard Law School and Georgetown University. From the description of Turner, Donald F. (Donald Frank), 1921-1994 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 1058230...

Schwartz, Louis B.

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Louis B. Schwartz (1913-2003) was an attorney and law professor known for his work on penal code reform and anti-trust laws. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the Wharton School in 1932, followed by the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1935. He served as an attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935-1939, with the U.S. Department of Justice's general crimes and special projects section and the anti-trust division from 1939-1946. He also served two years i...

Neal, Phil C.

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Packer, Herbert L., 1925-1972.

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Herbert L. Packer earned his B.A. (1944) and LL.B. (1949) at Yale University. After private practice in a Washington law firm, he came to Stanford as Associate Professor of Law in 1956, appointed Professor in 1959. From 1967 to 1969 he served as Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Programs. After suffering a massive stroke, he returned to the Law School in the fall of 1969. He was named Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law in 1971. Professor Packer's first book, EX-COMMUNIST WITNESSES: FOUR ...

Lyman, Richard W.

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Richard Lyman was Stanford's seventh president, serving from September 1970 to the summer of 1980. He first came to Stanford in 1958 to teach in the history department; he served as vice president and provost from 1967 to 1970. Under Lyman's leadership, the university first embarked on rigorous cost control and budget-cutting programs, and then on the ambitious "Campaign for Stanford" to raise $300 million. The successful five-year drive raised $132 million for the university's endowment and add...

Swan, Thomas W.

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Barnard, Robert L., 1932-

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English mystery author; also uses pseudonym: Bernard Bastable; b. 1936. From the description of Robert Barnard collection, 1974-1986. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70967624 ...

KOCH, ROBERT ALAN

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Zimmerman, Edwin

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Bevis, Palmer L.

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Benjamin, Edward W.

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Christopher, Warren

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Warren Christopher was born on October 27, 1925. He received a B.S. from the University of Southern California in 1945 and an LL.B. from Stanford University in 1949. He has been a lawyer in private practice in Los Angeles since 1950. He served as Deputy Attorney General during the Lyndon Johnson administration, 1967 to 1969, and he served as Deputy Secretary of State during the Carter administration, 1977 to 1981. As Deputy Secretary of State, he handled the negotiations for release of the Ameri...