Papers, 1882-1934 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1882-1934 (inclusive).

Contains primarily legal subject files, but also correspondence, writings by others, teaching materials, student grades and reports, offprints, clippings, biographical material, and memorabilia. Legal subject files contain material used for lectures and research. Correspondents include Grace Abbott regarding child labor legislation and Agnes Nestor about women's rights. Also includes records relating to University of Chicago administration, the construction of Harper Memorial Library, and the Social Science Research Council.

21 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7650071

University of Chicago Library

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Freund, Ernst, 1864-1932

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Professor of law. J.U.D., University of Heidelberg, 1884; Ph. D. Columbia University, 1897. Professor of administrative law and municipal corporations, Columbia University, 1892-1893. Instructor in Roman law and jurisprudence, University of Chicago, 1894-1895; assistant professor, 1895-1900; associate professor of jurisprudence and public law, 1900-1902; professor of law, 1902-1932; J.P. Wilson Professor of Law, 1929-1932. From the description of Papers, 1882-1934 (inclusive). (Unive...

Social Science Research Council (U.S.)

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Nestor, Agnes

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University of Chicago. Library.

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George Musgrave Giger was classics professor at Princeton University, 1850-65. Francis Turretin (1623-1687) was a theologian. From the guide to the Microfilms of a Translation of Franois Turrettin, Institutio Theologiae Elencticae, 20th century (copies of 19th century originals), (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...

Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939

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Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, in 1876. She received her A.B. from the University of Nebraska in 1901 and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1905. From 1906 to 1908, she continued post-graduate studies in economics and political science at the University of London. In 1908, Edith returned to Chicago and became a resident of Hull House until 1920. Between 1908 and 1920, she served as Associate Director of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy at the...

University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...