Soia Mentschikoff papers 1929-1973 (inclusive).

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Soia Mentschikoff papers 1929-1973 (inclusive).

The Soia Mentschikoff Papers contain 9.25 linear feet of material and span 1929-1973, though the bulk of the materials were generated in the 1950s. The collection consists primarily of research materials related to Mentschikoff's work on arbitration and commercial law. Additionally, there are several smaller series that house materials related to Mentschikoff's teaching, writing and correspondence, and to the work of her husband, legal scholar Karl Llewellyn. Lastly, there is a series of general files which consists of materials that do not fit under these rubrics.

9.25 linear feet (19 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7789050

University of Chicago Library

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Mentschikoff, Soia, 1915-....

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Soia Mentschikoff (1915-1984) was born in Russia to American parents and moved to the United States shortly before the Revolution. She began her undergraduate degree at the age of fifteen, studying political science and English at Hunter College in New York. Upon graduation, she moved on to Columbia University where she completed her law degree in 1937. While working at several Wall Street firms, Mentshikoff developed a expertise in both labor and commercial law, writing extensively on arbitrati...

Llewellyn, Karl N. (Karl Nickerson), 1893-1962

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University of Chicago. Law school

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The Jury Project of the University of Chicago Law School was begun in the early fifties as part of an effort by the Law School to integrate the techniques of the social sciences into legal research. The project was funded primarily by the Ford Foundation. From the guide to the University of Chicago. Law School. Jury Project. Records, 1953-1959, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.) ...