Papers of Eldon R. James, 1918?-1951 (inclusive).

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

James, Phila S.

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Yarnell, H.E.

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Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

James, Eldon R. (Eldon Revare), 1875-1949

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Law professor. B.S., LL.B., Cincinnati, 1896, 1899; S.J.D., Harvard, 1912. Practiced law in Cincinnati, 1899-1911. Prof. of Law, Cincinnati Law School, 1902-1912; U. of Wis., 1912-1913; U. of Minnesota, 1913-1914; Dean, Law School, U. of Missouri, 1914,-1918. Adviser in Foreign Affairs to Siamese Govt., 1918-1924. Judge, Supreme Court of Siam, 1919-1924. Prof. of Law and Librarian, Harvard Law, 1923-1942. Law Librarian of Congress, 1943-1946. From the description of Papers relating t...