Papers of Austin Wakeman Scott, 1915-1947 (inclusive).

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Papers of Austin Wakeman Scott, 1915-1947 (inclusive).

Includes reports, minutes and questionnaires reflecting Scott's involvement in Harvard Law School faculty committees, from 1929 to 1947; and correspondence while he was Acting Dean of the Law School from 1915 to 1916. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.

1 linear ft. of mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182344

Harvard University Archives.

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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...

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...

Scott, Austin Wakeman, 1884-1981

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Law teacher, legal scholar. A.B., Rutgers, 1903; LL.B., Harvard, 1909. LL.D., Rutgers, Harvard, Brown, Osgoode Hall; D.C.L. Oxford U., 1954. Member of Harv. Law S. faculty, 1910-1961; Emeritus, 1961-1981. Dean, Coll. of Law, State U. of Iowa, 1911-1912. Reporter for Am. Law Institute. President, AALS; Fellow, AAAS; Author: The Law of Trusts (various editions); articles in legal and other professional journals. From the description of Papers, 1906-1979. (Harvard Law School Library). W...