The professional and personal life of Robert E. Mathews is documented in correspondence, printed materials, creative, financial documentation, reports, legal and legal-style documentation, photographs, and a work of art on paper, 1917-1980 (13.9 linear feet). The majority of the material represents his professional work, both as a law professor and with the legal profession as a whole. Dominating this group are course materials arranged by course title which he used primarily during his tenure at Ohio State University and the University of Texas at Austin, and as a visiting professor to other institutions (1925-1980, 5.7 feet). This group also contains significant amounts of correspondence and printed material regarding teaching opportunities (1955-1970, 0.5 feet); professional affiliations, such as the American Association of Law Schools, the American Bar Association, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Society of Labor Law, and the National Academy of Arbitrators (1939-1976, 1.5) feet. Drafts and finished versions of some of his publications are found in his papers (1942-1975, 2 feet), most notably those regarding the "problem method" of teaching which Mathews devised and introduced. Other collected publications, and reference and research materials are also part of his papers (1939-1976, 1.3 feet). A much smaller group of material provides insight into the personal life of Robert E. Mathews. (1917-1974, 0.8 feet). Correspondence with friends and family make up the bulk of this group. Noteworthy are the papers by and regarding his father, Shailer Mathews, a noted Baptist, theologian and co-founder of the University of Chicago Divinity School (1917-1973, folders).
