NOTE: Alphabetized biographies of UT law professors (@ 40 total).

NOTE: List of all full professors at UT from 1883-1956; list of voting members of the Law School faculty, 1960-1961.

NOTE: Reunion announcement for Class of 1915-1916, held July 1950; correspondence from Bobbitt to Dean Keeton and Leon Green regarding financial support from UT Law graduates and the possibility of new law building. "Green File."

NOTE: Published speech given on Texas Independence Day,1917, to UT student body of the University of Texas in response to Regents stand against Professor R. E. Cofer and his "political activities". Also includes Regent Will C. Hogg correspondence on Cofer's political activities.

NOTE: Brief biography of Butte; letter from President Calvin Coolidge accepting Butte's resignation as Attorney General of Porto Rico (sic); several letters to Calvin Coolidge, urging the appointment of Butte to the Federal Court of Appeals.

NOTE: Correspondence, memoranda, printed materials, including documents defining accusations against Professor Cofer, and Cofer's written defense.

NOTE: Correspondence between President H.Y. Benedict and Prof. George Stumberg regarding Cofer's appointment.

NOTE: UT biographical data sheet on Green which outlines his whole career, with bibliography(1971); early article by Green, "A Defense of Jefferson Davis" (1907).

NOTE: Green's report cards from UT courses and correspondence courses.

NOTE: Correspondence & printed materials, including job offers from Northwestern and Yale; annual report/record of schooling and professional career; letter from Ramsey Clark, former student and son of Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, concerning a semester grade.

NOTE: Correspondence; printed materials; speeches by Green concerning the values of the college experience; paper questioning the validity of bar admission requirements.

NOTE: Correspondence & printed materials, including Green speech "Fifty Years of Tort Law Teaching", and comments made at Green's retirement in 1977 and his memorial service, Oct. 23,1979.

NOTE: Includes "Must a Professor First Be a Practicing Lawyer?" by Roscoe Pound. Green correspondence discussing job offers, appointments and new law schools at SMU, Missouri, North Carolina, Harvard, and UT.

NOTE: Contains articles: "Use of Case Books and Texas Law School"; draft typescript with corrections of "Great Teaching of Law"; "The Law Teaching Process"; and "Basic Training for Law School".

NOTE: Speeches & correspondence, including recommendation by Green on the abilities of Ira P. Hildebrand to serve as Dean.

NOTE: Correspondence with Professor Edson R. Sunderland of U. of Michigan Law School.

NOTE: Professional correspondence with colleagues and friends, including a letter recommending Charles Alan Wright for the Supreme Court to Attorney General John Mitchell.

NOTE: Correspondence from ex-students including Senator Ralph Yarborough and Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.

NOTE: Speeches, correspondence & printed materials, including address by Green on the importance of doctors & lawyers in society, Oct. 1936; "From Law To Administration," Jan. 1935; address to the ABA, "Basic Concepts-Persons, Property, Relations," Sept. 1937.

NOTE: Includes transcripts from a radio show at Northwestern University where Green participated in roundtable discussions of contemporary problems; letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower regarding his "Little Rock Message of 1958"; letters from U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace.

NOTE: Correspondence between James Guleke and Ira Hildebrand discussing character/motives of Leon Green and his support of President Roosevelt and the New Deal; Hilldebrand, Guleke, and Congressman Tom Connally concerning Roosevelt's backing of Green for a federal judgeship.

NOTE: Includes letters from Tom Clark, Henry Stimson, Justice John Paul Stevens and Sen. Ralph Yarborough.

NOTE: Correspondence proposing that faculty partake in "lively educational group" to discuss problems of legal education at UT.

NOTE: Correspondence with organizations including Austin City Council; Governor Adlai Stevenson; National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax; and the Harry S. Truman Administration following the firing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

NOTE: Letters from Green to his son (1962), and grandson, John (1970, 1971).

NOTE: Letter to Barbara Ruud telling story about buckwheat.

NOTE: Letters from friends/former colleagues on his death; memorial service tributes by Page Keeton and Keith Morrison.

NOTE: Biographical information on Thomas Watt Gregory, Law Class of 1885 (from the Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress); correpondence between Gregory and W.T. Mather, UT School of Physics, concerning Mather's dismissal from the university as a result of a Regents "Americans Only" policy in response to World War I.

NOTE: Correspondence with prospective professors regarding salary concerns, leaves of absence, etc., revealing Hildebrand's philosophy on teaching.

NOTE: Correspondence concerning potential law professors; need for increase of professor salaries to their pre-depression levels.

NOTE: Speech given by Prof. Bryant Smith at Dean Hildebrand's retirement; Hildebrand's retirement speech; and short biography.

NOTE: Keeton speeches: "The Role of the Lawyer in Modern Society" ; "Law and Mankind in a Changing World"; and "The Law School and the University Baptist Church."

NOTE: Keeton speeches including one delivered at Freshman Convocation urging students to learn, use, and acquire knowledge rather than memorize facts/figures (1951); notes from panel discussion of case study method (1952).

NOTE: Speech by Keeton before the Railroad Attorneys in Houston.

NOTE: Speeches, correspondence & memoranda.

NOTE: News clippings from Austin American and Daily Texan following debates between Chairman of the UT Board of Regents, Frank Erwin and Dean of the Law School, W. Page Keeton, over the acceptance of out-of-state students (Erwin against/Keeton for).

NOTE: Contains short history of law school, starting from Keeton's time as student in 1931, to summer of 1968, and the improvement of the school during that time. Mentions recent battle with Regent Frank Erwin.

NOTE: Articles written about Keeton and his 25 years as Law School Dean.

NOTE: Correspondence and printed materials highlighting McCormick's later years at the Law School, including faculty lists, letters with former students, employees and colleagues; newspaper clippings from various school publications including the Columbia Law School News (1947), and the Daily Texan (1949).

NOTE: Two papers by Green on McCormick, one on his resigning as dean, the other on his retirement.

NOTE: Speeches, biographies of McCormick and bibliographies of his published works, one possibly prepared by Leon Green, upon McCormick's death.

NOTE: Manuscript biographical sketch on Potts, w/annotated bibliography. "From Leon Green file."

NOTE: Short biography on Roberts; materials from thesis done on Roberts (1932).

NOTE: Letters between Dean McCormick and UT president urging favorable consideration of re-hiring Stumberg as Distinguished Professor of Law, after he was fired by the regents.

NOTE: Printed biography & bibliography for scholarship fund brochure.

NOTE: Includes Townes obituary; Townes' paper on "Organization and Operation of a Law School"; a "characterization" of Townes by Alfred M. Scott; Townes' paper on "Distinguishing Traits of a Good Lawyer."

NOTE: Correspondence with presidents of UT including Annual Reports; requesting relief from his duties as Dean (1913); and one addressed to President Vinson requesting that the Law School stay open despite low enrollment due to the war (Aug. 20, 1918). Also includes correspondence with the Committee on Reorganization of the Law School; and concerning the "Resolution to Place Law School on Two-Term Basis".

NOTE: Program and remarks made by Honorable Joseph Hutcheson, Jr., Dean McCormick, Edgar E. Townes and Enrico Cerracchio (sculptor at the dedication of Judge John C. Townes bust.)

NOTE: Includes Department of State Registers; typescript draft of paper on von Struve written by Richard English; printed article on von Struve from "Burnet County History."

NOTE: Printed materials including examination given to senior constitutional law class of 1895-1896; schedule of required classes,1906-1907; C.S. Potts' article reflecting on the early years of the Law School.

NOTE: Publication describing policies/general mission of the UT Law School during the early years; "History of the Law Department-- Later the Law School"; Annual Report of the Law School for 1904-1905.

NOTE: Printed materials concerning construction of law building. Includes note attached from Quen Garza questioning the appearance of two dedication ceremonies for the new law building in the documents.

NOTE: Alcalde article on "The Peregrinus Raid". Also includes changes in Law School enrollment procedures during the war and adoption of tougher admission standards after the war contained in the Announcements of Courses for Department of Law 1918-1919, 1919-1920, 1920-1921.

NOTE: Includes "Women Graduates of the School of Law of the University of Texas"; Report of committee appointed to investigate allegations by Texas Observer (Oct. 21, 1960) regarding integration of Negro students at the Law School; memorandum from faculty (1971) proposing a program for special or alternate admission to the Law School; paper (1975?) regarding Chicano Law Students Association and Thurgood Marshall Legal Society.

NOTE: Includes UT President Battle's feud with Governor Ferguson over state appropriations and Ferguson's attempts to pressure UT to fire law professors George C. Butte & Robert E. Cofer. Contains Ferguson's lettter about Battle; Battle's response to Ferguson's accusations; UT President's Office / Board of Regents correspondence, 1916-1917; termination letters to Butte and Cofer from President Vinson; letter from Dean Townes to Vinson regarding reinstatement of Cofer and Butte; Ex-students' Association document: "Ferguson's War on the University of Texas".

NOTE: Includes Leon Green speech to Law School faculty, 1925; Ira P. Hildebrand speech to Law School alumni, 1937; "Twenty-Third Biennial Report of the Board of Regents, 1926-1927, 1927-1928; "A Model Oil and Gas Contract, by George C. Butte, 1919."

NOTE: Correspondence & printed materials, including letter to Maurice Loeke on plans to establish Texas Law Journal; marketing & promotion of Texas Law Review; John Anthony, author of "History of Texas Law Review: The Missing First Chapter."

NOTE: Includes rules concerning exam policies; results of exams given to first-year students, 1929-1930; summary of registration, passing, failing grades earned, Summer, 1937.

NOTE: Correspondence & printed materials on Law School traditions such as the Peregrinus mascot, Sunflower Ceremony, and school cheers/skits performed by UT Law School faculty at early Assault & Flattery revues. "From Green Files."

NOTE: Correspondence from one ex-student, who says views are shared by five or six others.

NOTE: Explains the goals of the Law School, and includes a short history, list of faculty and law school budgets for 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1926-1927, 1927-1928, 1928-1929. Created in response to a Regents proposal to reorganize the Law School.

NOTE: Letters to the Alcalde magazine regarding the case method and the "Harvardizing" of the Law School.

NOTE: Includes budget & salary infomation, 1923-1926; letter to President Splawn regarding dismissal of Professor Potts; letters of resignation by McCormick and Leon Green.

NOTE: Memorandum to Dean Townes from Library Committee asking for $10,000 to fill gaps in law library collection (1923); two histories of the Law Library.

NOTE: Correspondence regarding UT's petition for an Order of the Coif chapter; copy of the actual petition, including brief history of the school, a summation of the library holdings and brief profiles of the faculty.

NOTE: Contains draft self-study report/goal setting for UT Law School (1976); rejection letter for a Green book; and a press release marking the Law School's 50th anniversary. "From Green Files."

NOTE: Correspondence between Hildebrand and law professors at Southern Methodist University and Baylor University regarding ABA ammended rules for admission to the bar and government standards for lawyers.

NOTE: Correspondence, drawings, and printed materials about Law School traditions, including the Peregrinus mascot; rivalry with the Engineers; and the Sunflower graduation ceremony. Includes Russell Savage's Real Property textbook where he sketched the Peregrinus.

NOTE: Correspondence, printed material concerning dean selection, including letter of acceptance from Charles McCormick.

NOTE: Correspondence, printed materials regarding establishment of legal aid program at the Law School; includes Alcalde and Daily Texan articles discussing the new facility.

NOTE: Correspondence concerning the Texas Negro Scholarship (1939); to President T. S. Painter urging the admittance of Sweatt. Printed materials "Heman Marion Sweatt: Civil Rights Plaintiff" and "Blacks Challenge the White University".

NOTE: Articles include overcrowding in the law school; the Baake decision (U.S. Supreme Court eliminated minority quotas in higher education institutions); sexism/racism & admittance to UT Law School; Regent Frank Erwin's desire to control faculty salaries at the Law School; and change from the LL.B. to the J.D. degree.

NOTE: Proposal for creation of a Law School Foundation to UT president from Dean McCormick.

NOTE: Correspondence between UT President Rainey and Angus G. Wynne over a misunderstanding as to the number of chairs for the Law School in the budget; biographical data relating to Distinguished Professors Stayton, Stumberg and Walker.

NOTE: Report from special committee of the law faculty on the need for a new law facility.

NOTE: Includes memorandum to the law faculty regarding students' poor use of English; "Supplementary Report on the Committee of Law Review Credit."

NOTE: Contains speeches, correspondence, memoranda, printed materials including "The University of Texas Law School- Its Present Crisis" by Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr. over inadequate funding; letter by Dean Keeton to faculty regarding Law School curriculum; letters to/from Keeton regarding location of new law building, 1950-1951.

NOTE: Printed materials, including news clippings from Daily Texan about strife between the Texas Union and the Law School over lack of money for Law Day and law student fees; memoranda on a variety of subjects.

NOTE: Includes "News Sheet" reporting the whereabouts of UT students called to war; survey sent to students requesting enrollment status at UT Law School after war; news clipping from Daily Texan, July 11, 1943, reporting increased population of 'girls' at the law school for summer session; budget discussions between dean and UT president for 1945-1946.

NOTE: Documentation to prove need for new law building, and proposed floor plans.

NOTE: Statement of J.R. Parten of Houston, former member of the Board of Regents, before the State Senate Educational Committee in its investigation of UT. Concerned with academic freedom.

NOTE: Includes "Trends Since World War I," and "The University's Place in the System of Higher Education."

NOTE: Correspondence between UT Law Librarian Helen Hargrave & Law Librarian Bessie Davis Randall of Texas State University for Negroes; shelf list entitled "A Law Library of 10,000 Volumes."

NOTE: Correspondence & printed materials, including an offer to Heman Sweatt to attend the school; raising Helen Hargrave's salary to compensate her for running two libraries; a report to the governor from Dean Charles T. McCormick of the Texas State University for Negroes School of Law; teaching assignments for the "Negro Law School "; contributions to the negro student loan fund; and an audit report prepared on the School of Law of The Texas State University for Negroes, January 31,1949.

NOTE: Letter from McCormick at Harvard to Green at Northwestern discussing mutual friends.

NOTE: Correspondence describes the school, the students and the early law professors, ca. 1882-1907.

NOTE: Memorandum from Prof. E. W. Bailey to the Law School faculty regarding a controversial property casebook allegedly containing "Communist propaganda" used by Prof. Corwin Johnson; "Detailed Summary of the Contents of McDougal and Haber's Real Property Casebook."

NOTE: "A speech delivered to the University Ex-Students Association at the State Bar Convention in Fort Worth on July 2, 1949."

NOTE: Two articles on the the student-supported Law School publication and its first editor, Pat Tennant.

NOTE: Two copies of "The Dicta: The Voice of the Law Students"; and lyrics to "The Common Law of Texas", sung to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas," which was sung by Prof. Corwin Johnson at the 1959 AALS meeting.

NOTE: "Growth Plan for the Texas Law Review, May 12, 1961" ( result of a year's study by1960-1961 staff of the Texas Law Review); editorial policy concerning notes, role of law review advisor.

NOTE: Memorandum from Dean Page Keeton to the law students discussing population increase/toughened admissions requirements; memorandum to Dean Keeton from Admissions Committee on Law School enrollment statistics; Townes Hall Notes article on national law school attendance figures (1974).

NOTE: Brief history of The Dicta, the official publication of the University of Texas Student Bar Association; program from Law Day at Townes Hall (1955); program from the A.W. Walker Room dedication (1987).

NOTE: Includes memorandum by Page Keeton (1956) discussing the admission of students with low grade point averages; "A Program for Alternative Admission to the Law School," (1971); "Interim Report Minority Recruitment Committee" (1974); "Special Admissions Program: Facts and Figures" outlining the matriculation of minority students at the Law School, 1968-1970, 1972-1976.

NOTE: Correspondence, memoranda and printed materials including the Board of Regents and Dean Keeton discussing conflict of interest of faculty involvement in lawsuits against UT (1961); Charles Alan Wright correspondence concerning the Judicial Conference of the United States.

NOTE: Constitution and By-laws of the Law School's highest honors organization.

NOTE: Correspondence while each at UT, Harvard U., U. of Chicago, Northwestern U., Washington U., or Columbia U..

NOTE: Topics include Order of the Coif (1963); Amendment to the Honor Code-Proposals (1964); Admissions Policies (1970-1971); Law School Budget (1970); Anti-Discrimination Policies (1971); Culturally Disadvantaged Student Program (1970).

NOTE: Includes correspondence addressed to State Representative Burke Musgrove in which UT Law School faculty members defend Professor Joel Jay Finer pertaining to his advocacy of the use of psychedelic drugs; letter in the Daily Texan signed by several faculty members opposing U.S. involvement in Vietnam (Feb.1968); article about Dean Page Keeton's comments on sex legislation which appeared in Playboy.

NOTE: Faculty memoranda on grading standards; a report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Grading Standards (1976).

NOTE: Daily Texan article by John Sutton (then soon to be Dean of Law School) discussing the need for more funds to offer more competitive courses; article hailing Tarlton Law Library as the 6th largest academic law library; Philip Bobbitt memorandum on caliber of graduates, their power with the legislature.

NOTE: Photocopy charges, requests for payment.

NOTE: Includes Registrar report showing matriculation of UT by department & gender, 1883-1928; basic Law School course information, 1902-1903.

NOTE: Includes papers by John C. Townes (1917); Ira P. Hildebrand (1924); Steven Wilson (student, 1964); and Hans W. Baade (1982).

NOTE: Correspondence, memoranda, and printed materials on UT law school history projects including "Beginnings of the Law Library " by Hans Baade with Rich Leiter; and "Development of Texas Oil and Gas Law Since 1925-- With Some Personal Reminiscences", by A. W. Walker, Jr.

NOTE: Includes correspondence, memorandum on the need for writing a Law School history; a biographical sketch of Charles T. McCormick by Leon Green; memorandum from Tarlton Law Library announcing exhibit, "A Coming of Age: The U.T. Law School and its Deans" (1988); "History of the Univ. of Texas School of Law, 1883-1940" by Marshall Sherwood, 1960.

NOTE: Two typescript drafts and one finished paper. Author was UT School of Law, class of 1921.

NOTE: Includes T. J. Gibson's short history on the UT Law School; an article on Austin College Law School; two substantial bibliographies of law school histories; several copies of law school histories, including Univ. of Minnesota Law School, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia and Arizona State; and correspondence with writers and other parties interested in the production of a UT School of Law history.

NOTE: Contains a 13-page annotated bibliography "Law School Histories and Commemorative Publications" by Tarlton Law Librarian Daniel Martin; and an article by Alfred S. Konefsky and John Henry Schlegal, "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Histories of American Law Schools," in which the authors contend that the bulk of law school histories are nothing more than "tributes to the American Law Professor and the establishment of his preserve..." and remark that more research is required to reveal each school's individual characteristics and the social contexts in which they are embedded.

NOTE: Two typescript drafts (both different) of article published in Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 1982.

NOTE: Typescript draft of published work on Green and McCormick, pages 1-200.

NOTE: Typescript draft of published work on Green and McCormick, pages 201-352.

NOTE: Typescript draft of monograph on the trial of early UT Law School alumnus (Class of 1886) Albert T. Patrick, accused murderer of William Marsh Rice (founder of Rice University, Houston). Story includes several other prominent Texans. Hans Baade's article "Law at Texas: The Roberts-Gould Era (1883-1893)" is cited as a source as well. The monograph was published in 1994 and is covered by copyright laws. Item is in Tarlton Law Library, call no. HV 6534 N5 F74 1994.