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Clarence B. Pearce papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-86-2

Scope and Contents

The papers of Clarence B. Pearce consist primarily of letters written by Pearce to his mother as well as photographs of Pearce and the University of Virginia grounds while Pearce was a law student (1917 - 1921). His college activities included participation in the debating society and service on the editorial board of Virgina Law Review.

Dates

  • Creation: 1916 - 1920

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Clarence B. Pearce of Kirkwood, Georgia, enrolled at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1917 when he was about 19 years old. His father, who apparently was a soldier in World War I, died in 1916, and Pearce's education was interrupted by a brief stint in the Army just before the Armistice in 1919. Away from home while at the University, Pearce wrote his mother frequently, at least for the periods represented by the letters in this gift. Early in his academic career he was active in the debating society, and later was selected for the editorial board of theVirginia Law Review, at that time a publication in serious financial difficulty. In these letters Pearce does not mention any of his professors by name, but he does discuss the books he is using for some of his courses, the amount of studying he does, and the strain and tension surrounding the exam period. For most of the time he was at the University he lived on Dawson's Row. The collection contains snapshots of Pearce and his friends around the Grounds.

Full Extent

80 items

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers of Clarence B. Pearce were given to the Law Library in 1986 by his daughter, Gary Pearce Lehan, and her husband, Judge James E. Lehan.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States