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RG 32/200-78 Records of the Student Legal Forum , 1946-1969

 Series

Scope and Contents

These records are comprised of general correspondence files, clippings, a scrapbook that begun when Robert F. Kennedy was president of the Student Legal Forum and a card file of speakers.

The correspondents include Ralph Bunche, Justice Harold H. Burton, Archibald Cox, J. W. Fulbright, John Foster Dulles, Justice William O. Douglas, Justice Felix Frankfurter, Gerald Ford, Barry Goldwater, Mills Goodwin, Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, John Lindsay, Thurgood Marshall, William Proxmire, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr,, George Romney, David Rockefeller, Eric Sevareid, Arthur Schlesinger, and Justice Potter Stewart.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1946-1969

Full Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Arrangement

These files are arranged alphabetically. The first six folders contain specific information on the Forum's history and membership, and correspondence on financial matters, Rhodesia, and the Ridley Whitaker Memorial. Following these are twenty folders of general correspondence and finally a minute book of Forum meetings.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These files were transferred to the archives by the Student Legal Forum in May of 1978.

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