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Neill H. Alford Jr. papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-90-3

Dates: 1942 - 1989

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Perkins & Perkins Law Firm Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS 4407

Scope and Contents

The records chiefly contain legal correspondence, financial and legal documents and bound folio volumes from the law firm of Perkins and Perkins, consisting of George Perkins and his son, W. Allan Perkins, 1903-1916.

In addition, some legal correspondence and documents represent the service of George Perkins as attorney for the City of Charlottesville, 1904-1916. There is very little personal correspondence or documents in these records.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1751, 1835-1920

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

R. Randolph Hicks case briefs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2016-04

Scope and Contents This collection contains 10 volumes (numbered I-VII and IX-XI) of briefs for cases in which R. Randolph Hicks participated. Two of the volumes pertain to the Stein, et al v. Morris, et al suit, related the Morris Plan banks. David Stein, a former client of Arthur J. Morris, sued him arguing that he had stolen the idea from him, but the court found against him. (Gunnar Trumbull, Consumer Lending in France and America. Credit...

Dates: 1895 - 1915

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Richard Watson docket book

Collection

Identifier: MSS-91-3

Scope and Contents

This handwritten docket book, 1871-1889, contains information about cases handled by Richard Watson, an attorney in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Most of the cases concern debt settlements, but also included are commercial disputes and probate matters. The records contain information about disposition, costs, fees, and actions taken. The volume begins with an index of clients.

Dates: 1871 - 1889

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Robert Korver manuscript collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-85-15

Dates: 1854 - 1900

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Roger B. Taney papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-87-3

Dates: 1792 - 1818

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

S. Robbins and E. N. Gates records of accounts

Collection

Identifier: MSS-96-4

Scope and Contents

The S. Robbins and E. N. Gates record of accounts includes accounts and cases from around Ohio (Montgomery, Clear Creek, Milton, Orange, Jackson, Vermillion, Mansfield), as indexed in the rear, and with brief descriptions at the front of the book as to the kind of legal services rendered (or the legal issues being tested - gaming, bastardy, deeds, pension papers, for trespass, for killing a dog, tavern license, patent papers, etc.).

Dates: 1839 - 1842

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Samuel E. Smith record book

Collection

Identifier: MSS-93-7

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one small leatherbound journal containing two sets of records. The front of the book contains a list of court actions for Lincoln County [Maine] Superior Judicial Court 1818 - 1820. The back of the book contains Smith's notes and records as administrator of the estate of Joseph E. Smith, 1837 - 1850.

Dates: 1818 - 1850

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Shotwell law firm collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-98-6

Scope and Contents This collection contains a bound lawyer's docket book, with entries from 1823 to 1836 and from 1842 to 1888, both indexed. The earliest entries are likely from the law office of Chauncey Dewey in Cadiz, Ohio, during his association with Steubenville lawyer Benjamin Tappan. The later entries are first from the law office of Dewey & Shotwell, a partnership between Chauncey Dewey and Stuart B. Shotwell, also in Cadiz. Dewey retired from the partnership in 1849, so entries after that date...

Dates: 1823 - 1888

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Aubrey E. Strode papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss 3014

Scope and Contents Aubrey E. Strode (1861-1969,88 cubic feet) was a Virginia lawyer, state senator and eugenics advocate who drafted the Virginia sterilization law and brought Buck vs. Bell to the Supreme Court. This collection consists of his personal and professional papers concerning his family, law practice, army service, political and legislative activities as a member of the Virginia Senate, the Virginia Democratic Party and the Progressive movement, and as a co-owner of the newspaper, The Amherst...

Dates: 1861-1969

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Thomas D. Ranson record book

Collection

Identifier: MSS-97-9

Scope and Contents

This book of Thomas D. Ranson (Law 1868), a Staunton, VA, attorney, contains a name index in the front; numbered pages are headed by client name; dates are given in the left margin and action or activity described to the right of them. Entries cease after page 189.

Dates: 1884 - 1912

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Watts family papers-addition

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 12170

Content Description The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at "Oaklands" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James...

Dates: 1786-1950

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

William F. Long papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-88-3

Scope and Contents The practice of Long and Sadler, as documented in this collection, was characteristic of legal work in a small town in the early twentieth century. The cases are virtually all civil, primarily trusts and estates, real estate, insurance, torts, and divorce. From the earliest period of Long's practice, there are very few documents: one case file, two bound abstracts of title, and a ledger book dating from the early 1900s. After 1914, Long's time was apparently taken up primarily by his duties...

Dates: 1906 - 1967

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

William Minor Lile journals

Collection

Identifier: MSS-89-1

Dates: 1882 - 1932

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

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Neill H. Alford Jr. papers

Perkins & Perkins Law Firm Records

R. Randolph Hicks case briefs

Richard Watson docket book

Robert Korver manuscript collection

Roger B. Taney papers

S. Robbins and E. N. Gates records of accounts

Samuel E. Smith record book

Shotwell law firm collection

Aubrey E. Strode papers

Thomas D. Ranson record book

Watts family papers-addition

William F. Long papers

William Minor Lile journals

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