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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

University of Alabama - Correspondence & Memoranda – Extensive collection of correspondence and memoranda written during Daniel Meador’s tenure as Dean of University of Alabama School of Law; J. Edward Thornton, Ray Forrester, & John G. Hervey, Feasibility Study on Acquisition of Jones Law School and the Operation of Same as a State-Related Law School (c. 1967); Dean Ray Forrester, Dean John G. Hervey, & J. Edward Thornton, A Memorandum Submitted to the Committee Studying the Question of Whether the State of Alabama Should Establish Another State-Supported Law School (Feb. 20, 1967); memorandum, The Alabama Law Institute (Nov. 4, 1968) [proposal for funding of a State Law Institute in Alabama, written by Daniel Meador, Hugh Merrill, David Mathews, Samuel Pipes, and L. Vastine Stabler]; Memorandum, W. Taylor Reveley III, Report on the Alabama Law Review (Oct. 21, 1968); Memorandum, Location of the University of Alabama School of Law (May, 1969) [written by UA Law faculty members]; L. Vastine Stabler, Memorandum, The Alabama Law Institute and its Relationship to the University (July 7, 1969); John Ritchie, Dean of Northwestern University School of Law, Report on the Proposed Law Center at the University of Alabama (July 28, 1969); Memorandum from Daniel Meador to Edward M. Friend Jr., Failure of the President and the Administration of the University of Alabama to support the Law School in Program of Development and Its Drive for Excellence, 1969-1970 (Mar. 3, 1970); Julian B. McDonnell, An Experiment in Southern Educational Reform: The University of Alabama School of Law, 1966-1970; correspondence with Dean Hardy C. Dillard (1965); Alex S. Pow (1965-1968); Dean M. Leigh Harrison (1965); Robert McD. Smith (1965); UA President Frank A. Rose (1966-1969); Justice Thomas Seay Lawson (1968-1969); Gov. Albert P. Brewer (1968-1969); Forrest David Mathews (1968-1969); John C. H. Miller Jr. (1968); John Gaines Hervey (1968); Howell T. Heflin (1968); Douglas Arant (1968); Raymond F. McLain, Vice. Pres. For Academic Affairs, UA (1968-1970); AG MacDonald Gallion (1968); Oakley Melton Jr. (1968); Edward M. Friend Jr. (1968-1970); Prof. Robert L. Plunkett (1969); Hugh D. Merrill Jr. (1969); Prof. L. Vastine Stabler (1969); Prof. W. Taylor Reveley III (1969-1970); Edward S. Allen (1969); A. Leo Levin (1969); Prof. Willard F. Gray (1969); Prof. Igor I. Kavass (1969); Justice Hugo L. Black (1970); Prof. Frank R. Strong (1970); James B. Kobak Jr. (1970); Fournier J. Gale III (1970), 1965-1970

 File — Box: MSS 82-3e, Box 29

Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-1970

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Conditions Governing Access

There are some no restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 32 Cubic Feet (73 archival boxes, plus photographs and some oversized materials.)

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