Peter L. Paull photographs and programs
Scope and Contents
This collection contains faculty photographs and programs used in The Libel Show, an annual theatrical production that has been lampooning professors and life at the Law School since 1908. The Libel Show programs date from 1949 to 1964 with some gaps.
The photographs were used in connection with the magazine for the class of 1967.
Dates
- Creation: 1949 - 1964
Creator
- Paull, Peter L. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Peter L. Paull Jr. graduated from the Law School in 1967 and has been practicing law in New Bedford, Massachusetts, since 1970. He is also admitted to practice in Virginia and Connecticut.
The Libel Show is an annual theatrical production lampooning law professors and Law School life. Originated by the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity in 1908, by 1961 the size of the show had outgrown the population of the fraternity and became an independent production. The Libel Show includes a variety of impresonations, song parodies, and skits.
Full Extent
21 items
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Law Library by Peter L. Paull Jr. on July 31, 2001.
Materials Specific Details
The photographs are located in the photo collection file cabinets. The Libel show programs were merged with other programs in RG 32/201 Libel
Subject
- Paull, Peter L. (Person)
- Dillard, Hardy Cross, 1902-1982 (Person)
- Alford, Neill, H., Jr., 1919-2007 (Person)
- Bergin, Thomas F., 1924-2014 (Person)
- Gregory, Charles O., 1902-1987 (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
archives@law.virginia.edu