Overview
Papers relating to Charles C. Burlingham's personal and professional affairs, cultural affairs in New York City, efforts on behalf of civic and judicial reform, alumni activities with Harvard College and Columbia University Law School, espousal of civil liberties causes, and work on behalf of the Episcopal Church.
Dates
- Creation: 1876 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 collection (22 boxes and 1 Paige box)The 8,500 items in the Papers of Charles Culp Burlingham (1858-1959), attorney, civic leader, reformer, span the years 1876 to 1960, with the bulk of the Papers falling into the 1920-1958 period. The collection consists mainly of correspondence. In addition it includes reports, government documents, drafts and printed copies-of writings and speeches, genealogies, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photo-clippings, printed items and photos. The Papers of Charles C. Burlingham reflect his capacity for close and enduring friendships, his keen, lifelong interest in the cultural affairs of New York City, his indefatigable efforts on behalf of civic and judicial reform, his loyalty to his two Alma Maters Harvard College and Columbia University, his leadership in his profession, his espousal of civil liberties causes, his dedication to the welfare of his Church and its outreach.
Charles C. Burlingham retained papers for the following organizations in which he held office, journalistic endeavors in which he participated, and civic and church-related movements and affairs in which he served as driving force or critic:
- Association of the Bar of the Cityof New York, 1927-1958
- Berkeley Divinity School, NewHaven, Connecticut, 1920-1959
- Christianity and Crisis (ajournal), 1941-1950
- The Episcopal Church,1921-1959
- The preservation of Fort Clinton, N.Y.,1942-1958
- The Fusion Campaigns of 1933 and 1937 in NewYork City
- Harvard Alumni Association, 1933-1953
- Harvard Fund Council, 1932-1952
- Harvard Researchin International Law, 1930-1941
- New York StateJudiciary, 1922-1959
- National Child Labor Committee,1935, 1937
- New York City Board of Education,1895-1942
- Sacco-Vanzetti case, 1927-1929
- St. George's Church, New York City, 1920-1959
- U.S.Supreme Court Bill, 1937
- Washington Square, New YorkCity, 1949-1958
- Welfare Council of New York City,1931-1952
- World Court, 1939-1946
There is a small group of biographical-genealogical material relating to Burlingham and his family. It includes chapters of an unfinished autobiography of Charles C. Burlingham and thirty-one of his diaries/appointment books covering the years 1928-1959.
Charles C. Burlingham's major correspondents were:
- Dean Acheson
- Adolf A. Berle, Jr.
- Louis Dembitz Brandeis
- Nicholas MurrayButler
- James Byrnes
- Benjamin NathanCardozo
- Grenville Clark
- Benjamin V.Cohen
- Charles P. Curtis
- William AdamsDelano
- Thomas E. Dewey
- Ruth Draper
- Abraham Flexner
- Felix Frankfurter
- Lloyd K. Garrison
- Arthur L. Goodhart
- Augustus N. Hand
- Learned Hand
- FrancisW. Hirst
- Mark A. DeWolfe Howe
- Robert H.Jackson
- Philip C. Jessup
- George F.Kennan
- John A. Kingsbury
- Fiorello H.LaGuardia
- Herbert H. Lehman
- Monte M.Lemann
- Sir Frank D. MacKinnon
- CharlesMerz
- George S. Messersmith
- RobertMoses
- Bishop Nicholai Velimirovich
- Reinholdand Ursula Niebahr
- John Lord O'Brian
- Frances Perkins
- S.K. Ratcliffe
- JosephRedlich
- Geoffrey W. Russell
- SamuelSeabury
- Ellery Sedgwick
- Henry D.Sedgwick
- Whitney North Seymour
- Count CarloSforza
- Henry L. Stimson
- Harlan FiskeStone
- William Howard Taft
- Frank W.Taussig
- Thomas D. Thatcher
- HarrisonTweed
- Oswald Garrison Villard
- George W.Wickersham
- Charles Edward Wyzanski, Jr.
Historical/Biographical Information
- 1858 31 August, born, Plainfield, N.J.; son of Aaron Hale (D.D.) and Emma (Starr)
- 1879 A.B., Harvard College
- 1881 LL.B., Columbia University, LL.D., Williams, 1931 Columbia, 1933; Harvard, 1934
- 1881 Admitted to Bar Attorney and partner, Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, later Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, a firm specializing in admiralty law
- 1883 29 September m. Louisa W. Lawrence, (d. 7 December 1937); children: Charles, Ann Hoe, Robert
- 1881-1960 Member: New York State bar associations; New York County Law Association; American Law Institute; International Law Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Comite Maritime International
- 1929-1931 President of Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Various Dates: Board member and president at: New York (City) Board of Education; Welfare Council of New York City; Harvard Alumni Association; Columbia Law School Alumni Association. Warden, St. George's Episcopal Church, New York City.
- 1943-1949 Author of pamphlets and memorials such as: James Byrne, 1857-1942.
- 1942 Nomination of John Purroy Mitchel for Mayor of the City of New York in 1913. Nomination of Fiorello H. LaGuardia for Mayor of the City of New York in 1933. Joe Evans, 1857-1898. Harrington Putnam [prepared for the Ass'n. of the Bar of the City of New York] Van Vechten Veeder (with Augustus N. Hand) [prepared for the Ass'n. of the Bar of the City of New York]
- 1959 6 June, died in New York City.
- 1858
- 31 August, born, Plainfield, N.J.; son of Aaron Hale (D.D.) and Emma (Starr)
- 1879
- A.B., Harvard College
- 1881
- LL.B., Columbia University, LL.D., Williams, 1931 Columbia, 1933; Harvard, 1934
- 1881
- Admitted to Bar
- Attorney and partner, Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, later Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, a firm specializing in admiralty law
- 1883
- 29 September m. Louisa W. Lawrence, (d. 7 December 1937); children: Charles, Ann Hoe, Robert
- 1881-1960
- Member: New York State bar associations; New York County Law Association; American Law Institute; International Law Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Comite Maritime International
- 1929-1931
- President of Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Various Dates: Board member and president at: New York (City) Board of Education; Welfare Council of New York City; Harvard Alumni Association; Columbia Law School Alumni Association. Warden, St. George's Episcopal Church, New York City.
- 1943-1949
- Author of pamphlets and memorials such as: James Byrne, 1857-1942.
- 1942
- Nomination of John Purroy Mitchel for Mayor of the City of New York in 1913. Nomination of Fiorello H. LaGuardia for Mayor of the City of New York in 1933. Joe Evans, 1857-1898. Harrington Putnam [prepared for the Ass'n. of the Bar of the City of New York] Van Vechten Veeder (with Augustus N. Hand) [prepared for the Ass'n. of the Bar of the City of New York]
- 1959
- 6 June, died in New York City.
Series List
- Series 1: Correspondence, Boxes 1-19
- Series 2: Biographical and Other Miscellany, Boxes 20-23
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Papers of Charles Culp Burlingham (1858-1959), attorney, civic leader, reformer, were presented to the Harvard Law School as a gift 16 March 1978 by his son, Charles Burlingham, of New York City.
Paige Box #1: 31 "Diaries" (appointment books)
- 1928
- 1929
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931
- 1931
- 1933
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
Several of these "diaries" contain clippings, invitations, notes on books and articles read, telephone calls, activities of personal importance, letters written.
Processing Information
Prepared by Kim Webster and Erika Chadbourn, August 1978.
Subject
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 (Person)
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 (Person)
- Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 (Person)
- Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960. (Person)
- Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946 (Person)
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 (Person)
- Title
- Burlingham, Charles Culp. Papers, 1876-1960: Finding Aid.
- Author
- Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- law00016
Repository Details
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