Overview
Personal correspondence, diary (1923), legal briefs and memos, notes, teaching material, minutes of faculty meetings, and other Law School material, and other papers, relating to Simpson's teaching career, private law practice in Washington D.C., and New York City, and personal affairs. Includes material relating to interstate commerce and railroad unification, National Coal Association, and St. Mary's Mineral Land Company, Boston, Mass.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1932
Conditions Governing Access
Access to these papers is governed by the rules and regulations of the Harvard Law School Library. This collection is open to the public, but is housed off-site at Harvard Depository and requires 2 buisness-day advance notice for retrieval. Consult the Special Collections staff for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Harvard Law School Library holds copyright on some, but not all, of the material in our collections. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be directed to the Special Collections staff. Researchers who obtain permission to publish from the Harvard Law School Library are also responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations who hold copyright.
Extent
1 collection (6 Paige boxes)This collection consists of personal correspondence, diary (1923), legal briefs and memos, notes, teaching material, minutes of faculty meetings, and other Law School Material. Also included are papers relating to Simpson's teaching career, private law practice in Washington D.C. and New York City, and personal affairs. There is also material relating to interstate commerce and railroad unification, National Coal Association, and St. Mary's Mineral Land Company, Boston, Mass.
Biographical Information
Simpson, Sidney Post, jurist, law professor
b. Galesburg, Illinois, August 4, 1898.
s. James Clarke and Harriette Helene (Post) S.
A.B. Knox College, 1917; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1922.
m. Anne Paine Washburn, February 19, 1934.
Practiced law in Washington D.C., 1922-1925, New York City, 1925-1931; partner Hines, Rearick, Dorr, Travis & Marshall, 1930-1931.
Consultant on cost of crime, National Crime Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, 1929-1931.
Professor of Law, Harvard University, 1931-1947.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member American Bar Association.
d. October 6, 1949, New York, NY
Author:
- Report on the Cost of Crime (with G.H. Dorr), 1931.
- Cases on Equity (with Z. Chafee, Jr.), 1934.
- Cases on Judicial Remedies (41st A.W. Scott), 1938.
- Also articles in legal periodicals.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers of Sidney Post Simpson, attorney and law professor, were presumably transferred to the Harvard Law School during the period when he was a member of that faculty. No exchange regarding this transfer exists.
Processing Information
None available.
- Title
- Simpson, Sidney Post. Papers, 1922-1931: Finding Aid.
- Author
- Harvard Law School LibraryCambridge, MA 02138
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- law00079
Repository Details
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