University of Utah College of Law records

University of Utah College of Law records, 1925-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator: University of Utah. College of Law
Title: University of Utah College of Law records
Dates: 1925-1981 (inclusive)
19251981

1962-1975 (bulk)
19621975
Quantity: 12.25 linear ft. and 3 oversize boxes
Collection Number: Acc0242
Summary: The University of Utah College of Law was founded in 1912. Samuel D. Thurman served as dean from 1962 -1975. He also served as president of the American Association of Law Schools. This collection contains the professional papers of Thurman as well as administrative records of the College of Law at the University of Utah. The professional papers relate to Thurman's participation in professional organizations such as the American Association of Law Schools, the American Bar Association, the Order of the Coif, Foundation Press, the Utah State Bar Association, and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah. Also included are faculty meeting minutes (1947-1975), the texts of lectures given as part of the William H. Leary lecture series, scrapbooks of the Law Wives Club, and related materials.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains the professional papers of Samuel D. Thurman as well as administrative records of the College of Law. the professional papers relate to his participation in professional organizations such as the American Associations of Law Schools, the American Bar Association, the Order of the Coif, Foundation Press, the Utah State Bar Association, and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University. Also included are administrative correspondence and memoranda from the office of the dean, as well as college faculty meeting minutes(1947-1975). The collection also includes texts of the annual William H. Leary Lecture given at the College of Law (1960-1968). Additional materials include scrapbooks of the Law Wives Club (1954-1972) and class examinations (1956-1964).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: University of Utah College of Law records, Acc. 242, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 242.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Separated Materials

Photoprints have been transferred to Marriott Library Photo Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 1956-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Annual Meeting	1970
2	Appraisal Committee	1956-1966
3	"Challenge and Development" Report	1963-1970
4	Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility (CLEPR), Boulder Conference Correspondence	1968
5	CLEPR, Boulder Conference, Miscellaneous Materials	1966-1971
6	Correspondence	1960-1970
7	Law Schools Survey	1969
8	Miscellaneous Information	1960-1970
9	Publications	1965-1970

American Bar Association (ABA), 1955-1972Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Correspondence	1968-1972
2	"Diploma Privilege"	1971-1972
3	Faculty Membership, National	1967-1968
4	Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Administration	1971
5	Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Correspondence	1970-1971
6	Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Publications	1967-1971
7	Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Workshop Correspondence	1970-1971
8	Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Workshop Handouts	1971
9	Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Workshop Miscellaneous	1970-1971
10	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Adviser Search Committee	1968
11-15	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Correspondence	1966-1972

American Bar Association (ABA), 1955-1972Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Council Reports	1955-1963
2	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Dallas Meeting Correspondence	1969
3	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Fiscal Information
4	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Golden Gate Inspection	1968
5	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: "Information Take-off"	1962
6	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Inspection Reports	1968
7-9	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Minutes	1965-1970
10	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Miscellaneous	1966-1970
11	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Monthly Reports	1969-1970
12	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: St. Louis Meeting	1969-1970
13-14	Legal Education and Admission to the Bar: Standards	1968-1969

American Bar Association (ABA) to American Law Institute, 1955-1972Return to Top

Container(s): Box 4

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	ABA: London Meeting - Correspondence	1969-1971
2	ABA: London Meeting - Printed Materials	1971
3	ABA: Standards of Judicial Conduct Special Committee - Correspondence and Reports	1969-1970
4	ABA: Student Loan Correspondence	1964-1972
5	Accreditation: ABA Correspondence	1960
6	Administration: College Council, Establishment of	1975-1976
7	Administration: Dean, Office of--Structure	1970
8	Administration: Governance, College of Law	1976
9	Administration: Organization Plan Report	1968
10	Administrative Court Study: Background Materials	1966-1969
11	Admissions Correspondence	1971-1972
12	Admissions Policy: Meeting Minutes	1975
13	Alumni: Arizona Roster	1966
14	Alumni: California Meetings	1964-1970
15	Alumni: Fund Raising (Also see Annual Appeal and Development Campaign in box 5 of this collection.)	1960s
16	Alumni: Miscellaneous Material	1948-1967
17	American Association for the Comparative Study of Law: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, and Reports	1961-1967
18	American Counsel Association Scholarship Instructions	1963
19	American Law Institute: Correspondence and Reports	1961-1963

Annual Appeal to Attrition Study, 1940-1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5

(For more information on the Annual Appeal, also see Alumni Fund Raising and Development Campaign in box 4 of this collection.)

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1-4	Annual Appeal: Administrative Correspondence	1961-1971
5	Annual Appeal: Moyle Family Correspondence	1969
6	Annual Appeal: Selected Donor Correspondence	1970-1971
7-11	Annual Appeal: Selected Correspondence	1966-1970
12	Annual Reports: Correspondence and Reports	1954-1967
13	Attrition Study: Background Information Statistics	1940-1963

Book Orders to Budgets, 1950-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Book Orders: Correspondence	1966-1969
2-8	Budgets: Miscellaneous Material (Selected)	1951-1959

Building, Law to Buildings, 1956-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Building, Law: Miscellaneous Materials	1963-1970
2	Building, Law: Scheduling	1965-1966
3	Building Needs: Carlson Hall Proposal	1969
4	Building, New: Architectural Planning Guide	1959
5	Building, New: Basement Remodeling	1966-1970
6-8	Building, New: Correspondence	1956-1964
9	Building, New: Dedication	1968
10	Building, New: Miscellaneous Materials	1956-1961
11	Building, New: Problems	1964
12	Building, New: Specifications, Architectural	1963
13	Buildings: Law Building and Carlson Hall Floor Plans	1963

Catalog, University of Utah to Clyde Building Lot Correspondence, 1951-1954, 1964-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 8

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Catalog, University of Utah: Materials	1951-1954
2-3	Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility (CLEPR): Clinical Programs Model Prosecutor Proposals	1969-1971
4	CLEPR: Clinical Programs, Professional Responsibility Proposal	1968-1971
5	CLEPR: Clinical Programs Questionnaire
6-10	CLEPR: Correspondence	1968-1972
11	CLEPR: Grant, University of Utah	1970
12	CLEPR: Grants, National and International	1969-1971
13	CLEPR: Interim Report, Clinical Law Program	1969-1970
14	CLEPR: Minutes	1969
15	CLEPR: Newsletters	1969
16	CLEPR: Organizational Materials	1968-1972
17	CLEPR: Proposal Instructions	1968
18	Clyde Building Lot: Correspondence	1964-1970

Coif, Order of the, National and Utah Chapter, 1953-1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box 9

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Coif, National: Chapters and Officers	1967
2-4	Coif: Correspondence	1965-1967
5	Coif: Inspection Report	1966
6	Coif: Leadership Roster
7	Coif: Minutes	1965-1966
8	Coif: Miscellaneous material
9	Coif: Report	1965-1967
10	Coif: Triennial Award Committee	1964-1967
11	Coif, Utah: Correspondence	1954-1970
12	Coif, Utah: Directory and Handbooks	1953-1962
13	Coif, Utah: Invitations to Membership	1953-1971
14	Coif, Utah: Leary Lecture Contributions (Also see Leary Lecture in box 17 of this collection.)	1961-1970
15	Coif, Utah: Membership Lists
16	Coif, Utah: Minutes	1953-1964
17	Coif, Utah: Miscellaneous Materials
18	Coif, Utah: Organizing Materials	1953
19	Coif, Utah: Rituals of Coif and Phi Kappa Phi

College Council Minutes to Estate Planning SeminarReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 10

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1-2	College Council Meeting Minutes (Also see Faculty Meeting Minutes in boxes 11 and 12 of this collection.)	1977-1979
3	Criminal Law: Proposed Clinical Program, Correspondence	1967-1970
4-8	Curriculum: Correspondence, Reports, and Other Materials	1958-1970
9	Curriculum: Criminal Justice Offerings	1971
10-11	Curriculum: Four-Year Program	1950; 1953
12	Curriculum: Draft Modifications	1968
13	Curriculum: Three-, Four-, and Six-Year Programs	1940s
14	Dean Selection Committee: Correspondence and Other Materials	1961
15-16	Dean's Report: Correspondence	1964; 1967
17	Dean's Report: Manuscript	1963
18-19	Dean's Report: Correspondence	1954-1962
20	Development Campaign: Correspondence	1968-1971
21	Development Campaign: Strategy Outline
22	Development Office: Chairperson Correspondence	1965
23	Directories: Students, Faculty, and Staff	1957-1970
24	Disciplinary Process Code	1974-1978
25	Estate Planning Seminars for Women: Correspondence and Other Materials	1969

Faculty Records, 1947-1974Return to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Faculty Memorandum and Correspondence	1947-1951
2	Faculty Biographies: Dykstra and Bodenheimer
3	Faculty Committees: Academic Standards Report	1976
4	Faculty Committees: Admissions Committee Report	1978
5	Faculty Committees: Assignment Lists	1960-1979
6	Faculty Committees: Council Advisory Committee	1976-1979
7-12	Faculty Committees: Curriculum Committee Reports	1951; 1971-1979
13	Faculty Committees: Disciplinary Code Report	1972
14	Faculty Committees: Library Committee, Retrieval System Report	1978
15	Faculty Committees: Ranks, Faculty	1967
16	Faculty Committees: Readmission Committee Report	1976
17	Faculty Committees: Student Misconduct Report	1978
18	Faculty Correspondence: Bodenheimer, Edgar	1951; 1953
19	Faculty Correspondence: Dykstra, Daniel J.	1952-1953; 1971
20	Faculty Correspondence: Emery, A. G. (Fred)	1952-1954
21	Faculty Correspondence: Kadish, Stanford H.	1953
22-23	Faculty: Letters of Application (Also see Faculty Recruitment in box 13 of this collection.)	1969-1973
24	Faculty Meeting Minutes: College Council Meeting Minutes	1976-1977
25-27	Faculty Meeting Minutes	1973-1976

Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1947, 1949-1973Return to Top

Container(s): Box 12

Faculty Recruitment to Faculty Roster, 1925-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 13

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Faculty Recruitment: AALS Interviews	1969
2-7	Faculty Recruitment: Correspondence and Resumes	1963-1970
8	Faculty Recruitment: Kimball, Spencer L. - Correspondence	1948-1949
9	Faculty Recruitment: Burton, Riley Paul - Correspondence	1951-1954
10	Faculty Recruitment: Dykstra, Daniel - Correspondence	1948-1949
11	Faculty Recruitment: Harris, Silas A. - Correspondence	1926
12	Faculty Recruitment: Jensen, Adolph L. - Correspondence	1925-1926
13	Faculty Recruitment: Kadish, Sanford H. - Correspondence	1951
14	Faculty Recruitment: Ritter, Willis - Correspondence	1925-1926
15	Faculty Recruitment: Shealy, Edward M. - Correspondence	1951
16	Faculty Recruitment: Swenson, Robert W. - Correspondence	1950-1953
17	Faculty Roster 1905-1970	undated

Foundation Press to Iverson, Paul E., Scholarship, 1961-1972Return to Top

Container(s): Box 14

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Agenda and Materials	1972
2	Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Minutes	1971
3-4	Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Materials	1968-1969
5	Foundation Press: Annual Meeting Minutes	1966
6-14	Foundation Press: Correspondence	1961-1973
15	Future Planning: Building Needs, Long-Range	1967-1977
16	Future Planning: Ten-Year Plan	1966-1976
17	Iverson, Paul E.: Scholarship Correspondence	1964-1965

Higher Education, Utah State Board to Kimball Correspondence, 1950-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 15

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Higher Education, Utah State Board of: Correspondence	1968-1970
2	Hinckley Institute of Politics: Board Meeting Materials	1965-1969
3	Hinckley Institute of Politics: Correspondence	1963-1969
4	Hinckley Institute of Politics: Originating Documents	1964-1965
5	Historical Materials: pre-1960	undated; 1950
6	Honors and Awards: Correspondence	1951-1955
7	International Cooperation Year: Committee Materials	1965
8	Judicial System, State of Utah Study: Correspondence	1966-1967
9-11	Juris-Doctorate Degree: Correspondence	1966-1970
12	Kimball Correspondence	1950-1954

Law Building to Library Advisory Committee, 1947-1949, 1955-1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box 16

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Law Building: Moot Court Room Use	1963-1969
2-10	Law Days: Miscellaneous Material	1960-1968
11	Law Library: Administration
12	Law Library: Advisory Committee Minutes	1967-1970
13	Law Library: Correspondence	1966-1970
14	Law Library: Depository for Federal Government Documents, Correspondence	1966
15	Law Library: Funding Needs	1965-1970
16	Law Library: Guide	1969-1971
17	Law Library: Howell, J. A., Collection Correspondence	1955
18	Law Library: Needs and Goals	1964-1969
19	Law Library: Quarterly Newsletter	1969
20	Leary Correspondence: General University	1947-1949
21	Library Advisory Committee: Meeting Minutes	1969

Leary Lectures, 1958-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box 17

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Contributions	1959
2	Memorial Fund Accounting Sheets	1959-1969
3	Organizing Conference	1958-1960
4	Organizing Materials	1958-1959
5	Correspondence	1969
6	Tom C. Clark	1968
7	Abram Chayes	1967
8	Charles E. Breitel
9	Eugene V. Rostow	1965
10	Walter Gelhorn	1964
11-13	Erwin N. Griswald	1963
14	William Brennan, Jr.	1961
15	Roger Traynor	1960

Phi Kappa Phi to Student Rosters, 1946-1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box 18

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Phi Kappa Phi: Nominations	1951-1968
2	Reynolds Lecture: Dykstra Correspondence, Lecture Text, and Other Materials	1959
3	Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation: Correspondence	1963-1971
4	Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation: Meeting Minutes	1963; 1966; 1969
5	Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation: Miscellaneous Materials
6-12	Scholarships: Correspondence and Other Materials	1956-1971
13	Student Bar Association: Correspondence	1968-1970
14	Student Bar Association: Manual	1969
15	Student Bar Association: Miscellaneous Materials
16	Student Newsletter: Devil's Advocate	1969-1970
17	Student Organization: ABA Law Students Division
18	Student Organization: Correspondence and Other Materials	1952-1968
19	Student Organization: Legal Fraternities 1930's-1950's	undated; 1946-1950
20	Student Rosters	1962; 1967

Summation ot Traynor, Roger J.Return to Top

Container(s): Box 19

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1-2	Student Bulletin: Summation	1967-1970
3	Summer School: Course Schedule	1950-1967
4-10	Summer School: Correspondence	1953-1954; 1964-1970
11-13	Thurman Correspondence, General	1970-1972
14	Traynor, Roger J.: Honorary Degree Correspondence	1962-1963

U. S. Supreme Court Clerkship, Norberg Correspondence to World Peace Through Law Center, 1950-1973Return to Top

Container(s): Box 20

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	U. S. Supreme Court Clerkship: Norberg Correspondence	1966-1967
2	Urban Studies: Correspondence and Report	1969-1970
3	Utah State Bar: Meeting Agendas and Minutes	1950-1954
4-6	Utah State Bar Commission: Correspondence	1969-1973
7-9	Utah State Bar Commission: Meeting Minutes	1969-1972
10	Utah State Bar: Correspondence	1950-1954
11-12	Utah State Bar: Miscellaneous Materials	1942-1949
13	Utah State Bar: Specialization Committee Correspondence	1966
14	Visiting Lecturer: Madl and Dr. Feren
15-17	Western Law School Conference: Correspondence	1952-1953; 1960-1968; 1972
18	Willamette University Controversy: Correspondence	1968-1970
19	World Peace through Law Center: Correspondence	1966

Budgets and Miscellaneous MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 21

(Box 21 is restricted.)

Examinations, 1956-1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box 22-23

Law Wives Club and Miscellaneous Materials, 1961-1981Return to Top

Container(s): Box 24

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Correspondence	1981
2	Directories, Miscellaneous	1972-1973; 1973-1974
3	Law Wives Club: Miscellaneous Materials	1971-1972
4	Law Wives Club: Schedules and Miscellaneous Materials	1970-1971
5	Law Wives Club: Reports and Correspondence	1969-1970
6-7	Law Wives Club: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Materials	1967-1969
8	Law Wives Club: Meeting Minutes	1961-1964

Scrapbook, 1968-1972Return to Top

Container(s): Box 25

Scrapbook, 1959-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box 26

Scrapbook, 1954-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 27

Conference on Energy and the Public Lands, 1978 August 16Return to Top

Container(s): Box 28

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Law schools--Utah--History--Sources
Law--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Personal Names

Thurman, Samuel D. (Samuel David), 1913-

Corporate Names

American Bar Association
Association of American Law Schools
Foundation Press
Hinckley Institute of Politics
Order of the Coif. Utah Chapter
University of Utah--Archives
Utah State Bar Association

Form or Genre Terms

Budgets
Correspondence
Examinations
Lectures
Memorandums
Minutes
Photoprints
Reports
Scrapbooks

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