John Winchester MacDonald papers

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Identifier: 18-2-1986

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers include professional and personal correspondence; diary, 1966; financial records; academic materials, including student files and papers, books, and notes; research files; client files; material concerning MacDonald's publications; reports to the New York State Law Revision Commission; and obituary notices. Subjects include the New Jersey Constitutional Convention, 1947; New Jersey Public Utility Statutes, ca.1947-1969; the Uniform Commercial Code; Comparative State Procedures; Fairview Heights, Ithaca, New York; Cornell Law School; the John W. MacDonald Fund; and other related topics.

Dates

ca. 1921-1974

Creator

MacDonald, John Winchester, 1905-1981. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawyer, professor of law.

Cornell University Class of 1925, LL.B 1926, A.M. 1926. John W. MacDonald was a graduate of Cornell University, Canisius College, and the Army Industrial College. He joined the Cornell Law School faculty in 1930, was a visiting professor at Columbia University and at St. John's University, and lectured on crime and delinquency at St. Lawrence University. He was a director of several corporations, chaired the administrative committee of Cornell Law School, and was Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law Emeritus at Cornell. MacDonald chaired the New York State Law Revision Commission, was a special assistant to the United States Attorney General from 1942-1947, and authored several legal publications.

Extent

38.1 cubic feet. (38.1 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers include professional and personal correspondence; diary; financial records; academic materials; client files; material concerning MacDonald's publications; reports to the New York State Law Revision Commission; and obituary notices.

Physical Description

Correspondence, financial records, published materials, notes and reports.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: July 2016
EAD encoding:: Marcie Farwell, July 2016
Date modified:: RMC Staff, July 2016