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BL-BZ - Correspondence, 1961-1981

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

1961, 1967, 1969-1981. Correspondence with Reverend Professor T. A. Burkill, Head of the Department of Theology at the University of Rhodesia regarding Konvitz's contribution to a proposed collective work, Myth and the Scientific Mind. Copy of a letter to Doctor Konvitz from United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black. Black compliments Konvitz on his Fundamental Liberties of a Free People and Bill of Rights Reader. Black emphasizes the importance of Konvitz continuing to write about basic constitutional liberties (March 9, 1961). Personal correspondence with Clarence H. Briscoe, retired New York State Supreme Court justice. Correspondence with Professor G. Sidney Buchanan, Bates College of Law, University of Houston regarding Buchanan's book on the Thirteenth Amendment. Letters to Konvitz from United States Senator James L. Buckley regarding Konvitz's suggestions concerning copyright legislation and the photocopying of published materials (august 4 and 8, 1975). Other routine and personal correspondence with colleagues and friends.

Dates

  • 1961-1981

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, German, Yiddish

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

204.78 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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