C, 1947-1959

1947-1956, 1959. Correspondence with Mister Huntington Cairns, Counsel to the National Gallery of Art, regarding Konvitz's proposal to the Fund for the Republic to establish a Civil Liberties Institute at Cornell University. An exchange with Professor Robert K. Carr, Department of Government at Dartmouth College and Executive Secretary of the President's Committee on Civil Rights. Konvitz was a member of a panel of lawyers who examined and proposed civil rights bills which were prepared for the President's committee (April 2, 1947). Konvitz comments on memoranda regarding civil rights bills (April 16, 1947) and other routine correspondence. Correspondence with Hodding Carter, Editor and Publisher of the Delta Democrat - Times, regarding activities and the nature of White Citizens' Councils, the Klu Klux Klan (KKK), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and regarding integration (October-December 1956). Correspondence with Professor Roy B. Chamberlin, Chapel Director and Fellow in Religion at Dartmouth College, regarding the Immaculate Conception (April 1951). Correspondence with Professor W.M. Cochrane, Assistant Director of the Institute of Government, regarding clarification of a statement in Konvitz's book, The Constitution and Civil Rights (September 1947). Correspondence with Professor Julius Cohen, University of Nebraska Law School, regarding Julius's article "Ascertaining the Moral Sense of the Community" (March 7, 1956). Correspondence with Lyle Tatum, Central committee for Conscientious Objectors. Konvitz agrees to serve on a national Panel of attorneys in conscientious objector cases (February 11, 1952). Konvitz cosigned a letter to President Truman from the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors requesting him to free imprisoned conscientious objectors (September 14, 1949). Correspondence with other persons regarding various scholarly issues, publications and personal matters.