| Title: |
Reminiscences of Harold R. Medina
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A104
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
New York Bar Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background, childhood in Brooklyn and Westhampton; education, Princeton, 1909, Columbia Law School, 1912; 1915-40, Columbia Law School professor; 1918, founded Medina & Sherpick, appellate practice; 1947-51, United States District Court, South District New York City Judge; United States Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals, 1951-58, senior circuit judge, 1958- ; legal books, including JUDGE MEDINA SPEAKS (1954) and ANATOMY OF FREEDOM (1959); public speaking career; discussion of the art of practicing law, judicial temperament; important cases argued or presided over; Anthony Kramer treason case, Corscadden mayoralty succession case, 1949 conspiracy trial of 11 Communists; private studies: Latin, Spanish, English literature, cryptology; book collecting, other hobbies. Impressions of Harlan F. Stone, Learned Hand, Christian Gauss, others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 696 leaves, Tape: 9 reels, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required during lifetime and thereafter from executor (Standish Forde Medina, Jr.) or biographer (Professor J. Woodford Howard, Jr.). Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Medina, Harold Raymond, 1888-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1888
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| Speaker occupation: |
Judge
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| Age at speaking: |
89
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| Organizations discussed: |
Columbia University, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Columbia University, New York, NY; Judges; Law partnership; Law--Study and teaching; Lawyers; New York; New York, NY; North America; Practice of law; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Columbia University--Law School; Medina, Harold R. (Harold Raymond), 1888-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018851-14294
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