- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Corwin, Edward Samuel (1878-1963)
- Title:
- Edward S. Corwin Papers
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/m900nt41r
- Dates:
- circa 1860-1961 (mostly 1920-1958)
- Size:
- 24 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-24
- Language:
- English
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, speeches, lecture notes, writings, and photographs of Edward S. Corwin, a noted constitutional scholar who taught at Princeton University for much of his academic career. Nationally-known and widely published, Corwin consulted with many other academics as well as politicians involved with constitutional issues, most notably when he publicly supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorganization ("court packing") plan.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
These papers document Edward Corwin's personal and professional life, including his time as chair of the Politics Department at Princeton University. The collection includes files on subjects such as church-state relations, the commerce clause, civil rights, due process of law, the Presidency, the Bricker Amendment, and American foreign policy.
- Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
Series 1 and 7 are arranged topically. Series 2 and 3 are arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent. Series 4, 5, and 6 are arranged alphabetically by subject or title.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Corwin
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Papers were sent from Corwin's home to Princeton University on July 31, 1963.
- Appraisal
Records were pre-sorted and some were removed by Gerald Garvey before transfer to Princeton in 1963. No information is available about whether records have been separated from this collection while at Princeton.
- Sponsorship:
The creation of this finding aid was made possible by the generous support of the Princeton University Class of 1927.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Edward Jaramillo (Class of 1996), Theresa Marchitto, and Monica Ruscil from 1993-1996 with support from the Class of 1927 and from Alan Gettner and Henriette Herrman Gettner, son and widow of Victor S. Gettner, Class of 1927. Finding aid written by Edward Jaramillo in 1996.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- Credit this material:
Edward S. Corwin Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/m900nt41r
- Location:
-
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-24
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Digital images created in 2008 of Series 3, Professional Correspondence, 1907-1961, are available in PDF format on DVD and are also accessible in the contents list.
- Subject Terms:
- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century.
Due process of law -- United States -- 20th century.
Executive power -- United States -- 20th century.
Political science -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Political scientists -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Faculty papers.
Manuscripts.
Photographs. - Names:
- United States. Supreme Court
Princeton University
Princeton University. Department of Politics
Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1936
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. - Places:
- United States -- Constitution -- History.
United States -- Constitutional law.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Law and legislation.