- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Series 2: Case Files, 1962-1974
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The Case Files Series contains information pertaining to civil rights cases the LSCRRC directly participated in, referenced in researching for other cases, or collected to augment their civil rights research collection. This includes brochures, handbooks, affidavits, case histories, summaries, court papers, and legal documents. A partial index to the files that lists all the subject topics and provides a key to the filing system can be found in Box 5 Folders 73-75 and Box 10 Folder 1. A letter code precedes each case number with B denoting briefs, C-civil cases, M-memorandums by students, Pet-Petition, and R-dealing with federal law, as well as several codes that have not been deciphered.
- Arrangement
Arranged roughly by case number.
Collection History
- Appraisal
No materials were separated from the collection during processing in 2008 or in 2016.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Pete Asch in 2008. Finding aid written by Pete Asch in August 2008.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Materials in Subseries 7B: Intern Personnel Files are restricted for 75 years due to the presence of sensitive personal information. All other materials in this collection are 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.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Series 2: Case Files; Law Students Civil Rights Research Council Records, MC070, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 4-14
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- Bibliography
The following sources were consulted during preparation of the organizational history: Tobol, Amy Ruth (1999). Badge of Honor: The Law Students Civil Rights Research Council. (Doctoral Dissertation, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1999). Materials from the Law Students Civil Rights Research Council Records, 1961-1987; Public Policy Papers, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
- Names:
- Law Students Civil Rights Research Council (U.S.)
