SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Scrapbooks containing clippings and occasional photographs and bound volumes containing speeches and testimony. The materials concern Levi's work as Attorney General and legal issues such as busing, gun control, crime, electronic surveillance, and affirmative action.

QUANTITY
16 Volumes

DONOR
Edward H. Levi (accession numbers 85-14 and 95-31)

ACCESS
Open.

COPYRIGHT
Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them.

Prepared by William McNitt, May 1996
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Edward H. Levi

June 26, 1911 - Born, Chicago, IL

1932 - Ph.B., University of Chicago

1935 - J.D., University of Chicago

1936-40 - Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Law School

1940-45 - Special Assistant to the Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC

1945-75 - Professor, University of Chicago Law School

1950-62 - Dean, University of Chicago Law School

1962-68 - Provost, University of Chicago

1968-75 - President, University of Chicago

1975-77 - Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC

1977-85 - Professor, University of Chicago Law School

1985-? Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Law School

March 7, 2000 - Died, Chicago, Illinois

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Scrapbooks, 1975-77. (Vol. 1-13)
Scrapbooks containing clippings and occasional photographs concerning Levi's work as Attorney General and issues such as busing, gun control, crime, and affirmative action.

Arranged chronologically.

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Speeches and Testimony, 1975-77. (Vol. 1-3)
Speeches delivered and testimony given by Levi during his service as Attorney General on a variety of legal and judicial questions.

Arranged chronologically.

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CONTAINER LIST

Vol. 1 - Scrapbooks

• Feb. 7, 1975-April 16, 1975

Vol. 2 - Scrapbooks

• April 17-25, 1975

Vol. 3 - Scrapbooks

• April 25, 1975-May 30, 1975

Vol. 4 - Scrapbooks

• May 30, 1975-June 22, 1975

Vol. 5 - Scrapbooks

• June 22, 1975-July 15, 1975

Vol. 6 - Scrapbooks

• July 14, 1975-Aug. 7, 1975

Vol. 7 - Scrapbooks

• Aug. 7, 1975-Sept. 21, 1975

Vol. 8 - Scrapbooks

• Sept. 24, 1975-Dec. 10, 1975

Vol. 9 - Scrapbooks

• Dec. 10, 1975-Mar.17, 1976

Vol. 10 - Scrapbooks

• Mar. 17, 1976-May 23, 1976

Vol. 11 - Scrapbooks

• May 18, 1976-July 29, 1976

Vol. 12 - Scrapbooks

• July 30, 1976-Nov. 19, 1976

Vol. 13 - Scrapbooks

• Nov. 21, 1976-Jan. 16, 1977

Vol. 1 - Speeches and Testimony

• 2/7/75 - Transcript of Swearing-in Ceremony
• 2/19/75 - In Memoriam, Honorable Charles Evans Whittaker, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• 2/27/75 - Statement Before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights on FBI Operations
• 3/75 (?) - Statement on Appropriations for the Department of Justice, House of Representatives
• 3/20/75 - Address Before the 100th Graduating Class of the FBI National Academy
• 4/6/75 - Address Before the Law Enforcement Executives Narcotics Conference
• 4/7/75 - Address at the Philadelphia Award Dinner Honoring Judge William H. Hastie
• 4/24/75 - Remarks Before the Gaylord Donnelly Retirement Dinner
• 4/28/75 - Address Before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• 4/30/75 - Address at the Paul Freund Dinner
• 5/1/75 - Address Before the Law Day Dinner Sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and the Lincoln Bar Association
• 5/18/75 - Address Before the University of Miami School of Law Commencement Exercises
• 5/21/75 - Address Before the University of Chicago Law School Alumni Luncheon/American Law Institute
• 5/27/75 - Address Before the Chief Justice Earl Warren Memorial Service
• 6/5/75 - Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Commerce Concerning S. 354 - National Standards No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act
• 6/19/75 - Address Before the 95th Anniversary of the Sherman Act
• 6/28/75 - Address Before the American Assembly on Law and a Changing Society
• 7/22/75 - Testimony Before the Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency Concerning Handgun Legislation
• 8/13/75 - Address Before the American Bar Association Convention

Vol. 2 - Speeches and Testimony

• 9/16/75 - Address Before the Annual Convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police
• 9/17/75 - Address Before the Citizenship Day Ceremony Sponsored by the National Conference on Citizenship
• 9/28/75 - Address Before the Boston College Bicentennial Convocation
• 9/30/75 - Address at the Dedication Ceremonies of the John Edgar Hoover Building
• 10/2/75 - Testimony Before the Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures
• 10/11/75 - Address Before the Inauguration Ceremony of Bard College
• 10/15/75 - Address at the Dedication Ceremony of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Detention Center, Chicago, IL
• 11/6/75 - Testimony Before the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
• 11/19/75 - Address Before the United States Attorneys/United States Marshals Conference
• 12/2/75 - Fourth Sulzbacher Memorial Lecture on "Some Aspects of Separation of Powers"
• 12/11/75 - Statement Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities
• 12/28/75 - Address Before the Association of American Law Schools
• 1/29/76 - Introductory Remarks for Judge Henry J. Friendly Before the Bicentennial Lecture Series Sponsored by the Department of Justice
• 2/2/76 - Address Before the Governor's Conference on Employment and the Prevention of Crime
• 2/6/76 - Testimony Before the Senate Government Operations Committee
• 2/11/76 - Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
• 2/14/76 - Address Before the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

Vol. 3 - Speeches and Testimony

• 2/18/76 - Statement Before the House Subcommittee on Appropriations for Judiciary, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies
• 2/25/76 - Remarks Before the Jewish Theological Seminary
• 3/25/76 - Statement Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
• 3/27/76 - Address Before the Bicentennial Celebration of Hebrew Union College
• 3/29/76 - Statement Before the Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures
• 4/9/76 - Address Before the National Conference on the Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice
• 5/4/76 - Address Before the Federal Bar Council's Law Day Dinner
• 5/21/76 - Address Before the American Law Institute
• 5/22/76 - Remarks Before the Lincoln Academy of Illinois Upon Receipt of the Order of Lincoln
• 6/2/76 - Statement Before the House Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice on H.R. 12750 -- Electronic Surveillance
• 6/3/76 - Address Before the National Association of Attorneys General
• 6/10/76 - Statement Before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law on Grand Jury Reform
• 6/24/76 - Address Before the Annual Dinner of the Chicago Bar Association
• 7/1/76 - Statement Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• 7/4/76 - Address Before the Dedication Ceremonies of the Texas Law Center
• 7/23/76 - Statement Before the House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Concerning H.R. 14476 (Appointment of Special Prosecutors)
• 7/28/76 - Address Before the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
• 8/11/76 - Address Before the American Bar Association Business Assembly
• 9/12/76 - Address Before the Bicentennial Observance of the Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue
• 9/14/76 - Remarks Before EXPO '76 on National Directions in Equal Opportunity
• 10/8/76 - Address Before the Conference on the Place of Philosophy in the Life of the American Nation
• 10/28/76 - Address at the O.V.W. Hawkins Lecture
• 11/18/76 - Address Before the Los Angeles County Bar Association
• 12/5/76 - Address Before the Triennial Meeting of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa