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Correspondence with Dean William M. Hepburn, Camar School of Law at Emory University relating to Konvitz's article on the McCarran Act for the Fall 1952 issue of the School's Journal of Public Law.

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Correspondence with J.J. Smith, Editor of The American annual, relating to routine editing concerns regarding Konvitz's articles on "Civil Liberties" for the 1951-1954 editions of the American Annual, yearbook of the Encyclopedia America. Copies of Konvitz's manuscripts are included.

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1954-1955, 1957-1960, 1963. Correspondence with editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica on editorial work and publication matters concerning Konvitz's articles on "Chinese Immigration," "Alien," Civil Liberties," and "Censorship." Copies of some of Konvitz's manuscripts and routine related materials.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with various people regarding the establishment of an Encyclopedia of Labor and Industrial Relations. The principal correspondents include Zvi H. Bar-Niv, President of the National Labor Court in Israel; A. Borkamp, a representative of Monton Publishers; Aharon Becker; and Professor John McConnell, among others. In the correspondence and related materials, all aspects of the proposed Encyclopedia are discussed in detail. Konvitz appears to be the primary person responsible for...

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1972, 1977-1979. Correspondence with Officers of the Division of Fellowships of the National Endowment for the Humanities. A "Report on the Committee on Law and the Humanities" of which Doctor Konvitz was a member. Konvitz was on a member of a panel to review law fellowship proposals.

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Correspondence with Charles Reischel and John De Pemberton, Junior, attorneys for the Commission, about their visit to Cornell on May 10, 1972 (May 3, 1972). Reischel comments that their meeting helped him with litigation in which he is involved (October 15, 1972).

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Correspondence with Judith Levin, Radio Program Coordinator at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, relating to preparations for Konvitz's participation in the Seminary's The Eternal Light radio series, "Academic Outlooks," which was broadcast on October 29, 1965. Included are transcripts of the program and related correspondence.

Scope and Contents 1958, 1961, 1964-1971, 1973-1976, 1978-1980. Correspondence with David Fellman, Vilas Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, and President of the American Association of University Professors, regarding Konvitz's book, Expanding Liberties, with regard to judicial review of Congressional legislation; the clear and present danger test; the importance of David Hume's contributions to American intellectual history and, particularly, James Madison's theory on factions; the role...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Justice Felix Frankfurter, United States Supreme Court, relating to substantive issues concerning the retirement of Horace Kallen; and writings by Konvitz including a review of Frankfurter's book, Law and Politics. Frankfurter commented that he has been interested in and profited from Konvitz's writings and that he also regretted that they had not previously become personally acquainted (November 30, 1950, November 1950-February 1952). Correspondence with Doctor Charles...