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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Siegfried Hesse archive
Creator:
Hesse, Siegfried
source:
Bolerium Books
Identifier/Call Number: M2987
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear Feet
(4 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1941-1976
Language of Material:
English
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This collection contains materials documenting the early career of Siegfried Hesse. The materials consist of correspondence,
legal briefs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, schoolwork, notebooks, manuscript drafts, pamphlets, and other materials.
The majority of the materials deal primarily with Hesse's work with immigration cases and veterans' civil liberties. The notebooks
include short observations from life, quotes from books, general philosophical thoughts, and notes and ideas for short stories.
Siegfried Hesse was a radical lawyer from California. He attended the University of Southern California and graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts in 1946. Hesse then graduated from the University of California School of Law in 1950 and moved to Seattle
focusing primarily on immigration cases and veterans' civil liberties. The immigration cases often related to the Smith and
Walter-McCarran Acts. Hesse also worked extensively with the the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born and the
National Lawyers Guild where he was the chairman of the Constitutional Liberties Committee. In the late 1950s, Hesse moved
back to California and took a job as a legal editor at a publishing company, Bancroft Whitney. After a few years, Hesse started
working at UC Berkeley's Center for Continuing Education of the Bar. He was working for the University at the time of the
Free Speech Movement and became one of the lawyers for the Sproul Hall arrestees.
[identification of item], Siegfried Hesse archive (M2987). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, California.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital
materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Emigration and immigration law -- United States
Civil rights -- United States
Veterans
Bolerium Books
National Lawyers Guild
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born