Guide to the George E. Osborne Papers SC0198
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: George E. Osborne papers
Creator:
Osborne, George E. (George Edward)
Identifier/Call Number: SC0198
Physical Description:
11 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1911-1977
Summary: These papers largely
pertain to his teaching career at Stanford Law School and include correspondence, memoranda,
curriculum materials, Law School publications and reports, and speeches. Other professional
papers include correspondence with his publishers, 1938-61; and correspondence with legal
scholars at Harvard, West Virginia, Minnesota, Stanford, Duke, Columbia, University of
California, Chicago, and University of Colorado, 1920-51. Correspondents include Henry W.
Ballantine, Herbert C. Jones, Marion R. Kirkwood, Douglas B. Maggs, Cyril C. Means, Justin
Miller, Roscoe Pound, and William L. Prosser. Other items include a diary for 1930 and
journals for 1956-1965; correspondence with George Crothers and information on Crothers Hall
at Stanford; correspondence and typescript articles on the history of the Bohemian Grove;
biographical materials; and photographs.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
George E. Osborne Papers (SC0198). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Scholar of mortgage and property law. Osborne received his LLB and JD degrees from Harvard
in 1919 and 1920; before joining the faculty at the Stanford Law School in 1923, he taught
at the Universities of West Virginia and Minnesota. He was appointed to the William Nelson
Cromwell Professorship in 1953, which he held until his retirement in 1958. He died in
1977.
Description of the Collection
These papers largely pertain to his teaching career at Stanford Law School and include
correspondence, memoranda, curriculum materials, Law School publications and reports, and
speeches. Other professional papers include correspondence with his publishers, 1938-61; and
correspondence with legal scholars at Harvard, West Virginia, Minnesota, Stanford, Duke,
Columbia, University of California, Chicago, and University of Colorado, 1920-51.
Correspondents include Henry W. Ballantine, Herbert C. Jones, Marion R. Kirkwood, Douglas B.
Maggs, Cyril C. Means, Justin Miller, Roscoe Pound, and William L. Prosser. Other items
include a diary for 1930 and journals for 1956-1965; correspondence with George Crothers and
information on Crothers Hall at Stanford; correspondence and typescript articles on the
history of the Bohemian Grove; biographical materials; and photographs.
Folders 19-29 contain correspondence; many are congratulatory on his retirement in 1958.
The names noted for the alpha folders are not all-inclusive
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Law -- Study and teaching.
Ballantine, Henry Winthrop
Prosser, William Lloyd
Pound, Roscoe.
Stanford University. School of Law
Osborne, George E. (George Edward)
Maggs, Douglas Blount
Means, Cyril C.
Miller, Justin.
Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jones, Herbert C. (Herbert Coffin)
Crothers, George E. (George Edward)
Kirkwood, Marion Rice
Papers ARCH-2024-507
Language of Material: English.
Arrangement
Box 13 was originally a part of box 7. The materials needed to be split during
rehousing.
Box 7, folder 3
Clippings on labor negotiation
Box 7, folder 4
Osborne, his remarks on his career
Box 7, folder 5
Weigel, Stanley "About George Osborne," with letter
1953
Box 7, folder 6
Y. B. Newsletter [Stanford Law School]
1943-44
Box 7, folder 7
Beardsley, Charles A., speech before Assoc. of American Law Schools,
1939
1939
Box 7, folder 8
R-Plan speech and related papers (S.U. fundraising) 1942-45
1942-45
Box 7, folder 9
Ferguson, Kenneth, remarks at Law Dinner, April 18, 1958
April 18, 1958
Box 7, folder 10
S. U. assorted memos and committee papers
Box 7, folder 11
Dean's Report to the Faculty of the Stanford Law School Jan. 1958 and 2 other
reports
1958
Box 7, folder 13
S.U. Press releases and publications
Box 7, folder 14
Photographs (1 labeled faculty picnic at Owens cabin, the 2nd is unlabeled –
large group sitting at dinner)
circa 1930 or 1931
Box 7, folder 15
Stanford Law School assorted newsletters, etc.
Box 7, folder 17
Christopher, Warren
1958, undated
Box 7, folder 18
Slaff, George (2 letters were written while he was with the Red Cross during
WWII in Africa and France and one is a carbon copy of his letter to Tresidder praising
Osborne; the others are to Osborne)
1943-49
Box 7, folder 19
A-B (Charles Beardsley, George Brunn)
1947-58
Box 7, folder 20
C (Philip Conley, Aylett B. Cotton)
1925-58
Box 7, folder 22
F-G (Irving Fathchild, Robert J. Foley, Edwin L. Gerhardt)
1930-58
Box 7, folder 23
H (J. B. Haffner, Herbert L. Hahn, Harvey Hoshour)
1922-58
Box 13, folder 1
I-L
1948-58
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 2
M (John Stewart Mitchell)
1931-58
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 3
O-R (Robert E. Paradise, Pete (Austin H.) Peck, Gilbert B. Perry, Harold O.
Preston, Robert Ransom, James E. Reid)
1927-72
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 4
S-T
1946-58
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 5
U-V (J. A. Wyckoff)
1930-58
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 6
Correspondence with no last name or illegible
Language of Material: English.
Box 8
Stanford Law School reports, publications, and correspondence
1944-56
Box 8
California bar exam - correspondence, with various examples of the
test
1945
Box 8
Railroad labor cases - clippings and legal documents
1951-54
Box 8
Crothers, George - correspondence, obituary, speeches
Box 8
Crothers Hall Student Committee Report
Box 8
Materials for discussion of Stanford trusts
1946
Box 8
Crothers Hall - correspondence and plans
1946
Box 8
Stanford legal history - correspondence and documents
Box 9
Roman Law course at S .U. - lectures and exams
1931
Box 9
Personal Property course at S.U. - exams and notes
1925-48
Box 10
S.U. class lists, class roll books, seating charts
Box 12
Readings in Roman Law by Roscoe Pound (mimeographed copy)
1927
Box 12
Annual Examinations in Law, Harvard University
1915-1944
Box 6, folder 1
Harvard -- Including Dean Pound
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 2
West Virginia Law School
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 3
Minnesota Law School
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 4
Stanford Law School
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 5
Columbia Law School
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 6
U.C. (Boalt Hall)
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 7
Chicago Law School
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 8
Colorado Law School
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 9
Order of the Coif
Language of Material: English.
Box 14
Art print. Photograph including Herb Bengham, John Harlbut, Norm P., Dick
Mountosh, Bruce Beckley, George Osborne, and Mike Ely
Language of Material: English.
Addenda, 1998-198 Accession ARCH-1998-198
Box 1, folder 10
Personal Papers: Clippings, Etc.
Box 1, folder 11
Personal Papers: Photographs
Box 2, folder 1
Woolley, Edwin c., Handbook ofComposition . (1909)
Box 2, folder 2
Leather Billfold with business cards
Box 2, folder 3
Memorial and Personal Effects
Box 2, folder 4
Envelope to Louisa Howe: Memorial Information, Estate Documents, Letters,
Photographs, Hastings Alumni Bulletin, Stanford Lawyer, Spring 1977
Box 2, folder 7
Stanford Lawyer (2 copies)
Fall 1977