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Call Number: SC0819
Creator:
Packer, Herbert L., 1925-1972.
Title: Herbert L. Packer papers
Dates: 1942-1972
Physical Description:
7 Linear feet (15 boxes)
Summary: The papers primarily contain correspondence, but also include articles, drafts, conference materials, financial records, and
administrative files. Subjects include Packer's academic career at Yale and Stanford; his research and writing on the Alger
Hiss trial; the government witness project undertaken at Stanford; and other legal issues. Correspondents include Robert Barnard,
Edward N. Benjamin, Palmer L. Bevis, Warren Christopher, Robert A. Koch, Richard W. Lyman, Phil C. Neal, Louis B. Schwartz,
Thomas W. Swan, Donald F. Turner and Edwin Zimmerman.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Correspondence in box 15 is restricted. The collection is otherwise open for research; materials must be requested at least
48 hours in advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Herbert L. Packer Papers (SC00819). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Herbert L. Packer earned his B.A. (1944) and LL.B. (1949) at Yale University. After private practice in a Washington law firm,
he came to Stanford as Associate Professor of Law in 1956 and was appointed Professor in 1959. From 1967 to 1969 he served
as Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Programs. After suffering a massive stroke, he returned to the Law School in the
fall of 1969. He was named Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law in 1971. Packer's first book, EX-COMMUNIST WITNESSES: FOUR
STUDIES IN FACT FINDING, was conceived at the time he came to Stanford and was supported by a research grant from the Fund
for the Republic.
The papers primarily contain correspondence, but also include articles, drafts, conference materials, financial records, and
administrative files. Subjects include his academic career at Yale and Stanford; his research and writing on the Alger Hiss
trial; the government witness project undertaken at Stanford; and other legal issues. Correspondents include Robert Barnard,
Edward N. Benjamin, Palmer L. Bevis, Warren Christopher, Robert A. Koch, Richard W. Lyman, Phil C. Neal, Louis B. Schwartz,
Thomas W. Swan, Donald F. Turner and Edwin Zimmerman.
Barnard, Robert.
Benjamin, Edward N.
Bevis, Palmer L.
Christopher, Warren.
Koch, Robert A.
Lyman, Richard W., 1923-2012.
Neal, Phil C.
Packer, Herbert L., 1925-1972.
Schwartz, Louis B.
Stanford University. School of Law--Faculty.
Swan, Thomas W.
Turner, Donald F.
Zimmerman, Edwin M.
Communism--United States
Governmental investigations--United States
Law--Study and teaching--United States