Guide to the Herbert L. Packer Papers

compiled by Stanford University Archives staff
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
April 2011
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.

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Overview

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

Administrative Information

Information about Access

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.

Ownership & Copyright

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.

Cite As

[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.

Description of the Collection

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.

Access Terms

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


Box 1, Folder 1

Chronological file, outgoing Aug.-Oct. 1955

Box 1, Folder 2

Chronological file, outgoing Nov. 1955

Box 1, Folder 3

Chronological file, outgoing 1956

Box 1, Folder 4

Chronological file, outgoing 1957

Box 1, Folder 5

Chronological file, outgoing 1958

Box 1, Folder 6

Chronological file, outgoing Jan.-Aug. 1959

Box 1, Folder 7

Chronological file, outgoing Sept.-Dec. 1959

Box 1, Folder 8

Chronological file, outgoing 1960 Jan.-June

Box 1, Folder 9

Chronological file, outgoing 1960 July-Dec.

Box 1, Folder 10

Chronological file, outgoing Jan.-Feb. 1963

Box 1, Folder 11

Chronological file, outgoing March-April 1963

Box 1, Folder 12

Chronological file, outgoing May-June 1963

Box 2, Folder 1

Chronological file, outgoing [includes part of an application for a Faculty Fellowship and the Report of the Special Adivsory Committee on Credential Revocation Procedures to the State Board of Education] July-Aug. 1963

Box 2, Folder 2

Chronological file, outgoing Sept. 1964

Box 2, Folder 3

Chronological file, outgoing [includes his paper "The Warren Commission Report"] October 1964

Box 2, Folder 4

Chronological file, outgoing November 1964

Box 2, Folder 5

Chronological file, outgoing Dec. 1964

Box 2, Folder 6

Chronological file, outgoing: Curriculum Committee Dec. 1964

Box 2, Folder 7

Chronological file, outgoing Jan.-April 1965

Box 2, Folder 8

Chronological file, outgoing May-July 1965

Box 3, Folder 1

Chronological file, outgoing July-Oct. 20 1965

Box 3, Folder 2

Chronological file, outgoing Oct. 21-Dec. 17, 1965

Box 3, Folder 3

Chronological file, outgoing Jan. 5-March 18, 1966

Box 3, Folder 4

Chronological file, outgoing March 21-April 28, 1966

Box 3, Folder 5

Chronological file, outgoing May 2-June 24, 1966

Box 3, Folder 6

Chronological file, outgoing June 27-Sept. 26, 1966

Box 3, Folder 7

Chronological file, outgoing Oct. 3-Dec. 2, 1966

Box 3, Folder 8

Chronological file, outgoing Dec. 5, 1966-Jan. 1967

Box 3, Folder 9

Chronological file, outgoing April 1968

Box 3, Folder 10

Chronological file, outgoing May-June 1968

Box 3, Folder 11

Chronological file, outgoing July-Aug. 16. 1968

Box 3, Folder 12

Chronological file, outgoing Aug. 19-Sept. 1968

Box 4, Folder 1

Chronological file, outgoing October 1968

Box 4, Folder 2

Chronological file, outgoing Nov.-Dec. 1968

Box 4, Folder 3

Chronological file, outgoing Jan.-Feb. 12, 1969

Box 4, Folder 4

Chronological file, outgoing Feb. 13-Mar. 12, 1969

Box 4, Folder 5

Chronological file, outgoing April-July 1969

Box 4, Folder 6

Chronological file, outgoing August-Sept. 1969

Box 4, Folder 7

Chronological file, outgoing [includes list] Oct.-Nov. 15, 1969

Box 4, Folder 8

Chronological file, outgoing [includes list] Nov. 16-Dec. 1969

Box 4, Folder 9

Chronological file, outgoing [includes list] Jan. 1970

Box 4, Folder 10

Chronological file, outgoing, [includes partial list] February 1970

Box 4, Folder 11

Chronological file, outgoing March 1970

Box 5, Folder 1

Chronological file, outgoing April 1970

Box 5, Folder 2

Chronological file, outgoing May-June 1970

Box 5, Folder 3

Chronological file, outgoing July-Aug. 1970

Box 5, Folder 4

Chronological file, outgoing Sept. 1970

Box 5, Folder 5

Chronological file, outgoing Oct.-Nov. 13, 1970

Box 5, Folder 6

Chronological file, outgoing Nov. 17-Dec. 1970

Box 5, Folder 7

Chronological file, outgoing Jan.-Feb. 1971

Box 5, Folder 8

Chronological file, outgoing Mar.-May 1971

Box 5, Folder 9

Chronological file, outgoing June-Oct. 1971

Box 5, Folder 10

Chronological file, outgoing Nov.-Dec. 1971

Box 5, Folder 11

Chronological file, outgoing January 1972

Box 5, Folder 12

Chronological file, outgoing Feb.-March 1972

Box 6, Folder 1

Chronological file, outgoing April-May 1972

Box 6, Folder 2

Chronological file, outgoing June 1972

Box 6, Folder 3

Chronological file, outgoing July 1972

Box 6, Folder 4

Correspondence 1948-49

Box 6, Folder 5

Correspondence 1950

Box 6, Folder 6

Correspondence 1952-53

Box 6, Folder 7

Correspondence 1954

Box 6, Folder 8

Correspondence 1955

Box 6, Folder 9

Correspondence 1956

Box 6, Folder 10

Correspondence 1957-58

Box 6, Folder 11

Correspondence 1959-62

Box 7, Folder 1

Correspondence, general A-F 1959-60

Box 7, Folder 2

Correspondence, general G-L 1958-60

Box 7, Folder 3

Correspondence, general M-Q 1958-60

Box 7, Folder 4

Correspondence, general R-S 1958-60

Box 7, Folder 5

Correspondence, general T-Z 1957-60

Box 7, Folder 6

Correspondence 1968

Box 7, Folder 7

Correspondence Jan.-June 1969

Box 7, Folder 8

Correspondence Aug.-Dec. 1969

Box 8, Folder 1

Correspondence Jan.-May 1970

Box 8, Folder 2

Correspondence June-Dec. 1970

Box 8, Folder 3

Correspondence Jan.-Feb. 1971

Box 8, Folder 4

Correspondence March-Dec. 1971

Box 8, Folder 5

Personal correspondence A-D 1972

Box 8, Folder 6

Personal correspondence E-K 1972

Box 8, Folder 7

Personal correspondence L-P 1972

Box 8, Folder 8

Personal correspondence R-Z 1972

Box 9, Folder 1

9th Circuit Judicial Conference Correspondence, (with note by Nancy Packer concerning accomodations) 1958 and 2003

Box 9, Folder 2

AALS [Assoc. of American Law Schools] Committee on Teaching Law in the Liberal Arts Curriculum, Correspondence re 1957-58

Box 9, Folder 3

AALS Criminal Law Round Table, Correspondence re 1957-59

Box 9, Folder 4

Academic correspondence April-Dec. 1957

Box 9, Folder 5

Academic correspondence Jan. 1956-March 1957

Box 9, Folder 6

ACLU, Correspondence 1958-59

Box 9, Folder 7

Appointment (Vice Provost for Academic Planning), congratulatory correspondence 1966-67

Box 9, Folder 8

Arson Study Correspondence re 1959-60

Box 9, Folder 9

Barnard, Robert, Correspondence re testimony of Barnard and his sister to G.S.A. 1959

Box 9, Folder 10

Change magazine, text of article and correspondence 1970-71

Box 9, Folder 11

Christopher, Warren, correspondence 1949

Box 9, Folder 12

Christopher, Warren, correspondence 1953-72

Box 9, Folder 13

Clippings and press releases (personal) 1968-69

Box 9, Folder 14

Coif Award (for his book THE LIMITS OF THE CRIMINAL SACTION), correspondence re 1970-71

Box 9, Folder 15

Conference of Chief Justices (S.F.), correspondence re talk for 1962

Box 10, Folder 1

Conference on the control of narcotics addiction 1963

Box 10, Folder 2

Conference on the control of narcotics addiction 1963

Box 10, Folder 3

Consitutional immunities and privileges, correspondence and text for chapter on , 1960-63

Box 10, Folder 4

Crime Tariff , The, text and correspondence re 1964

Box 10, Folder 5

Criminal Procedure : course outline 1965

Box 10, Folder 6

Encyclopaedia Briannica, correspondence and text of entry for 1959-60

Box 10, Folder 7

Faculty committee for Government Witness Project, correspondence 1955-56

Box 10, Folder 8

W. H. Ferry / J. R. McDonough correspondence re Government Witness study 1959-60

Box 10, Folder 9

Ford Foundation fellowship [for study on criminal policy in a free society], correspondence and other records 1958-62

Box 10, Folder 10

Foundations - applications, etc. 1966

Box 10, Folder 11

Guggenheim Award 1970-72

Box 10, Folder 12

Law and Medical Schools, correspondence re joint program between 1959

Box 10, Folder 13

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, correspondence 1963-64

Box 10, Folder 14

NAACP, correspondence 1957

Box 10, Folder 15

Neal, Phil C., correspondence 1952-58

Box 10, Folder 16

Packer, "The Courts, The Police and the Rest of Us," text of an address at Northwestern 1966

Box 10, Folder 17

Packer, "Great Britan and the Near Eastern Crisis of 1878," in competition for the Andrew D. White Freshman Prize 1942

Box 10, Folder 18

Packer, 3 papers for the Joint Committee for the Revision of the Penal Code, CA Legislature 1965-66

Box 11, Folder 1

Packer and Lloyd Cutler, article for Harper's, text and correspondence 1952

Box 11, Folder 2

Packer, Nancy, letters to Herb 1958

Box 11, Folder 3

Personal - Book Of the Month Club: catalogs and resignation letter 1972

Box 11, Folder 4

Personal finance - salary 1970-72

Box 11, Folder 5

Personal finance 1969-72

Box 11, Folder 6

Publications, correspondence re 1957-58

Box 11, Folder 7

Publications, correspondence re 1960-61

Box 11, Folder 8

Publications, correspondence re 1961-62

Box 11, Folder 9

Publications, correspondence re 1962-63

Box 11, Folder 10

Publications, correspondence re 1963-64

Box 11, Folder 11

Publications, correspondence re 1964-65

Box 11, Folder 12

Publications, correspondence re 1965-66

Box 11, Folder 13

Review of Handler's Antitrust in Perspective, correspondence re 1957-58

Box 11, Folder 14

Review of Warren Commission, correspondence re 1964-65

Box 11, Folder 15

Reviews, correspondence re 1965-66

Box 11, Folder 16

Reynolds Chair appointment 1971

Box 12, Folder 1

Sabbatical [1963-64], 1962-64

Box 12, Folder 2

Sabina Hart Connolly Prize and Cragin Award (Hillhouse High School), correspondence re 1972

Box 12, Folder 3

Schwartz, Louis B. (U. of Penn.), correspondence re therapeutic abortion research and various writing projects 1958-60

Box 12, Folder 4

Stanford, correspondence and miscellany 1955-60

Box 12, Folder 5

Stanford [correspondence, statements, etc. re political and administrative issues] 1970-71

Box 12, Folder 6

Stanford [correspondence, statements, etc. re political and administrative issues] 1971-72

Box 12, Folder 7

Stanford, Board of Trustees 1967-69

Box 12, Folder 8

Stanford position not taken, correspondence re 1952

Box 12, Folder 9

Study of Witnesses File I, correspondence, clippings 1954-56

Box 12, Folder 10

Study of Witnesses File II, correspondence, statements, and other material 1955

Box 12, Folder 11

Study of Witnesses File III, correspondence 1955

Box 12, Folder 12

Study of Witnesses File IV, correspondence, press coverage, and copy of "Tale of Two Typewriters," 1958

Box 13, Folder 1

Study of Witnesses File V, correspondence and press coverage 1955-56

Box 13, Folder 2

Study of Witnesses File VI, correspondence re Fund for the Republic 1955-58

Box 13, Folder 3

Study of Witnesses VII Confidential, correspondence 1956-60

Box 13, Folder 4

Study of Witnesses VIII formal documentation 1955

Box 13, Folder 5

Study of Witnesses, Index to files I - VIII

Box 13, Folder 6

[Study of witnesses] Government Witness Project, table of contents and index of testimony

Box 13, Folder 7

[Study of witnesses] Project, correspondence and memorandum 1955

Box 13, Folder 8

[Study of witnesses] Project, correspondence 1956

Box 13, Folder 9

[Study of witnesses] Project, correspondence 1957-58

Box 13, Folder 10

"A Tale of Two Typewriters" (pre-publication), correspondence re 1957-58

Box 13, Folder 11

"A Tale of Two Typewriters" correspondence re 1958-59

Box 14, Folder 1

Travel 1970-72

Box 14, Folder 2

Yale Law School, correspondence 1969-72

Box 14, Folder 3

Yale Moot Court of Appeals 1947 Spring Term. Brief by Packer 1947

Box 14, Folder 4

Yale: The Adamson Case: a study in constitutional technique, honors paper 1948

Box 14, Folder 5

Yale: assorted class papers 1945 and undated

Box 14, Folder 6

Yale: The Image in the Mirror, The Yale Law Journal September 1947

Box 14, Folder 7

Yale: paper on negtionable instruments undated

Box 14, Folder 8

Yale: "Selections from Cicero's Pro M. Caelio to Illustrate the Life and Times of Catullus" [mimeographed paper, intro in English, rest in Latin] undated

Box 14, Folder 9

Yale: short story manuscript undated

Box 14, Folder 10

Yarmolinsky, Adam - testimony re investigation of government witnesses, along with text of Eric Sevareid radio broadcast on loyalty November 1955

Box 14, Folder 11

Zimmerman, Edwin, correspondence 1959

Box 15

Letters of recommendation 1960-61

Box 15

Dean of Law School Search Committee correspondence 1962-63

Box 15

Restricted letters pulled from other folders 1972