Guide to the Samuel Simon Leibowitz Papers,
1939-1976

Collection Number: 3923

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:

M. Warren

Date completed:

October 1982

EAD encoding:

Martin Heggestad, July 2003

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Samuel Simon Leibowitz papers, 1939-1976.

Collection Number:

3923

Creator:

Samuel Simon Leibowitz, 1893-1978.

Quantity:

4 cubic ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, articles, legal documents, photographs, and audiotapes.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Includes papers relating to the career and interests of Samuel Simon Leibowitz, who earned his B.A. and his LL.B. from Cornell University. As a lawyer, he defended, and ultimately exonerated, the Scottsboro Boys. He later became a judge on the New York Supreme Court, where he remained until mandatory retirement at age 76.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Samuel Simon Leibowitz earned his B.A. and his LL.B. from Cornell University. As a lawyer, he defended, and ultimately exonerated, the Scottsboro Boys. He later became a judge on the New York Supreme Court, where he remained until mandatory retirement at age 76.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, notes and manuscripts for speeches, testimonials and debates, reports, newspaper clippings and articles, legal documents, photographs, and tapes pertaining to subjects and criminal cases of interest to Leibowitz, including capital punishment, prison reform, narcotics, and juvenile delinquency.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Samuel Simon Leibowitz, 1893-1978.

Subjects:

Capital punishment.

Drug abuse.

Juvenile delinquency.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Samuel Simon Leibowitz papers, #3923. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Capital punishment
1949-1953	Great Britain Royal Commission on Capital Punishment	Box 1	Folder 1
ca. 1950-1964	Capital punishment statistics	Box 1	Folder 2
ca. 1956-1972	Religion; Black and Poor; Deterent - notes and articles	Box 1	Folder 3
Jan. 27, 1961	D.A. Association Forum on Capital Punishment	Box 1	Folder 4
1961-1973	Symposium at D.A. Association; SSL and D.A. Maskell TV debate; SSL reply to CBS editorial; Judge's poll; SSL - Sellin debate; SSL minutes - Stokes and Garner cases; Ch. 5 discussion - Lyons and Brown, Mar. 18, 1973	Box 1	Folder 5
Feb. 18, 1962	The Open Mind, NBC-TV - A Debate on Capital Punishment	Box 1	Folder 6
1961-1962	Correspondence re: Open Mind	Box 1	Folder 7
Dec. 7, 1962	Public hearing on capital punishment	Box 1	Folder 8
Oct. 1972	Testimonial and speech notes - New York Assembly	Box 1	Folder 9
Dec. 7, 1962	NYS Legislative Committee on Revision of Penal Law	Box 1	Folder 9
May 2, 1973	Court of Common Please, Delaware Co.	Box 1	Folder 9
Sept. 23, 1969	Coram Nobis hearing: The People of NYS vs. Raymond Gardner	Box 1	Folder 10
1970	Taxi drivers; Taxi News	Box 1	Folder 11
1972	Proposed death penalty bill	Box 1	Folder 12
July 9, 1972	Public hearing - CBS-TV	Box 1	Folder 13
1972	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 14
	Notes, addresses
Oct. 16, 1972	Assembly hearing	Box 1	Folder 15
Mar. 18, 1973	GABE Ch. 5	Box 1	Folder 15
Mar. 30, 1973	Young lawyers	Box 1	Folder 15
ca. 1961-1976	Clippings	Box 1	Folder 16
ca. 1960-1973	Pro and con press	Box 1	Folder 17
	Photographs: Hitler, Hauptmann, Lepke, Snyder, and Gray	Box 1	Folder 18
	Juvenile delinquency
ca. 1955-1961	Notes for speeches	Box 1	Folder 19
1957-1961	Correspondence, notes, clippings	Box 1	Folder 20
1959	Talk, NY Young Republic Club	Box 1	Folder 21
1961	Peoria Bar Association	Box 1	Folder 22
ca. 1953-1958	Notes and clippings	Box 1	Folder 23
ca. 1960-1974	Clippings	Box 1	Folder 24
	Murtagh, John M. (Judge) People of NYS vs.
1951	Legal documents, Kings Co., NY, stenographers minutes	Box 1	Folder 25
	Correspondence, legal documents	Box 1	Folder 26
	Narcotics
ca. 1963-1967	Major articles	Box 1	Folder 27
1970	Hearings before the Select Committee on Crime, House of Representatives	Box 1	Folder 28
ca. 1970-1972	Clippings: law enforcement, police - D.A.'s; courts	Box 1	Folder 29
1970-1971	Narcotics - correspondence or copies of letters: Ed. Benes, Mitchell; Paul L. Perito; Ambassador Arthur K. Watson; William J. Durkin; John E. Ingersoll; Congressman Vanick; Sen. Murphy; Gov. Rockefeller; Sen. Edward M. Kennedy; Marseille - Cusser interview; Blount urges boycott before Congressional committee	Box 2	Folder 1
	Press clips re: Rockefeller tough laws	Box 2	Folder 2
	Articles	Box 2	Folder 2
	Before legislative commission	Box 2	Folder 2
1973	Newsday series: "The Heroin Trail"	Box 2	Folder 3
ca. 1970-1973	Clippings and articles	Box 2	Folder 4
ca. 1970-1973	Speech material, various topics; Congressional hearing; drug abuse in suburbia	Box 2	Folder 5
1962-1963	Scaglia, Francois	Box 2	Folder 6
	Prisons
	Prisons - articles: conditions and proposed reforms; parole	Box 2	Folder 7
1959	Addresses: Middle Atlantic states	Box 2	Folder 7
	Clippings	Box 2	Folder 7
1939-1972	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 7
	Prisons	Box 2	Folder 8
Mar. 19, 1959	Speech	Box 2	Folder 8
Mar. 21, 1970	Testimony (Dunne)	Box 2	Folder 8
Oct. 5, 1970	Sen. Dunne report	Box 2	Folder 8
	News clips	Box 2	Folder 8
1970-1971	Prison newsclips	Box 2	Folder 9
1970-1971	Prison newsclips	Box 2	Folder 9
1959	Meany (correspondence with)	Box 2	Folder 9
	Age of Machinery	Box 2	Folder 9
	Census and miscellaneous	Box 2	Folder 9
	Leniency	Box 2	Folder 9
1970-1972	Prison riots	Box 2	Folder 10
	Attica, articles: Time ("A Model Prison"), Newsweek, U.S. News	Box 2	Folder 10
	Auburn: Becker	Box 2	Folder 10
1972-1974	Prison and reform, sentencing	Box 2	Folder 11
1949-1958	Notes correspondence, articles	Box 2	Folder 12
1952-1968	Correspondence, notes, articles, speeches	Box 2	Folder 13
	Miscellaneous
ca. 1941-1972	Not classified: press clips, illiteracy, schools, Miami, Columbia Law School, Mad Bomber	Box 2	Folder 14
	Tapes: 97 tapes covering the following subjects:	Box 3-4
	Abortion Capital punishment Drugs Juvenile delinquency Prisons Trial technique Violence in schools Miscellaneous: radio and television talks

Guide to the Samuel Simon Leibowitz Papers,1939-1976

Collection Number: 3923

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Samuel Simon Leibowitz Papers,
1939-1976

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library