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Indiana State Bar Association collection

 Collection — Folder: S1584
Identifier: S1584

Scope and Contents

Two items are in this collection.

The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence typed their 16-page report for the Indiana State Bar Association meeting in South Bend on July 8, 1932. They had recommendations to amend the criminal code, have "a state-use system for prison industries," and develop a plan of cooperation among law-enforcement personnel. Page 13 states: "Chief Morrissey of Indianapolis, and Superintendent Osborne of the state bureau, have been cooperating with the committee." The Chairman J. J. Robinson thanked the other six members of the committee.

The President's Annual Address by L. L. Bomberger, on September 16, 1938, at the meeting of the Indiana State Bar Association, was reprinted in the Indiana Law Journal, October 1938, pp. 12-26. Mr. Bomberger gave a history of the State Bar Association "with reference to the three vital subjects of Integration of the Bar, Reform in Procedure and Independence of the Courts." (page 24)

Dates

  • 1932 and 1938

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Historical Note

The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence gave a report at the Indiana State Bar Association meeting in South Bend on July 8, 1932.

L. L. Bomberger, from Hammond, gave the President's Annual Address at the Indiana State Bar Association meeting in French Lick on September 16, 1938. He said that the Rule Making Bill passed by the General Assembly in 1937 "placed greater responsibilites upon the Bench and Bar."

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Custodial History

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Processing Information

Collection processing and finding aid completed 2018/9/20 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield.
Title
Indiana State Bar Association collection
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
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