Guide to the George E. Osborne Papers
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Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0198
Creator:
Osborne, George E. (George Edward),
1893-1977
Title: George E. Osborne papers
Dates: 1911-1977
Physical Description:
8 Linear feet
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(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
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Administrative Information
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
Access Terms
Ballantine, Henry Winthrop, 1880-1951.
Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.).
Crothers, George Edward, 1870-1957.
Jones, Herbert C. (Herbert Coffin),
1881-1970.
Kirkwood, Marion Rice, 1887-1978.
Maggs, Douglas Blount, 1899-1962
Means, Cyril C.
Miller, Justin.
Osborne, George E. (George Edward),
1893-1977
Pound, Roscoe.
Prosser, William Lloyd, 1898-
Stanford University. School of Law.
Law --Study and teaching.
Collection Contents
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)
ca. 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 7, Folder 25
M (John Stewart Mitchell)
1931-58
Box 7, Folder 26
O-R (Robert E. Paradise, Pete (Austin H.) Peck, Gilbert B. Perry,
Harold O. Preston, Robert Ransom, James E. Reid)
1927-72
Box 7, Folder 28
U-V (J. A. Wyckoff)
1930-58
Box 7, Folder 29
Correspondence with no last name or illegible
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
Accession ARCH-1998-198
Additional Material
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
