Guide to the Lowell Turrentine Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Library
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0057
Creator:
Turrentine, Lowell.
Title: Lowell Turrentine papers
Dates: 1913-1956
Physical Description:
4 Linear feet
Summary: Collection pertains largely to his professional life at Stanford
University and contains correspondence, both business and personal; his master's thesis;
materials for lectures; degrees, awards, and certificates; and a Turrentine genealogy.
General correspondence concerns financial investments, legal issues (including estate
issues), law curriculum, publication of his articles and books, placement of law
students, and personal affairs such as his health, offers of other teaching posts, and
Princeton and Harvard reunions. There is a substantial amount of correspondence and
memoranda from his work as a Compliance Commissioner for the War Production Board,
1942-44. Other topics include the Stanford Law Veterans Memorial Scholarship, the death
of Allene Lamson, Laisne v. State Board of Optometry, and the effect of World War II on
the Law School. Correspondents include Warren Christopher, Felix Frankfurter, Charles A.
Beardsley, John S. Bradway, Elliott E. Cheatham, Juan Enrique Geigel, Erwin N. Griswold,
Moffatt Hancock, Marion R. Kirkwood, Ray B. Lyon, Philbrick McCoy, D. O. McGovney,
Roscoe Pound, Owen J. Roberts, Malcolm P. Sharp, Fred Ames Weller, and Richard
Wicks.
Language(s): In English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Lowell Turrentine, 1969.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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
Lowell Turrentine Papers (SC0057). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Lowell Turrentine earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton in 1917 and his law
degrees at Harvard in 1922 and 1929. He practiced law in Cleveland and New York City and
was involved in the prosecution of the Elk Hills and Teapot Dome scandal, before joining
the faculty of the Stanford Law School in the fall of 1929. During World War II he
served as compliance commissioner for the War Production Board. He was acting dean of
the law school in 1945-46; in 1958 he became the first holder of the Marion Rice
Kirkwood Professorship in Law. He retired in 1961 and died in 1992.
Description of the Collection
Collection pertains largely to his professional life at Stanford University and contains
correspondence, both business and personal; his master's thesis; materials for lectures;
degrees, awards, and certificates; and a Turrentine genealogy. General correspondence
concerns financial investments, legal issues (including estate issues), law curriculum,
publication of his articles and books, placement of law students, and personal affairs
such as his health, offers of other teaching posts, and Princeton and Harvard reunions.
There is a substantial amount of correspondence and memoranda from his work as a
Compliance Commissioner for the War Production Board, 1942-44. Other topics include the
Stanford Law Veterans Memorial Scholarship, the death of Allene Lamson, Laisne v. State
Board of Optometry, and the effect of World War II on the Law School. Correspondents
include Warren Christopher, Felix Frankfurter, Charles A. Beardsley, John S. Bradway,
Elliott E. Cheatham, Juan Enrique Geigel, Erwin N. Griswold, Moffatt Hancock, Marion R.
Kirkwood, Ray B. Lyon, Philbrick McCoy, D. O. McGovney, Roscoe Pound, Owen J. Roberts,
Malcolm P. Sharp, Fred Ames Weller, and Richard Wicks.
Access Terms
Beardsley, Charles Alexander, 1882-1963.
Bradway, John S. (John Saeger), 1890-1985
Cheatham, Elliott Evans, 1888-1972.
Christopher, Warren.
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
Geigel, Juan Enrique.
Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel),
1904-
Hancock, Moffatt.
Kirkwood, Marion Rice, 1887-1978.
Kreps, Theodore John, 1897-
Lamson, Allene.
McCoy, Philbrick, 1897-
McGovney, Dudley O. (Dudley Odell),
1877-1947.
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964.
Roberts, Owen J. (Owen Josephus),
1875-1955.
Sharp, Malcolm Pitman, 1897-
Stanford University. School of Law--Faculty.
Turrentine, Julian.
Turrentine, Lawrence N.
Turrentine, Lowell.
United States. War Production Board.
Weller, Fred Ames.
Wicks, Richard.
Law --Study and teaching.
Universities and colleges --Faculty.
World War, 1939-1945 --Economic aspects --United States.
World War, 1939-1945--California--Stanford.
General correspondence index (not inclusive)
| Name |
Box(es) |
Folder(s) |
Date(s) |
| Beardsley, Charles A. |
1 |
4-6 |
1931-33 |
| Bradway, John S. |
1 |
6-8 |
1933-35 |
| Bradway, John S. |
5 |
3 |
1953 Dec. |
| Carmen, W. B., Jr. |
2 |
4 |
1942 Apr. |
| Christopher, Warren [to George Grimes] |
4 |
2 |
1949 |
| Cranston, John M. |
4 |
4-5 |
1950 May, Nov. |
| Cranston, John M. |
4 |
8 |
1952 Feb. |
| Crothers, George E. |
|
|
1952-53 (4/8 – 5/3) |
| Curran, J. E. [re son James B. Curran] |
3 |
5 |
1945 Feb., |
| Curran, J. E. [re son James B. Curran] |
4 |
1 |
1948 Feb. |
| Curran, James B. (former student in Armed Services) |
2 |
5-6 |
1942 Sept., Dec. |
| Chandler, George G. |
1 |
2 |
1929 |
| Cheatham, Elliott E. |
4 |
3 |
1950 Jan.; |
| Cheatham, Elliott E. |
5 |
6-7 |
1955 |
| Doty, William S. |
1 |
12 |
1939 |
| Ervin, John W. |
4 |
3 |
1950 Jan. |
| Fletcher, Robert L. |
5 |
6-8 |
1955-56 |
| Frankfurter, Felix |
2 |
3 |
1942 Jan. |
| Frankfurter, Felix |
2 |
7 |
1943 Jan. |
| Geigel, Juan Enrique |
8-9 |
1935-1936, |
|
| Geigel, Juan Enrique |
2 |
5 |
1942 (Sept.) |
| Genser, Joseph (former student in Armed Services) |
2 |
6 |
1942 Dec., |
| Genser, Joseph (former student in Armed Services) |
2 |
8 |
1943 Apr. |
| Griswold, Erwin N. |
1 |
41038 |
1932-36 |
| Griswold, Erwin N. |
1 |
12 |
1939 |
| Griswold, Erwin N. |
2 |
7 |
1943 (Feb.) |
| Griswold, Erwin N. |
4 |
8 |
1952 Feb. |
| Griswold, Erwin N. |
5 |
1 |
1953 Mar. |
| Griswold, Erwin N. |
5 |
5 |
1954 Dec. |
| Hahn, Herbert L. |
5 |
1-7 |
1953-55 |
| Hancock, Moffatt |
5 |
1 |
1953 Mar. |
| Kirkwood, Marion R. |
1 |
4 |
1931 |
| Kreps, Theodore J. |
2 |
1 |
1940 |
| Lyon, Ray B. |
3 |
1-2 |
1942 Jan., June |
| Lyon, Ray B. |
4 |
8 |
1952 Apr. |
| Lyon, Ray B. |
5 |
4 |
1954 Feb |
| Lyon, Ray B. |
5 |
41067 |
1955 June, Dec. |
| Lyon, Ray B. |
5 |
8 |
1956 June |
| McCoy, Philbrick (with tss "The Law Student and Professional
Standards")
|
5 |
1 |
1953 Jan. |
| McCoy, Philbrick |
6 |
2 |
|
| McGovney, D. O. |
2 |
2 |
1941 |
| McGovney, D. O. |
2 |
3-4, 6 |
1942 (Mar., May, June, Oct.) |
| Pound, Roscoe |
4 |
2 |
1949 |
| Roberts, Owen J. |
1 |
4-5, 9, 12 |
|
| Roberts, Owen J. |
|
|
1942 Feb. |
| Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine (law firm) |
1 |
4-9 |
1931-36 |
| Alyea, Ethan |
1 |
8-9 |
1935-36 |
| Alyea, Ethan |
4 |
4-5 |
1950 (May, Nov) |
| Alyea, Ethan |
4 |
8 |
1952 (Feb., May) |
| Alyea, Ethan |
5 |
1-8 |
1953-Jan. 56 |
| Laporte, Lloyd |
1 |
12 |
1939 |
| Root, Elihu, Jr. |
2 |
1 |
1940 |
| Sharp, Malcolm P. |
2 |
6 |
1942 Oct. |
| Sharp, Malcolm P. |
5 |
7-8 |
1955 Dec.; 1956 Jan. |
| Turrentine, Julian |
1 |
2-3 |
1929-30 |
| Turrentine, Lawrence N. |
1 |
9 |
1936 |
| War Production Board |
2 & 3 |
|
1942-1945 |
| Weller, Fred Ames [also of Root firm] |
1 |
4-9 |
1931-36 |
| Wicks, Richard |
5 |
4-7 |
1954-55 |
Outgoing Letters of Note
| Name |
Box(es) |
Folder(s) |
Date(s) |
| Christian Science, refuting its approach to medicine |
1 |
4 |
1931 |
| Father's 70th birthday (Rev. Francis M. Turrentine) |
1 |
4 |
1931 |
| Death of Allene Lamson [evidence refutes accident] |
1 |
7 |
1934 |
| World War II, effect on Law School |
2 |
3-6 |
1942 |
| Evacuation of Japanese & Japanese Americans |
2 |
3-6 |
1942 |
| SU's Civilian Defense Plan |
2 |
4 |
1942 May |
| To Mrs. Morie Takasuka and her son Kazuo Takasuka (while in relocation
camps)
|
2 |
6-7 |
1942 Oct. – 1943 Mar. |
| Report on his work as Compliance Commissioner |
3 |
5 |
1945 May |
Other topics of note:
| Topic |
Date(s) |
| Report on his work as Compliance Commissioner |
1945 May |
| Laisne v. State Board of Optometry |
1942 |
| Stanford Law Veterans Memorial Scholarship |
1945 |
| AAUP matters (national and at SU) |
1953 May |
Collection Contents
Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1942 Jan. – Mar.
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1942 Apr. – June
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1942 July – Sept.
Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1942 Oct. – Dec.
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1943 Jan. – Mar.
Box 2, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1943 Apr. – June
Box 2, Folder 9
Correspondence, 1943 July – Sept.
Box 2, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1943 Oct. – Dec.
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1944 Jan. – Mar.
Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1944 Apr. – June
Box 3, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1944 July – Oct.
Box 3, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1944 Nov. – Dec.
Box 3, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1945 Jan. – June
Box 3, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1945 July – Dec.
Box 3, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1946 Jan. – May
Box 3, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1946 June – Dec.
Box 4, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1950 Jan. – Mar.
Box 4, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1950 April – June
Box 4, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1950 July – Dec.
Box 4, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1951 Jan. – June
Box 4, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1951 July – Dec.
Box 4, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1952 Jan. – May
Box 4, Folder 9
Correspondence, 1952 June – Dec.
Box 5, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1953 Jan. – March
Box 5, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1953 Apr. – June
Box 5, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1953 July – Dec.
Box 5, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1954 Jan. – June
Box 5, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1954 July – Dec.
Box 5, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1955 Jan. – June
Box 5, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1955 July – Dec.
Box 6, Folder 1
Correspondence with Benjamin F. Crump re Standard Equities Corp. stock,
1936-43
Box 6, Folder 2
Correspondence with Philbrick McCoy re law handbook co-authorship,
1935-36; includes outline of book and contract
Box 6, Folder 3
Correspondence re law scholarship committee, 1948-50
Box 6, Folder 4
Law Library minutes, 1932 May and October
Box 6, Folder 5
Correspondence with Raymond F. Lillie, 1938-42, with a few letters from
Gilberta Lillie
Box 6, Folder 6
Correspondence re Practicing Law Institute, 1941-46
Box 6, Folder 7
Correspondence re class on social legislation, 1941-46; correspondents
include Walter P. Armstrong and Ray B. Lyon
Box 6, Folder 8
Directed research papers by students, 1933-1949
Box 6, Folder 9
Genealogy of Turrentine family and clippings
Box 6, Folder 11
Historical jurisprudence – mimeographed typescript, pp.
1-69
Box 7, Folder 1
Historical jurisprudence – mimeographed typescript, pp.
70-158
Box 7, Folder 2
Historical jurisprudence – mimeographed typescript, pp.
159-213
Box 7, Folder 3
Bessie Manuel papers (estate matter), 1944-46
Box 7, Folder 4
Master's thesis, "'Separable Controversy' as a Ground for Removal to
the Federal Courts of Certain Types of Cases Involving Interests in Land,"
1929
Box 7, Folder 5
Material re state constitution amendment #9, 1940
Box 7, Folder 6
Personal correspondence and papers, 1913-1918
Box 7, Folder 7
Personal correspondence and papers, 1924-1929
Box 7, Folder 8
Personal correspondence, Felix Frankfurter, 1938-41
Box 7, Folder 9
Personal correspondence and papers, 1930-1938
Box 7, Folder 10
Personal correspondence and papers, 1941-1949
Box 7, Folder 11
Personal correspondence and papers, undated
Box 7, Folder 12
Pound, Roscoe: Readings in Roman Law, Second Edition Part I, 1914;
Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence, Fourth Edition, 1928
Box 8
Degrees, awards, certificates, 1922-1950Degrees, awards, certificates,
1922-1950
