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Childhood ephemera, 1938-1949 Box 45, Folder 1

Contains Dworkin's third grade library card and a high school model Senate program.

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Personal, 1938-2013 2.25 Linear Feet

The series contains photographs, awards, and ephemera documenting personal and family activities from Dworkin's childhood and college years, including correspondence received by Dworkin's mother, Madeline Talamo.

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Ronald Dworkin papers, 1938-2013 36.83 Linear Feet 1.42 Terabytes

Dworkin, Ronald

The Ronald Dworkin papers document Dworkin's life and career as a law professor, author, and legal philosopher. Materials primarily document his professional career and activities, including his work as a professor at Yale University, Oxford University, and New York University, as well as his academic writing, focused on legal and political philosophy, and his popular writing on contemporary politics and the U.S. Supreme Court. A smaller amount of personal material is included, primarily from his youth.

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1198, 1948-1978 Box 26, Folder 1

News clippings featuring Dworkin from his high school years (1948-1949), along with a copy of his high school graduation program. Also includes newspaper and journal clippings of articles by and about Dworkin (mostly from the early 1970s), and an issue of Not The New York Times, a satirical newspaper published during the New York City printers' strike of 1978.

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Numerical Files, 1948-2006 13.33 Linear Feet

The series comprises writings, press clippings and newspaper and magazine copies, correspondence, financial and legal documents, and other materials related to Ronald Dworkin's career as a writer, scholar, and professor. Some personal legal and financial documents are also included. These files consist of individual items and folders, all numbered and filed in numerical order by Dworkin. Items are generally marked with a number on the cover, first page, or folder, but numbers are not continuous, as many numbers are skipped or missing from the sequence

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264 - 265, 1952- Box 2, Folder 4

Typescript outline draft, likely by Dworkin, titled "Chapter IV -- The Concept of Law" and containing annotations by Dworkin; and a typescript 1952 science paper by Dworkin and R.W. Frankmann, written during Dworkin's studies at Harvard.

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Letters to Madelaine Talamo from friends and family, 1952-1958 Box 45, Folder 4

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Letters from Dworkin to Madelaine Talamo, 1953-1955 Box 45, Folder 3

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3081, 1954-1973 Box 21, Folder 3

Legal documents related to Dworkin's home in London. Also includes an original copy of an administrators' report on the execution of the will of Rose Hart, mother of H. L. A. Hart, who was co-administrator of Rose Hart's estate.

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Oxford University jurisprudence exams, 1955- Box 52, Folder 1

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M, general, 1955-2002 Box 41, Folder 1

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Correspondence, 1955-2012 1.67 Linear Feet

The series primarily contains Dworkin's professional correspondence. Correspondence with prominent individuals and organizations in academia and law are filed in individual folders, as are those of correspondents with whom Dworkin exchanged three or more letters. Groupings of correspondence on a specific topic have been retained. All other correspondence is arranged in general folders at the beginning of each letter of the alphabet. Additional correspondence can be found in other series, particularly the Numerical Files and Writings series. Some early Dworkin family correspondence is filed in the Personal Files series.

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Writings, 1955-2013 8.67 Linear Feet

The series contains published and draft writings and lectures by Dworkin, as well as writings by other authors. Writings exist in both typescript and manuscript formats, and the series includes photocopies and offprints of published materials. Some correspondence and research materials pertaining to the writings are also included. Note that additional writings, both drafts and published writings, can be found in other series, particularly the Numerical Files and Subject Files.

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Hand, Learned, 1957- Box 40, Folder 7

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Untitled notes, drafts, and course materials, 1960-1969 Box 58, Folder 1

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"New York", 1960-1969 Box 58, Folder 2

Typescript poem with manuscript annotations by an unidentified author.

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8, 1960-1979 Box 1, Folder 2

Loose typescript writings, possibly including portions of drafts for unidentified articles or lectures. Some have handwritten notes and edits by Dworkin.

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Untitled drafts, 1960-1979 Box 58, Folder 3

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Notepads, 1960-1979 Box 58, Folder 5-16

Notepads containing handwritten notes. Includes course notes, outlines, drafts, and other personal and professional notes.

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Notepads, 1960-1979 Box 59, Folder 1-18

Notepads containing handwritten notes. Includes course notes, outlines, drafts, and other personal and professional notes.

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Bibliographies by unidentified authors, 1960-1989 Box 63, Folder 1

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Drafts and memos by unidentified authors, 1960-1999 Box 63, Folder 2

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Yale Law School jurisprudence course lecture notes, student lists, and syllabus, 1963-1964 Box 43, Folder 1

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Course Materials, 1963-2003 0.83 Linear Feet

The series contains course materials from Dworkin's teaching career, including course readings, lecture notes, correspondence, syllabi, and other materials. Other course reading materials can be found in the Writings series.

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Princeton University Philosophy 308 exam question sheet, 1964- Box 43, Folder 2

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1768 - 1774, 1965-1985 Box 7, Folder 5

Offprints of articles by various authors, primarily Dworkin, some with author cover notes.

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1698, 1966-1975 Box 7, Folder 2

Clippings of articles by Dworkin in the Listener, the New York Review of Books, and the New York Times; a press clipping on Dworkin's appointment as master of Trumbull College at Yale University; an article offprint by Dworkin; and a letter dated 16 May 1969.

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