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Office of Economic Opportunity. Legal Services Program

 Organization

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

John Cummiskey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-001
Scope and Contents This collection largely comprises John W. Cummiskey’s files related to his activities with the Legal Services Program of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Materials include correspondence, articles, reports and writings. The bulk of the collection is correspondence related to various issues involving legal services at the OEO. Much of the correspondence is grouped together in folders with multiple correspondents and other material (usually included as enclosures) that relate to a...
Dates: 1957 - 1980

Kent Morrison Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-004
Scope and Contents

The Legal Services Program file contains materials related to Morrison's work during his tenure from 1972 to 1973 as Acting Chief of the Evaluation Division of the Office of Economic Opportunity’s Legal Services Program, and Special Assistant to the Director of that office.

The second series contains materials related to Morrison's tenure as Executive Director of El Paso Legal Assistance Society from 1971-1972.

Dates: 1964 - 1975

Patricia Wald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-039
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a draft copy of a report by Patricia Wald that would later be called, "Law and Poverty 1965: A Report to the National Conference on Law and Poverty." In this draft, it is titled, "Legal Problems of the Poor..."

Dates: 1965

Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-049
Scope and Contents

The collection is arranged into five series: 1) background information on the Reginald Heber Smith Community Fellows Program, 1967-1985; 2) original rosters and current information of Reggies by class year; 3) current information about former Reggies, arranged alphabetically; 4) planning materials related to the Thirtieth Anniversary Reunion of Reggies; and 5) Reunion program materials and documentation (includes audio-visual materials, stored separately). A finding aid exists.

Dates: 1967 - 1998

Simon Rosenthal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-006

William J. Brodsky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-020
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises correspondence, news articles, legal papers and other material acquired during and after William Brodsky's involvement with the Onondaga Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. Onondaga County includes the city of Syracuse.

Dates: 1965 - 1974

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Legal assistance to the poor -- United States 12
Legal services -- United States 6
War on Poverty 4
Legal assistance to the poor 3
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