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Legal assistance to the poor -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Houseman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-019
Dates: 1966 - 2016
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Alan Houseman Papers

Alfred H. Corbett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-043
Scope and Contents The Alfred Corbett Papers is arranged in five series. Most of the materials in the first series (Oregon), were collected during Corbett's service as Oregon State Representative and later as State Senator from 1956 until 1965. The second series documents his work with the Office of Economic Opportunity/Legal Services Program (OEO/LSP), and includes reports and evaluations of several Community Action Agencies and planning and budgeting for nation-wide and regional...
Dates: 1965-1977, 1993
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Alfred H. Corbett Papers

Antone G. "Gerry" Singsen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-026
Scope and Contents

This collection largely contains meeting material from various LSC groups: Board of Directors; Committee on Appropriations and Audit, Office of Field Services, Committee on Operations and Regulations, Presidential Search Committees and others. Of note is a draft monitoring report that gives an analysis of the program at Legal Services of North Carolina, Inc., including a response by the LSNC to that report. Miscellaneous articles and manuals are listed under the "Topical" file.

Dates: 1977 - 1994
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Antone G. "Gerry" Singsen Papers

Blossom Athey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-018
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a reprint from Howard Westwood from the Howard Law Journal; correspondence with Navajo leader Peter MacDonald; a pamphlet from the Navajo Reservation's DNA's People Legal Services (DNA is an anagram for the Navajo phrase that translates to "attorneys who work for the economic revitalization of the people); material from the 1999 Servant of Justice Awards; an OEO memo; and a scan of a photo with Athey, Hillary Clinton and others.

Dates: 1967 - 2000
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Blossom Athey Collection

Brennan Center for Justice Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-021
Scope and Contents

This collection largely comprises publications and papers but also includes job announcements, newsletters and annual reports.

Dates: 1999 - 2001
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Brennan Center for Justice Collection

Clinton Bamberger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-033
Scope and Contents The papers of E. Clinton Bamberger Jr. document Bamberger's career as a legal services administrator, educator, and advocate. The collection, to some extent, also documents the history of legal services in the United States from the mid 1960's through the mid 1990's. And while some items such as articles and neighborhood law office handbooks and manuals pre-date the mid-1960's, the collection essentially begins with Bamberger's arrival on the scene as the first Director of the Legal...
Dates: ca. 1960-ca. 1990
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Clinton Bamberger Papers

Earl Johnson Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-015
Scope and Contents The collection consists of three series: Interviews, NEJL historical materials, and Access to Justice materials. The interview collection consists of forty-nine interviews conducted by Johnson as part of his research for the book Justice And Reform: The Formative Years of the American Legal Services Program, first published in 1974 by the Russell Sage Foundation. Justice and Reform is the only comprehensive survey of the history of the Legal Services Program (LSP) within the...
Dates: 1964 - 1974
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Earl Johnson Jr. Collection

Edgar and Jean Cahn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-005
Dates: 1953 - 1978
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Edgar and Jean Cahn Papers

Elizabeth Kinney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-029
Scope and Contents The primary focus of the collection is Kinney's work in the areas of housing law and reform and legal services to the elderly. Included are publications, memos, court papers, correspondence and other material related to her work with the National Tenants Organization (NTO) and the Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP) in Washington, D.C.; the Cleveland Legal Aid Society; the Ann Arbor Public Tenants Organization; and the Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP) and the National Senior...
Dates: 1965 - 1979
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Elizabeth Kinney Papers

F. William McCalpin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-011
Scope and Contents

This collection includes material related to McCalpin's work with LSC, SCLAID, Missouri Legal Aid Society and other legal aid efforts. Also included is material related to his work with international legal aid.

Dates: 1971 - 2009
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / F. William McCalpin Papers

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