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Documentation of the symposium, “Murder, Politics and Scandal: Famous Cases and Characters of the Athens Bar and Beyond,” University of Georgia School of Law, 2013

 Series — Box: 10, Folder: 104
Collection number: MSS 016.066

Scope and Contents

The video has not yet been viewed to check for completeness or fidelity.

Dates

  • 2013

Conditions Governing Access

This collection has no restrictions. This collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Apply in the Heritage Room for access. The exception is the Order of the Eastern Star collection, the directories included in which list the personal addresses and phone numbers of members. These directories are not available to the public.

Biographical / Historical

The symposium included the following lectures: “The Slaying of Lemuel Penn”; “Pioneers: African-American Lawyers of Georgia”; “Gideon’s Promise: A History of the Legal Aid and Defender Society”; “The Colorful History of the Western Circuit”; “Unforgettable Senator Richard B. Russell”; “’Doc’ Sorrells and the Splitting of the Circuit”; “The Life of Judge James Barrow”; “A Tale of Three Governors”; “The Local Bar of Ancient Athens (Georgia)”; “The Homicide of T. K. Harty”; “”’Alone among the Living’: The Assassination of Floyd Hoard”; “Coach Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CO.”; “Scandal at UGA: The Shooting of Dean Drewry by His Ex-Wife”; “Morris v. Fortson: The Strange Election of Lester G. Maddox”; “Evidence and the Code of T. R. R. Cobb”; “T. R. R. Cobb and the Cobb House”; as well as a panel discussion on legal ethics.

Extent

.02625 Linear Feet (One of sixteen folders in a shared full legal document box)

Language

English

Overview

Video documentation of the symposium on six D. V. D.s plus a printed schedule of the day’s speakers and a print-out of the online version of a Flagpole article about the symposium.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Peggy Gallis

Physical Description

Good

Repository Details

Part of the Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library Repository

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