Found 2 collections related to Stevens, Harold A., 1907-1990

The collection documents Stevens' advancement to the highest court in New York State and his contributions to the legal profession particularly his role as a founder of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). Stevens' accomplishments are reflected in letters from his contemporaries, colleagues, and dignitaries. Approximately one third of the collection, ten archival boxes, from 1951 to 1969, consists of judicial journals or volumes containing descriptive notes and transcripts from court cases ranging from litigation between companies and personal lawsuits to grand larceny, robbery, separations and divorces, custody proceedings and murder trials over which Stevens presided. There is also one notebook entitled, "Torts, Abstracts, and Five Point Method Notes." The collection also contains some letters, legal documents from a few court cases, and two folders of International Commission of Jurists Conference papers. ̀. less

Harold Arnoldus Stevens (October 19, 1907 – November 9, 1990) was a lawyer and judge who served on the New York Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals. The collection consists of two videos relating to Stevens's career, dating from 1985 and 1990. less