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September 30, 2021
Select books and oral histories from our collection for National Hispanic Heritage Month
From the Archives: Enhancing Access to the NBA Oral Histories
May 11, 2021
Penn Law Archives Intern, Kathryn Gstalder, describes her work on the National Bankruptcy Archives (NBA) Oral History Collection.
Honnold on Honnold: An Oral History Interview with Professor John Honnold
March 2, 2011
The Penn Law community was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Professor John O. Honnold, Jr., a preeminent figure in international law who taught at the Law School from 1946…
Summers on Summers: An Oral History Interview with Professor Clyde Summers
January 11, 2011
Penn Law and the community at large lost one of the singular figures in American legal education with the passing of Professor Clyde Summers who died on October 30, 2010. Summers...
The Penn Law School Legal Oral History Project: Leaders of the Law, in Their Own Words
August 18, 2010
In his book, The Voice of the Past, the sociologist Paul Thompson comments on the cultural importance of oral histories, saying:[oral history] can break down barriers between teachers and…
Recent Developments in the National Bankruptcy Archives
February 13, 2009
There are many interesting projects currently going on in the National Bankruptcy Archives, a repository of records and papers related to bankruptcy, debtor-creditor relations, and the reorganization of…