Summary Information

Title: Samuel Simon Leibowitz papers,
Creator: Samuel Simon Leibowitz, 1893-1978.
Inclusive dates: 1939-1976.
4 cubic ft.
Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, articles, legal documents, photographs, and audiotapes.
Abstract::

Includes papers relating to the career and interests of Samuel Simon Leibowitz, who earned his B.A. and his LL.B. from Cornell University. As a lawyer, he defended, and ultimately exonerated, the Scottsboro Boys. He later became a judge on the New York Supreme Court, where he remained until mandatory retirement at age 76.

Call number: 3923
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library