Edward S. Greenbaum Papers, 1888-1969 (bulk 1930-1960): Finding Aid

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Edward S. Greenbaum Papers, 1888-1969 (bulk 1930-1960): Finding Aid

MC069

Edward S. Greenbaum.

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Published on September 1, 2006

Summary Information

Creator:: Greenbaum, Edward S. (Edward Samuel), 1890-1970.
Title and dates:: Edward S. Greenbaum Papers, 1888-1969 (bulk 1930-1960).
Abstract:: Edward S. Greenbaum (1890-1970) was a lawyer in New York City in the legal firm of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst who was involved in court reform efforts throughout his career. He also served in the War Department during World War II as executive officer to Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, negotiating contracts with the private sector for munitions and supplies. Greenbaum's papers document his career as a lawyer, as well as his government service, and include correspondence, legal documents, reports, and publications.
Size:: 20.3 linear feet (48 boxes)
Call number:: MC069
Location:: Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Public Policy Papers.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA
Language(s) of material:: English.
Storage note:: This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.

Biography of Edward S. Greenbaum

Edward S. Greenbaum (1890-1970) was a lawyer in New York City in the legal firm of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst who was involved in court reform efforts throughout his career. He also served in the War Department during World War II as executive officer to Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, negotiating contracts with the private sector for munitions and supplies.

Edward Samuel Greenbaum was born in New York City on April 13, 1890. He was the second son of Samuel Greenbaum, who became a New York State Supreme Court Justice in 1900. Greenbaum studied at the Horace Mann School and then attended Williams College, where he received his A.B. in 1910. He earned his law degree (LL.B.) from Columbia University in 1913. Edward Greenbaum married Dorothea Schwarcz, a sculptor, in October 1920 and they had two sons: Daniel and David.

Greenbaum began to practice law in 1913 in New York City with his older brother Lawrence and Herbert A. Wolff, a classmate. In 1915, they were joined by Morris L. Ernst and founded the firm of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst. Lawrence Greenbaum died in 1951 and the other three men continued the firm. Greenbaum choose not to specialize, instead staying involved with many areas of the law. He tried cases, argued appeals, conducted family counseling, worked for corporations, and administered estates. Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst became one of New York's most prominent law firms and was well-respected in literary and civil-liberties legal circles.

Greenbaum interrupted his practice of law to serve the United States when America entered World War I. He was unable to qualify for officers' training at the citizens' training camp in Plattsburgh, N.Y. because of color blindness, so he enlisted as a private. During training at Camp Upton, he created and ran a program to teach English to immigrant soldiers. On February 6, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of captain. Greenbaum was later made a major in the Judge Advocate's Department and served in Germany for several months. He served in the military from 1917 to 1919 and then returned to his law practice.

In the 1920s, Greenbaum became increasingly involved in public affairs. He joined a group at the John's Hopkins Institute for the Study of Law that was studying the civil litigation system in the fall of 1928. He became chairman of the committee of nine lawyers working with the institute on the study in 1929. This work was the beginning of his life-long pursuit for court reform.

Greenbaum was called into active service in World War II, commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in 1940 and rising to the rank of brigadier general in March 1943. He served as executive officer to Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson from 1941 to 1946. Greenbaum worked as a lawyer for the War Department, negotiating contracts with private industry, and was instrumental in ensuring that there were sufficient munitions and supplies for the war. Because of his work, he became known for his ability to work out satisfactory compromises between groups of conflicting people. Greenbaum also shaped the War Department's labor policies. He received the Distinguished Service Medal in 1945.

Following his service in the War Department, Greenbaum again returned to his law practice at Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst. He also continued his efforts to improve the organization of the court system, serving as chairman for many professional groups studying court reform and helping to establish the Citizens Committee for Modern Courts in 1955. He played a major role in establishing an Adolescent Court in New York as head of a New York Law Society study, and in the 1950s was part of the efforts that culminated in the first major New York state and local court reforms in 115 years, instituted in 1960 and 1961.

During the course of his career, Greenbaum worked on many prominent cases. He served as trustee for the American estate of Ivar Kreuger when his company, Kreuger & Toll, declared bankruptcy in the 1930s, and also served as special assistant to the United States Attorney General from 1934 to 1938. While he served the Attorney General, Greenbaum prosecuted banker Charles E. Mitchell for income tax evasion. Governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed Greenbaum to serve as chief counsel for the commission to reorganize the Long Island Rail Road after a series of accidents in 1950, and Greenbaum represented Harper & Row Publishers when Jacqueline Kennedy withdrew her support for the publication of The Death of a President by William Manchester in 1966. Greenbaum's most famous case is generally considered to be serving as legal counsel to Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's daughter, when she published her book Twenty Letters to a Friend and subsequently serving as her mentor when she came to the United States in 1967.

In addition to his career as a lawyer, Greenbaum was active in his community. He was a founder of the Jewish Big Brothers, which aids troubled youth, and served as trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Greenbaum also continued to serve the government. In 1933, he was appointed chairman of the Alcohol Control Commission, created by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to establish Federal codes to control liquor after the repeal of the Prohibition Amendment, and in 1958 he was a member of the New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies Study Commission. Greenbaum also served as the alternate United States delegate at the 1956-1957 United Nations General Assembly, where he presented the United States call for Korean unity.

Additionally, Greenbaum was a very active member in the American, City of New York, and New York State bar associations. He was co-author of The King's Bench Masters with Leslie I. Reade, published in 1932. Greenbaum's autobiography, A Lawyer's Job, was published in 1967. He received an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1946, and the Rogerson Cup and Medal in 1957, from Williams College. The Cup and Medal is given to an alumnus or senior for service and loyalty to the college and for distinction in any field. It was given to Greenbaum for his ability to negotiate acceptable compromises in difficult situations between conflicting parties. Greenbaum died on June 12, 1970.

Description

Greenbaum's papers document his career as a lawyer, as well as his government service, and include correspondence, legal documents, reports, and publications. The papers particularly document his involvement in the study and reform of the court system and his service in the United States War Department during World War II, as well as his work on cases.

Please see the series descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual series.

Arrangement

The Papers have been arranged in eight series:

Series 1: Biographical, 1909-1968
Series 2: Committees, 1929-1967
Series 3: Correspondence, 1888-1967
Series 4: Law, 1911-1967
Series 5: Photographs, 1893-1949
Series 6: United States Government Service, 1914-1962
Subseries 6A: United States Army, 1914-1962
Subseries 6B: United Nations, 1955-1961
Series 7: Bound Pamphlets and Reports, 1924-1938
Series 8: Oversized Materials, 1924-1967

Access and Use

Access

The collection is open for research use.

Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Public Policy Papers. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.

Acquisition and Appraisal

Provenance and Acquisition

This collection was donated by Edward S. Greenbaum in December 1968 and November 1969, with additions in July and December 1969. An addition was received from Dorothea Greenbaum, Greenbaum's wife, in June 1976.

Appraisal

Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Mudd Manuscript Library guidelines. Duplicate publications have been separated from this collection. Publications have been removed to be cataloged separately.

Related Materials

Related Archival Material

A collection of papers related to Greenbaum's service in the War Department, "Security-Classified Records of Executive Assistant Brig. Gen. Edward S. Greenbaum and His Aide, Lt. Col. James P. Hendrick, 1940-1945" (5 linear feet) is located at the National Archives in College Park, MD.

This collection is part of a group of 28 Mudd Manuscript Library collections related to 20th century economic thought and development which were processed as part of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission funded project. Researchers wishing to access these collections should search for the subject "Economics--20th century" or related terms in the Princeton University Library Main Catalog. Collections at the Mudd Manuscript Library of particular relevance to the Edward S. Greenbaum Papers are the Kreuger & Toll Company Records, which contain materials on Greenbaum's work as trustee of the American estate of Ivar Kreuger, and the papers of two other individuals who served in the United States War Department during World War II, J. Douglas Brown and Howard C. Petersen.

Processing and Other Information

Works Cited

The following sources were consulted during preparation of biographical note:
"E.S. Greenbaum Wed to Miss Schwarcz." The New York Times, October 22, 1920.
"Law Firm that Won Battle to Publish 'Ulysses' is Closing its Doors," by David M. Margolick. The New York Times, March 19, 1982.
Materials from Series 1: Biographical; Edward S. Greenbaum Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Obituary of Edward S. Greenbaum. The New York Times, June 13, 1970.
"Study the Causes of Civil Litigation." The New York Times, July 25, 1929.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Adriane Hanson and Elissa Frankle in 2006. Finding aid written by Adriane Hanson in April 2006.

Descriptive Rules Used

Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.

Encoding

Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Adriane Hanson on August 14, 2006.

Finding aid written in English.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edward S. Greenbaum Papers, Box and Folder Number; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Subject Headings

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Contents List

Series 1: Biographical, 1909-1968

(0.42 linear feet in 1 box)

Series Description

The Biographical series includes a variety of materials documenting Greenbaum's life, including transcripts of his interview from the Columbia University Oral History Project in 1962, memorial pamphlets, correspondence, clippings, and his marriage certificate.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject or document type.

Award: La Cruz de la Fundación Internacional Eloy Alfaro, 1967
Box 1, Folder 1
Clippings, 1946-1967
Box 1, Folder 2

Columbia University Oral History Project, 1962

(Includes discussion of Hugo Black, Benjamin Cardozo, Douglas Court Packing, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Henry Morgenthau, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.)

Box 1, Folder 3 to 4

Greenbaum, Samuel, 1931, 1937
(Father of Edward S. Greenbaum.)
Box 1, Folder 5
In Memoriam Pamphlets for Colleagues and Friends, 1953-1966
Box 1, Folder 6
Jewish Sermons and Issues, 1909, 1939-1963
Box 1, Folder 7
King’s Bench Masters, by Greenbaum and Reade, undated
(Brief synopsis.)
Box 1, Folder 8
A Lawyer’s Job, 1965-1968
(Correspondence regarding Greenbaum's autobiography.)
Box 1, Folder 9
Marriage Certificate, 1930 October 21
Box 1, Folder 10
Writings, undated
Box 1, Folder 11

Series 2: Committees, 1929-1967

(4.07 linear feet in 10 boxes)

Series Description

The Committees series contains meeting minutes and reports, correspondence, and pamphlets from many committees in which Greenbaum was active or gave legal advice. The committees focus on the justice system, as well as a variety of civic concerns. The committees include the Committee for Modern Courts and the New Jersey Institutions and Agencies Study Commission.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by committee.

American Assembly Arden House, 1957
Box 2, Folder 1
Anti-Defamation League, 1936-1940
Box 2, Folder 2
Chamber of Commerce Court Patronage Study, 1934-1937
Box 2, Folder 3
Citizens Committee for Good Judges, 1951, 1956
Box 2, Folder 4
Citizenship Educational Service
Correspondence, 1938-1942
Box 2, Folder 5 to 6
Pamphlets and Progress Reports, 1939-1942
Box 3, Folder 1
Committee for Modern Courts, 1955-1963
Box 3, Folder 2 to 6
Committee for Modern Courts, 1955-1963
Box 4, Folder 1 to 6
Committee on the Present Danger, 1956-1957
Box 4, Folder 7
Committee to Strengthen the Frontiers of Freedom, 1959-1960
Box 5, Folder 1
Committee on the Studies and Survey of the Administration of Justice
Administrative Office, 1953-1954
Box 5, Folder 2 to 3
Amendments 1 and 2 of the New York State Constitution, 1953
Box 5, Folder 4
Jury Study, 1952-1957
Box 5, Folder 5 to 8
Jury Study, 1952-1957
Box 6, Folder 1 to 2
Committee to Study the Administration of Laws Relating to the Family, 1952-1954
Box 6, Folder 3
Council on Foreign Relations, 1957
Box 6, Folder 4
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Clippings, 1933-1935
Box 6, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1933-1935
Box 6, Folder 6
Pamphlets, 1933-1935
Box 6, Folder 7
Federal Relief Administration Project, 1934
Box 6, Folder 8
Johns Hopkins Survey of Litigation, 1929-1932
Box 6, Folder 9
Johns Hopkins Survey of Litigation, 1929-1932
Box 7, Folder 1 to 2
Judicial Conference of the State of New York, 1950-1966, undated
Box 7, Folder 3 to 6
Judicial Conference of the State of New York, 1950-1966, undated
Box 8, Folder 1 to 6
Magnes Judah Foundation, 1955-1961
Box 8, Folder 7
New Jersey Institutions and Agencies Study Commission
Administrative, 1958
Box 8, Folder 8
Child Welfare, Undated
Box 8, Folder 9
The Future of Correction in New Jersey, 1955-1958
Box 9, Folder 1
Governor Meyner’s Commission
Clippings, 1958-1961
Box 9, Folder 2
Correction Study, 1958
Box 9, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1958-1961
Box 9, Folder 4 to 5
Research, 1958
Box 9, Folder 6
Juvenile Delinquency Evaluation Project
Correspondence,1959-1960
Box 9, Folder 7 to 8
Essex County, New Jersey, 1957
Box 9, Folder 9
Report on the Division of Correction and Parole, 1958
Box 9, Folder 10
“Social Welfare in New Jersey,” 1960
Box 10, Folder 1
Meetings, 1958 January 15
Box 10, Folder 2 to 3
Mental Health Community Services, 1958-1959
Box 10, Folder 4
New Jersey Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1958
Box 10, Folder 5
New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton, 1958
Box 10, Folder 6
New York Prison Association, 1958
Box 10, Folder 7
New York State Prison Farm, Leesburg, 1958
Box 10, Folder 8
Probation and Parole, 1958
Box 10, Folder 9
Rahway Prison Farm, 1958
Box 10, Folder 10
State Home for Boys, Jamesburg, New Jersey, 1958-1959
Box 10, Folder 11
State Use Industries, 1956-1957
Box 11, Folder 1
Welfare, Undated
Box 11, Folder 2
Public Service Commission, New York Chapter, PRSA, Court Modernization, 1960-1963
Box 11, Folder 3
Special Committee on Public and Bar Relations, 1947-1954
Box 11, Folder 4 to 5
Subcommittee on Calendar Practice of the Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1967 June, undated
Box 11, Folder 6
United Service Organization, 1953
Box 11, Folder 7

Series 3: Correspondence, 1888-1969

(0.83 linear feet in 3 boxes)

Series Description

The Correspondence series contains personal correspondence between Greenbaum and his family and friends. The alphabetical correspondence includes discussions of the World Wars. The chronological correspondence contains letters pertaining to Greenbaum's participation in his community and congratulations for earning the Rogerson Cup and Medal from Williams College in 1957.

Arrangement

The majority of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The remaining correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Alphabetical
Allen, Robert S., 1962
Box 11, Folder 8
Alliluyeva, Svetlana, 1967
Box 11, Folder 9
Atkinson, Brooks, 1951, 1958
Box 11, Folder 10
Bancroft, Mary, 1951
Box 11, Folder 11
Berlin, Irving, 1940, 1946
Box 11, Folder 12
Burlingham, C.B., 1933, 1941-1959
Box 11, Folder 13
Carrington, George D., 1944
Box 12, Folder 1
Clark, Grenville, 1965
Box 12, Folder 2
Clay, Lucius D., 1950, 1961
Box 12, Folder 3
Conant, James B., 1957
Box 12, Folder 4
Dewey, Thomas E., 1939-1966
Box 12, Folder 5
Donovan, William J., 1957
Box 12, Folder 6
Forrestal, James, 1943
Box 12, Folder 7
Greenbaum/Koshland Family, 1888-1946
Box 12, Folder 8
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1960
Box 12, Folder 9
Hand, Learned, 1947, 1959
Box 12, Folder 10
Hartigan, John P., 1963
Box 12, Folder 11
Herter, Christian A., 1959
Box 12, Folder 12
Hoffman, Paul, 1957-1960
Box 12, Folder 13
Hogan, Frank S., 1962
Box 12, Folder 14
Javits, Jacob, 1946
Box 12, Folder 15
Kennan, George, 1957
Box 12, Folder 16
Knox, Judge, 1955
Box 12, Folder 17
Lehman, Herbert, 1946
Box 12, Folder 18
Lewis, Anthony, 1965
Box 12, Folder 19
Lovett, Robert, 1950
Box 12, Folder 20
McCloy, John J., 1945
Box 12, Folder 21
Morgenthau, Henry, 1938-1941
Box 12, Folder 22
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 1949
Box 12, Folder 23
Moses, Robert, 1953
Box 12, Folder 24
Nathan, Edgar J., Jr., 1965
Box 12, Folder 25
Oakes, John B., 1961
Box 12, Folder 26
O’Brian, John Lord, 1966
Box 12, Folder 27
Oliphant, Herman, 1937
Box 12, Folder 28
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1961
Box 12, Folder 29
Patterson, Robert P., 1947
Box 12, Folder 30
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1944
Box 12, Folder 31
Sulzberger, Arthur H., 1945, 1947
Box 12, Folder 32
Thomas, Norman, 1959
Box 12, Folder 33
Truman, Harry S, 1949
Box 12, Folder 34
Vanderbilt, Arthur T., 1950-1957
Box 12, Folder 35 to 36
Warburg, Frederick M., 1962
Box 12, Folder 37
Webster, Bethuel M., 1934
Box 12, Folder 38
White, E.B., 1956
Box 12, Folder 39
Chronological
1921-1949
Box 13, Folder 1 to 2
1950-1969
Box 13, Folder 3 to 4
Undated
Box 13, Folder 5

Series 4: Law, 1911-1967

(7.30 linear feet in 19 boxes)

Series Description

The Law series is divided into four main sections: Cases, Law Associations, Printed Materials, and Reform of the Judicial System, and includes correspondence and memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, and court documents. Cases includes the State of New Jersey v. William M. Frazer, the Long Island Railroad Commission, and Charles E. Mitchell against the Commission of Internal Revenue, and Law Associations includes the American Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers' Association and the New York Law Society. The printed materials are largely concerned with the justice system and legal profession, especially the New York court system, and the Reform of the Judicial System section contains information about a variety of reform efforts, including court delays, jury trials, and the reorganization of court systems, as well as Greenbaum's service on the advisory committee of the Columbia University Project for Effective Justice. The series also includes Greenbaum's notes from Columbia Law School.

See also Series 7: Bound Pamphlets and Reports for publications about court reform and Series 8: Oversized Materials for scrapbooks on Svetlana Alliluyeva, court cases, and court reform.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by document type or subject.

Cases
De Galindez Case, 1958-1959
(Includes an independent investigation by Morris L. Ernst.)
Box 13, Folder 6 to 7
Goddard, Calvin H. v. The Nation, 1927-1931
Box 14, Folder 1 to 2
Hirshman v. Equitable Life Assurance etc., 1937
Box 14, Folder 3
Kreuger and Toll, 1933-1937, 1960-1964
Box 14, Folder 4
Long Island Rail Road Commission
Correspondence and Court Documents, 1950-1954
Box 14, Folder 5 to 7
Finances, 1950-1952
Box 15, Folder 1 to 2
Legal Memoranda, 1950-1951
Box 15, Folder 3 to 4
Newspaper Clippings, 1950-1953
Box 15, Folder 5
Pre-Trial, 1952-1958
Box 15, Folder 6
Reorganization Proceedings, 1952
Box 15, Folder 7
Reports, 1951-1955
Box 15, Folder 8
Reports, 1951-1955
Box 16, Folder 1
Marzoni, Carl, 1947
Box 16, Folder 2
McCarthy, Senator Joseph, 1954
Box 16, Folder 3
Mitchell, Charles E. against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1934-1938
Box 16, Folder 4
Mitchell, Charles E. against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1934-1938
Box 17, Folder 1
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 1933-1941
Box 17, Folder 2
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Court Hearings, 1949-1954
Box 18, Folder 1 to 2
Newspaper Clippings, 1949-1954
Box 18, Folder 3 to 4
Printed Material, 1949-1954
(Includes summary by Lloyd K. Garrison on the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer.)
Box 18, Folder 5 to 6
People of the State of New York v. Connolly and Seeley, 1929
Box 19, Folder 1
Statement of Robert C. Tripp, Train Conductor, about a Passenger’s Death, 1935
Box 19, Folder 2
State of New Jersey v. William M. Frazer
Clippings, 1931-1932
Box 19, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1932 March-November
Box 19, Folder 4
Court Documents, 1931-1932
Box 19, Folder 5 to 6
Petitions, 1931-1932
Box 19, Folder 7
United States v. Mary Dannett, 1928
Box 19, Folder 8
Van Doren, Charles, 1957-1959
Box 19, Folder 9
Youroveta Home and Foreign Trade Co. v. the Soviet Union, 1922-1936
Box 19, Folder 10
Notes and Newspaper Clippings, 1928-1932, 1966-1967
Box 20, Folder 1 to 3
Columbia Law School Student Notes, 1911-1913
Box 20, Folder 4 to 6
Law Associations
American Bar Association
Administrative Law Bill, 1940 January
Box 20, Folder 7
Clippings, 1950-1961
Box 20, Folder 8
Committee Meeting Minutes, 1952-1961
Box 20, Folder 9
Correspondence, 1928, 1947-1952
Box 21, Folder 1 to 2
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1942, 1952-1954
Box 21, Folder 3
New York County Lawyers’ Association
Bar Bulletin, 1954 January
Box 21, Folder 4
Committee on Hospitality, 1947-1955
Box 21, Folder 5
Committee on Practice and Procedure in the Supreme Court, 1927 November 30
Box 21, Folder 6
New York Law Society
Administrative, 1935-1936, 1956, undated
Box 21, Folder 7
Adolescent Delinquency, 1936-1940
Box 21, Folder 8
Committee on Legal Education, 1938
Box 21, Folder 9
Correspondence, 1934-1942
Box 21, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1934-1942
Box 22, Folder 1
Finances, 1934-1940
Box 22, Folder 2 to 4
Meeting Minutes, 1938-1942
Box 22, Folder 5
Small Claims Court, undated
Box 22, Folder 6
Torrens System, 1938
Box 22, Folder 7
Underfiling, 1939
Box 22, Folder 8
New York State Bar Association, 1948-1955
Box 22, Folder 9
Princeton Bar Association, New York State Committee on Selection for Judicial Office, 1948-1955
Box 22, Folder 10
Printed Materials
Civil Procedure, 1951-1960, undated
Box 23, Folder 1
Court Delays, 1932-1959
Box 23, Folder 2
Family Court and Laws, 1954, 1966, undated
Box 23, Folder 3
Justice System, 1927-1966
Box 23, Folder 4 to 6
Justice System, 1927-1966
Box 24, Folder 1 to 3
Legal Profession, 1940-1963
Box 24, Folder 4
New York Court System
Articles, 1931-1963
Box 24, Folder 5
Judicial Statistics of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1928-1930
Box 24, Folder 6
Reports, 1950-1953
Box 24, Folder 7 to 8
Reports, 1954-1955
Box 25, Folder 1
Temporary Commission on the Courts, 1953-1957
Box 25, Folder 2 to 4
State Courts, 1950-1961
Box 25, Folder 5 to 6
Reform of the Judicial System
Abolish Jury Trials, 1956
Box 26, Folder 1
Alger-Deutsch Campaign, 1932-1934
Box 26, Folder 2
Bar Association Committees, 1935-1936
Box 26, Folder 3
Calendar Congestion, 1950-1951
Box 26, Folder 4
Citizens Non-Partisan Committee, 1953
Box 26, Folder 5
Civil Defense Act, 1950-1952
Box 26, Folder 6
Clippings Scrapbook, 1930-1932
Box 26, Folder 7
Columbia University Project for Effective Justice
Advisory Committee, Undated
Box 26, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1950-1956
Box 26, Folder 9 to 10
Correspondence, 1957-1962
Box 27, Folder 1 to 4
Joint Project with the Bar Association on Court Congestion, 1953-1959
Box 27, Folder 5 to 6
Princeton Meeting, 1962
Box 28, Folder 1 to 2
Printed Material and Reports on the Project, 1959-1962
Box 28, Folder 3 to 4
Committee on Metropolitan Courts, 1953
Box 28, Folder 5
Conference on Judicial Administration of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1952-1954
Box 28, Folder 6 to 8
Courts in Great Britain, 1928, 1931
Box 28, Folder 9
Delay in the Court, 1958 April
Box 29, Folder 1 to 2
English Court System, 1954-1965
Box 29, Folder 3
“The Ethics of Law,” 1909
(Address at the Free Synagogue.)
Box 29, Folder 4
Examinations Before Trial, 1935-1937
Box 29, Folder 5
Illinois Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Court Reform, 1953
Box 29, Folder 6
Independent Judges Committee, 1932-1933
Box 29, Folder 7
Installment Judgments
Correspondence, 1935-1937
Box 29, Folder 8
Miscellaneous, 1935-1937
Box 29, Folder 9
Institute for Judicial Administration, 1953-1956
Box 29, Folder 10
Investigating Potential Communists, 1951-1953
Box 29, Folder 11
“It’s Next Year Now” by Edward S. Greenbaum, The New York Times, 1955
Box 29, Folder 12
Judicial Administration at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 1950-1951, 1961
(Includes correspondence with J. Robert Oppenheimer.)
Box 30, Folder 1
Jury Selection, 1950-1962
Box 30, Folder 2
Letters of Endorsement for a Permanent Party, 1932
Box 30, Folder 3
“Need for Continuous Study of Law” by Edward S. Greenbaum, 1953
Box 30, Folder 4
New York Court System
Increase in Number of New York Supreme Court Justices, 1953-1956
Box 30, Folder 5 to 6
Mayor’s Commission on Auxiliary Services to the Courts of New York City, 1960-1962
Box 30, Folder 7
The Need to Reorganize, 1952-1967
Box 30, Folder 8
Reform, 1928, 1952, 1966, undated
Box 30, Folder 9
The New York Times Supreme Court Coverage, 1957-1962
Box 31, Folder 1
Nineteen Thirty-Three Elections, 1933
Box 31, Folder 2
Permanent Party Workers, 1932
Box 31, Folder 3
Surrogates, 1933
Box 31, Folder 4
Tweed Commission Findings, 1956 March
(Speech by Edward S. Greenbaum.)
Box 31, Folder 5
General, 1951, undated
Box 31, Folder 6

Series 5: Photographs, 1893-1949

(0.21 linear feet in 1 box)

Series Description

The majority of the Photographs series contains images of soldiers and officers from World War I and II, some of which are autographed. The series also includes a few portraits of Greenbaum.

Series 6: United States Government Service, 1914-1962

(3.23 linear feet in 9 boxes)

Series Description

The United States Government Service series documents Greenbaum's involvement with the United States Army during both World Wars, especially his service in the War Department during World War II, as well as his service as an alternate United States delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, 1956-1957. Please see the subseries descriptions in the content list for additional information about individual subseries.

Arrangement

Divided into two subseries: United States Army and United Nations.

Subseries 6A: United States Army, 1914-1962

(2.61 linear feet in 7 boxes)

Subseries Description

The majority of the United States Army subseries documents Greenbaum's work in the War Department during World War II. It contains correspondence and reports about the war effort and military justice. The subseries also includes correspondence and pamphlets about how to win World War I.

See also Series 8: Oversized Materials for scrapbooks on World War II.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by document type or subject.

“The Army Works with Industry,” 1942 July
Box 31, Folder 19
Britain
Legal, 1940
Box 31, Folder 20 to 21
Lend-Lease Act, 1940-1941
Box 31, Folder 22
Lend-Lease Act, 1940-1941
Box 32, Folder 1
Daybook, 1945
Box 32, Folder 2
Distinguished Service Medal Award, 1945
Box 32, Folder 3
Draft Law Extension, 1946
Box 32, Folder 4
General MacArthur and Japan, 1948
Box 32, Folder 5
German Nazi War Criminals, 1951
Box 32, Folder 6
Herbert Hoover Commission, Medical Services, 1948-1949
Box 32, Folder 7
Memorabilia
World War I, 1918-1919
Box 33, Folder 1 to 2
World War I and II, circa 1914-1919, 1939-1945
Box 33, Folder 3 to 4
World War II, 1943-1950
Box 33, Folder 5 to 6
World War II, 1943-1950
Box 34, Folder 1
Military Correspondence, 1941-1962, undated
Box 34, Folder 2 to 9
Military Correspondence, 1941-1962, undated
Box 35, Folder 1 to 3
Military Justice, 1941-1946
Box 35, Folder 4 to 8
Military Trips, 1941-1951
Box 36, Folder 1 to 2
National Guard, 1948
Box 36, Folder 3 to 4
Patterson, Robert P. Memorial, 1952-1959
Box 36, Folder 5 to 6
Plant Seizures, World War II, circa 1939-1945
Box 36, Folder 7
Plant Seizures, World War II, circa 1939-1945
Box 37, Folder 1 to 4
Promotion to Brigadier General, Letters of Congratulations, 1943
Box 37, Folder 5 to 7
“This Was Bill Knudsen,” 1948 June 26
Box 37, Folder 8

Subseries 6B: United Nations, 1955-1961

(0.63 linear feet in 2 boxes)

Subseries Description

The United Nations subseries contains materials from the 1956-1957 General Assembly, when Greenbaum was the alternate United States delegate. The subseries includes correspondence, copies of Greenbaum's statements to the assembly, and materials from the meeting on issues facing the assembly.

See also Series 8: Oversized Materials for a scrapbook on Greenbaum's attendance of the General Assembly.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Arab Refugees, 1955-1957
Box 38, Folder 1
Armed Forces for the United Nations, 1957
Box 38, Folder 2
Clippings and Press Releases, 1956-1957
Box 38, Folder 3
Congo, 1961
Box 38, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1956-1960
(Includes correspondence with Henry Cabot, Jr., and Francis O. Wilcox.)
Box 38, Folder 5 to 6
Greenbaum’s Notes, undated
Box 38, Folder 7
Human Rights, 1957
Box 38, Folder 8
Hungary, 1957
Box 38, Folder 9
Korea and Vietnam, 1956-1960
Box 38, Folder 10
Middle East and Israel, 1956-1957
Box 39, Folder 1
Reports, 1957
Box 39, Folder 2
West Irian (West New Guinea), 1957
Box 39, Folder 3

Series 7: Bound Pamphlets and Reports, 1924-1938

(1.25 linear feet in 1 box)

Series Description

The Bound Pamphlets and Reports series is composed of six volumes of pamphlets, published court documents, and reports. The documents discuss court reform and analyze the judicial system.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by document type.

Pamphlets, 1927-1938
(3 volumes)
Box 40
Reports, 1924-1938
(3 volumes)
Box 40

Series 8: Oversized Materials, 1924-1967

(3 linear feet in 8 boxes)

Series Description

The Oversized Materials series contains photographs and scrapbooks. There are two photographs: one of Under Secretary of War Patterson and his staff, including Greenbaum, and the other of an unidentified woman reading. The majority of the series is composed of scrapbooks. The scrapbooks are titled by subject, which include the courts and court reform, the United States military, the United Nations, and Svetlana Alliluyeva. The scrapbooks are composed of newspaper clippings, as well as photographs, correspondence, and writings by Greenbaum.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by document type. Scrapbooks are arranged alphabetically by title.

Photographs, 1944, undated
(Under Secretary of War Patterson and his staff May 10, 1944; unidentified woman reading.)
Box 41
Scrapbooks
Alliluyeva, Svetlana, 1967
Box 41
Court Case Clippings, 1924-1931
Box 42
Court Reform, 1932-1956
(2 volumes)
Box 43
Court Reform, 1955-1967
(2 volumes)
Box 44
Daily Account of Military Operations for September 1944, 1944
Box 45
Military Personnel Autographed Photographs Album, undated
Box 46
Temporary Commission on the Courts, 1953-1956
Box 47
United Nations, 1956-1957
Box 47
World War II, 1940-1947
Box 48

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