Richard Hartshorne Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of eight large scrapbooks containing original correspondence and photographs, typescripts, published articles, clippings, legal and legislative material, documents related to various state commissions, conference materials, newsletters, invitations, programs, periodicals, souvenirs of European travel, and ephemera. Clippings relating to court cases and public events in Newark and incoming and outgoing correspondence (to or from Hartshorne's Newark office) from prominent legal and political figures (including New Jersey governors and Congressmen) are scattered throughout the volumes.
This material is unevenly distributed, as some volumes relate almost entirely to Hartshorne's activity at the state or national levels.
8 scrapbooks--v. 1 (1927-34), v. 2 (1934-39), v. 3 (1934-51), v. 4 (1939-45), v. 5 (1943-50), v. 6 (1945-51), v. 7 (1952-57), and v. 8 (1957-60)--contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, published articles, legislative programs, documents related to The Interstate Commission on Crime, conference material, brochures, newsletters and bulletins, announcements, invitations, fliers, periodicals, business cards, etc.
Dates
- 1890 - 1960
Creator
- Hartshorne, Richard, 1888-1975 (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Photocopying of materials is limited and no materials may be photocopied without permission from library staff. Researchers wishing to publish, reproduce, or reprint materials from this collection must obtain permission.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Hartshorne (1888-1975), born in Newark on February 29, 1888, was a graduate of Newark Academy (1905), Princeton University (1909), and Columbia University Law School (1912). He began his law practice in 1912, served in the Navy during World War I, and became Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney (prosecuting Prohibition cases) in 1925. For some years he taught constitutional law at New Jersey Law School. He married the former Ellen Sahlin, and the couple, who had four children, lived in East Orange. During World War II he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve and was Major Judge Advocate of the New Jersey State Guard during World War II.
Hartshorne advanced rapidly in his profession, becoming a judge of the Essex County Court of Common Pleas (1931-1951), President of the New Jersey Interstate Commission on Crime (1935-1943), and Chairman of the Section of Judicial Administration of the American Bar Association. He became a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1951. In constant demand as a public speaker, he was also a prolific writer on legal and social issues. A popular figure in Republican Party politics, he was considered several times as a candidate for governor.
Hartshorne was New Jersey State Department Commander of the American Legion, a founder and organizer of the Legion's Boys State project for New Jersey (from 1946), and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Richard Hartshorne died in 1975.
Extent
8 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Hartshorne, Richard, 1888-1975 (Person)
- Author
- No finding aid, text from catalog and nap.rutgers.edu (Newark Archives Project).
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775
njreference@npl.org