This collection provides digitized documents from Gleason Archer’s papers such as journals, manuscripts of his writings, transcripts of his radio addresses, genealogical research, and correspondence. The materials document legal education, the history of Suffolk University, the early history of radio; early New England colonial history; politics in the New Deal era; and biographical information about the Archer and Williams families.
For a full list of the collection, including non-digitized items, consult the Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers.
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Letter from Joseph F. Cercovich to Gleason Archer, 1 March 1970
Gleason Leonard Archer and Joseph F. Cercovic
Letter from Joseph F. Cercovich to Gleason Archer requesting two copies of On the Cuff, March 1, 1970.
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Pratt Family Genealogical file, 1963
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Includes a copy of The Ancestors and Descendants of Elisha Pratt of Turner, Maine by Francis H. Russel, 1963
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Journal III by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer, 1932-1934
Gleason Leonard Archer
The third in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
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Radio transcript: "Innocence on the Gallows" by Gleason L. Archer, 1932
Gleason Leonard Archer
This is part of Gleason L. Archer's radio series focused on legal issues for lay people.
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Radio transcript: "May one kill an escaping burglar?" by Gleason L. Archer, 1932
Gleason Leonard Archer
This is part of Gleason L. Archer's radio series focused on legal issues for lay people.
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Radio transcript: introductory segment for Gleason L. Archer's "Law and the Home" series, circa 1930s
Gleason Leonard Archer
Includes brief a biography about Archer's radio career and an index to the titles in the the "Law and the Home" radio series. This is part of Gleason L. Archer's radio series focused on legal issues for lay people.
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Journal II by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer, 1920-1931
Gleason Leonard Archer
The second in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
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Transcription of Journal II by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer, 1920-1931
Gleason Leonard Archer
A typed transcription of the second in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
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Journal I by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer, 1917-1920
Gleason Leonard Archer
The first in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
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Transcription of Journal I by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer, 1917-1920
Gleason Leonard Archer
The first in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer. The transcription was created by Suffolk University student Cailee A. Lavoie as part of a History Department Capstone Project.
