Oral history interview with Harold R. Medina 1977
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- Name
- Medina, Harold R. (Harold Raymond), 1888-1990 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Harold R. Medina 1977
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Harold R. Medina : oral history, 1977
- Abstract
- Family background, childhood in Brooklyn and Westhampton; education, Princeton, 1909, Columbia Law School, 1912; 1915-40, Columbia Law School professor; 1918, founded Medina & Sherpick, appellate practice; 1947-51, United States District Court, South District New York City Judge; United States Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals, 1951-58, senior circuit judge, 1958- ; legal books, including JUDGE ME DINA SPEAKS (1954) and ANATOMY OF FREEDOM (1959); public speaking career; discussion of the art of practicing law, judicial temperament; important cases argued or presided over; Anthony Kramer treason case, Corscadden mayoralty succession case, 1949 conspiracy trial of 11 Communists; private studies: Latin, Spanish, English literature, cryptology; book collecting, other hobbies. Impressions of Harlan F. Stone, Learned Hand, Christian Gauss, others
- Collection Name
- New York bar project
- Subjects
- Judges; Lawyers; Law partnership; Practice of law; Law--Study and teaching; Medina, Harold R. (Harold Raymond), 1888-1990; Columbian University. Law School
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1977
- Note (Biographical)
- Judge
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin on November 8, November 18, and December 20, 1976; and on January 4, January 6, January 18, January 20, February 1, February 4, and October 28, 1977
- Note (Provenance)
- Harold R. Medina, Gift 1978
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 9371795
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-s67w-g848
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.