doi:10.7916/d8-s67w-g848Oral history interview with Harold R. Medina 1977Medina, Harold R. (Harold Raymond), 1888-1990oral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalJudgesLawyersLaw partnershipPractice of lawLaw--Study and teachingMedina, Harold R. (Harold Raymond), 1888-1990Columbian University. Law SchoolFamily 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 MEDINA 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