MSS 90-3
Inventory of the Papers of Neill H. Alford, Jr.
Overview
This collection of professional papers reflects Professor Alford's private legal practice and professorship at the UVA School of Law. There is correspondence, records and briefs, speeches and articles, and teaching materials on international law, legal history, trusts and estates, contracts, administrative law, economic warfare, insurance.
Dates |
1942-1989 [Inclusive] |
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Extents |
7 Linear Feet (17 archival boxes) |
Scope & Contents
This collection is comprised of personal correspondence, records, and briefs from Alford's private legal practice, speeches and articles, and teaching materials. Materials dealing with Alford's legal practice primarily concern wills and estates. Alford wrote and spoke on a variety of topics, and his articles and speeches fill 45 folders. By far the greatest portion of the collection is devoted to teaching materials, principally for courses in international law, legal history, and trusts and estates.
Collection Description
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Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Neill H. Alford, Jr., 1942-1989, MSS 90-3, Box Number, Special Collections, University of Virginia Law Library.
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Biographical / Historical
Neill H. Alford, Jr., born in 1919, received his B.A. from The Citadel in 1940. After serving in Europe during World War II, he obtained his LL.B. in 1947 from the University of Virginia. In 1966 he received a J.S.D. from Yale University.
Alford began his long teaching career at the University as soon as he earned his degree in 1947, and became a full professor in 1956. After that time, he was absent from the Law School for only brief periods: during the 1961-62 academic year, when he held the Chair of International Law at the Naval War College, and from 1974 to 1976, when he was dean and Joseph Henry Lumpkin Professor of Law at the University of Georgia. Upon his return to the Law School, Alford became Percy Brown, Jr., Professor of Law. He held this post until his retirement in 1990.
Professor Alford's professional interests included administrative law, international law, economic warfare, legal history, and trusts and estates. The author of many legal works, Alford was perhaps best known for his Cases and Materials on Decendents' Estates and Trusts. Professor Alford died aged 88 in 2007.
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Physical Description
This collection consists of 13 boxes (5 linear feet).
| fileAdministration of Estates, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileAgenda, Plans for Memo, etc., 1942, 1950-1953 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileRena Lou Alford, 1985-09-20 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileAmerican College of Probate Counsel, 1975 - 1976 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileAmerican Legal Institutions, 1951 - 1952 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileAmerican Society for Legal History, 1975 - 1976 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileArcher Anderson, Jr. Memo, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileAppointment as Legal Advisor, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileArmy: Delay Obligors, 1968 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileArmy Records, 1965 - 1967 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileArmy Reserve, 1968 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileAugmented Estate, 1983, 1985 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileJohn Thomas Baker and Charles Maechling, 1975 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBar, 1972-05-15 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBar Examiners, 1967 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBar of Georgia: Admission, 1973 - 1975 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileColonel Paul Benson, Jr., 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBiographical Information, n.d., 1974, 1983 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBookbinding, 1977-78, 1980-81 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBookboxer, 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileJudge John Boyd, 1986-1987 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBrabson Paper, 1971 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileBridgewater College, 1981 - 1983 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileCalifornia State Bar: Exam Questions, 1974 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileCase Book: 6th Edition, 1978 - 1983 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileCharlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association, 1975 | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileCharlottesville Parking Ordinance, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 1 |
| fileCherokee Law, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCommissions on Specific Legacies, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCommittee for Child Protection, 1972-10-11 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCommittee on Contractual Relations, 1969 - 1970 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCommittee on Wills, Trusts and Estates, 1983 - 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCommittee on Virginia Status, 1975 - 1976 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCommunications, 1946 - 1948 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileContinuing Legal Education, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCorrespondence: Miscellaneous, 1963-64, 1972-74, 1976-79, 1981 [7 folders] | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileWalker Cowen Fund, 1988-12-15 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileRestricted Lawrence Cranberg Case, 1969 - 1970 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileCharles Cullen: Legal History Project, 1971 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileDea Dagen Yves Coty, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileHardy Cross Dillard, 1971-06-02 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileDavid Dorset, 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 2 |
| fileWilliam G. Eckhardt, 1959 - 1965 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileProfessor Eskridge, 1985 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileJohn T. Fey, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileFirst Amendment: "Virginia Advocate" Funding, 1989 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileDaniel J. Fleming, III, 1969 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileJames Fletcher: Correspondence, 1958, 1966, 1979 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileFord Transactions, 1965 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileCharles W. Fore: Correspondence, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileFoundation Press, 1977 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileJack Fox: Will, 1969 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileWilliam P. Francisco, 1971-72, 1977-79, 1985 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileFuture Interests, 1983 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileFunding of Gay Student Union, 1984 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileGeorge Mason College, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileGoals Committee, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileW. Clyde Gouldman, 1969 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileGraduate Committee, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileRonald E. Gregory, 1989-03-30 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileGene Gressley: Correspondence, 1983-01-31 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileRonald Griffin, 1986-01-28 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileChristine Halphen, 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileDaniel Hartnett, 1969 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileWilliam H. Hinkle, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileWaller Horsley, 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileHouse Bill 801, 1987 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileLawrence W. I'anson: Testimonial Dinner, 1981-04-11 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| filePenelope Ideson: Correspondence, 1966-68, 1971-74 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileInheritance Tax Policy, 1980, 1982 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileIntrafamily Transfers for Consideration, 1981 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileJAG (Judge Advocacy General) School, n.d, 1989 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileHerbert Alan Johnson, 1973 - 1975 | MSS 90-3, Box 3 |
| fileJoint Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1970-71, 1975 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileJoint Subcommittee of Courts of Justice Committee, 1973 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileRonald Griffith Jones, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| filePeter J. Knop, 1971-05-21 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileRobert Landel: Correspondence, 1974 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileHenry Laurens Papers, 1966 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileLegal Classics Library, 1977, 1982 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileReport to Legislature, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileGeoffrey Lester, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileLetters of Recommendation, 1972-74, 1977-78 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileSteve Levine, 1986, 1988 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileLibraries Committee, 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileLibrary Storage Committee, 1984-1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileRutgers School of Law: Sarah Love, 1978 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileLucayan Beach Pirate Treasure, 1960s | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileMadison Hall: Society of Fellows, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileDaniel M. Maher, Jr., 1971 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileRalph Main: Director, Housing Division , 1972-05-22 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileProf. Joseph McKnight, 1985 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileJohn C. McCoid, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileMyres McDougal, 1965 - 1966 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileRegina C. McGranery, 1971 - 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| filePaul G. McIntire, 1969 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| seriesD. J. Meador, 1978-79 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| seriesDean Richard Merrill, 1985-86 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| seriesRoger Miller, 1968 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| seriesS. Lee Miller: Motor Vehicle Insurance, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| seriesMinnesota Bar Examiners, 1977-78 | MSS 90-3, Box 4 |
| fileMinnesota Board of Law Examiners, 1972 - 1976 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileMiscellaneous Notes, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileSusan Moore: "The Marriage License as a Raping License", 1984 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileDavid R. Mummery, 1967 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileRobert L. Musick, Jr., 1971 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileNash Memorial, 1982 - 1983 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileNewspaper Clippings, 1966, 1968 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileJames and Judy North: Codicils , 1983 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileGary K. Oldehoff, 1985 - 1986 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileMrs. Oliver, 1972-06-14 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileMrs. Patterson: Tax Returns, 1970 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileRichard F. Pence: Shumate memo, 1978 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| filePersonal Appointment Letters, 1956, 1962, 1973-76, 1979 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| filePersonal Files, 1961-62, 1974-77 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| fileJustice Richard H. Poff, 1978 - 1988 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| filePractice: Ancell v. Ancell, 1957 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| filePractice: State of Arizona v. W. A. Coerver, 1966 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| filePractice: B. Drummond Ayres Case, 1966 | MSS 90-3, Box 5 |
| filePractice: Battle v. Jessup, 1960, 1963, 1973, 1976-77 | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| filePractice: Beverly v. Turner, 1976 | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| filePractice: Brooks v. Boyd, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| filePractice: John Woodfin Burress Trust, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| filePractice: B. F. Dillard Estate, 1959 - 1960 | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| filePractice: Hagemann-Woodward Estate, 1972 - 1975 | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| filePractice: MacConochie Will, 1956 - 1957 | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| filePractice: National Bank and Trust Company v. Nuttycombe, n.d. | MSS 90-3, Box 6 |
| fileSmith v. Moore, 1962(?) | MSS 90-3, Box 7 |
| filePractice: Smyth v. Anderson, 1977 | MSS 90-3, Box 7 |
| filePractice: White v. National Bank and Trust Company, 1972 | MSS 90-3, Box 7 |
| fileProposed Probate Tax Regulations, 1983 | MSS 90-3, Box 7 |
| file"George Wythe Randolph and the Confederate Elite", 1983-04-01 | MSS 90-3, Box 7 |
| fileResearch Leave, 1986-06-13 | MSS 90-3, Box 7 |
| fileRetirement Plans, 1977 | MSS 90-3, Box 7 |