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COLLECTION Identifier: HOLLIS 12894061

Martha Minow collection of research materials for the book, "In Brown's Wake: Legacies of America's Educational Landmark"

Overview

Research materials collected by Martha Minow while writing her book In Brown's Wake: Legacies of America's Educational Landmark.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966-2009.

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access to these papers is governed by the rules and regulations of the Harvard Law School Library. This collection is open to the public, but is housed off-site at Harvard Depository and requires 2 business-day advance notice for retrieval. Consult the Historical and Special Collections staff for further information.

Conditions Governing Use

The Harvard Law School Library holds copyright on some, but not all, of the material in our collections. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be directed to the Historical and Special Collections staff. Researchers who obtain permission to publish from the Harvard Law School Library are also responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations who hold copyright.

Extent

8 linear feet (8 boxes)

Scope and Contents

Martha Minow's collection of research materials supporting her work on, In Brown's Wake: Legacies of America's Educational Landmark mainly consists of articles from a variety of sources. Most of the articles were published in law journals, but several others were printed in popular newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times and The Economist. The collection also contains some memos and emails to Minow from research assistants and colleagues in the field. Most of the articles are not annotated, though, on occasion, Minow's typed notes are mixed in with the articles. While the bulk of the collected works were published 1990-2006, some of them date back to the 1960s.

Minow originally arranged her research materials by topic in discrete file boxes, and the series titles for this collection represent her original categories. Each series is divided into two subseries: cited materials and uncited materials. The cited materials are arranged by chapter, and each cited work is listed, with brief bibliographic information, in the container list below. Uncited materials are not described in the container list, but a more detailed list is available to researchers by consulting with Historical & Special Collections staff.

Additional Description

Historical/Biographical Information

Martha Minow has been a member of the Harvard Law School faculty since 1981, when she was hired as an assistant professor, and becoming a full professor in 1986. In 2009, Minow was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law at Harvard University. As a professor, Minow taught a variety of courses including civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.

In addition to her academic commitments, Minow has served on several national and international committees, including the Independent International Commission on Kosovo, which launched Imagine Coexistence, a program of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Additionally, she is involved with the Divided Cities initiative that is building an alliance of global cities dealing with ethnic, religious, or political divisions.

Minow is also a prolific writer and editor with over 15 titles to her name. These titles include Family Matters: Readings in Family Lives and the Law, Women and the Law, Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law and Repair, and Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference.

Minow completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan before earning a master's degree in education from the Harvard School of Education. She then went to Yale Law School for her J.D., after which she clerked for Judge David Bazelon of the United States Court of Appeals and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.

Series List/Description

  1. Series I. Bilingual Schooling, 1984-2008 1984-2008
  2. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  3. ___Subseries B. Uncited materials
  4. Series II. Brown outside U.S., 1998-2007 1998-2007
  5. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  6. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  7. Series III. Charter schools, 2000-2009 2000-2009
  8. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  9. ___Subseries B. Uncited materials
  10. Series IV. Citizenship/diversity/multiculturalism, 1996-2006 1996-2006
  11. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  12. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  13. Series V. Const. School Decis., 1971-2007 1971-2007
  14. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  15. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  16. Series VI. Desegregation, 1994-2008 1994-2008
  17. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  18. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  19. Series VII. [Desegregation], 1997-2009 1997-2009
  20. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  21. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  22. Series VIII. Ed, generally, 1999-20071999-2007
  23. Series IX. Equality Theories, 1986-2006 1986-2006
  24. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  25. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  26. Series X. Financial/equality (Ryan), 1990-2008 1990-2008
  27. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  28. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  29. Series XI. Gay rights/Need for Brown, 2000-2008 2000-2008
  30. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  31. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  32. Series XII. Higher ed/Affirmative action, 1998-2008 1998-2008
  33. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  34. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  35. Series XIII. Housing segregation, 1967-20031967-2003
  36. Series XIV. Kamehameha Schools, 2005-2008 2005-2008
  37. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  38. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  39. Series XV. Legacy of Brown/Brown revisited, 2002-2009 2002-2009
  40. ___Subseries A. Cited materials
  41. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  42. Series XVI. Muslim/Multicultural, 1995-20071995-2007
  43. Series XVII. NCLB, [No Child Left Behind], 1998-20081998-2008
  44. Series XVIII. Newcomer Schools, 1991-2007 1991-2007
  45. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  46. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  47. Series XIX. Poverty/Low-income kids and schools, 1988-20071988-2007
  48. Series XX. Race/Schools, 1982-2008 1982-2008
  49. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  50. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  51. Series XXI. Religion in schools, 1990-2007 1990-2007
  52. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  53. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  54. Series XXII. School finance and inequality, 1994-2008 1994-2008
  55. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  56. ___Subseries B. Uncited materials
  57. Series XXIII. School reform, 1995-2007 1995-2007
  58. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  59. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  60. Series XXIV. Seattle/Louisville, 2005-2008 2005-2008
  61. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  62. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  63. Series XXV. Social sciences deseg. Brown, 1982-2005 1982-2005
  64. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  65. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  66. Series XXVI. Social movements, 1989-20071989-2007
  67. Series XXVII. Special ed, 1970-2007 1970-2007
  68. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  69. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  70. Series XXVIII. Tax credit/exempt, 19821982
  71. Series XXIX. Vouchers, choice, charities, Blaine Amendments, 1994-2008 1994-2008
  72. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  73. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials
  74. Series XXX. Loose materials, 1966-2009 1966-2009
  75. ___ Subseries A. Cited materials
  76. ___ Subseries B. Uncited materials

Physical Location

Harvard Depository

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Harvard Law School Library by Martha Minow in September 2010, along with her collection of books also used in researching In Brown's Wake: Legacies of America's Educational Landmark.

Processing Information

Processed by Margaret Peachy, October 2010.
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Administrative Information

Title
Minow, Martha. Collection of research materials for the book, "In Brown's Wake: Legacies of America's Educational Landmark," 1966-2009: Finding Aid.
Author
Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, MA 02138
Language of description
und
EAD ID
law00238

Repository Details

Repository Details

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