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A small collection of materials from the library of lawyer Paul Guth
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A small collection of materials from the library of lawyer Paul Guth.
Production
[New York, New York] : Paul Guth, 1940-2002.
Physical Description
5 volumes : portraits, illustrations ; 30 x 30 or smaller.
4 photographs : portraits ; 11 x 14 cm or smaller.
Language
English
Local Notes
Lillian Goldman Law Library SSNK G984 1940 tall copy purchased from AbeBooks in May 2023.
Notes
Collection title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript.
Bibliographic description partially based on the information sheet provided by the book vendor.
Materials in English.
Biographical / Historical Note
Paul Guth (1922–2002), a Vienna-born American lawyer and former director of the Robert Lehman Foundation, played a key role as second-in-command to chief prosecutor William Denson during the Dachau and Mauthausen trials in 1946, where he also served as chief interrogator due to his fluency in German. After his return to the U.S. in 1946, Guth completed his studies at Columbia and pursued a distinguished legal career in New York.
Summary
The collection consists of five volumes. The first two-volume set contains mimeographed typescripts used by Paul Guth at Columbia University in 1946 and 1947. This set is titled "Legal factors in economic society" by Robert Lee Hale, Third Edition (Unpublished, 1940). Inscribed on the front free endpaper of volume 2: "To my dear friend from the author, Robert Lee Hale." Pagination: volume 1: iii, 348 leaves; volume 2: ix, 349–769 leaves. Leaves are numbered on the recto only. Guth’s ownership signature appears in ink on the front board, with manuscript annotations and notes by Guth. The volumes are bound in quarter brown cloth with plain paper over boards.
The second mimeographed pre-publication two-volume set is titled "Materials on civil procedure" by Paul R. Hays, ©1945. Pagination: volume 1: ii, 455 leaves; volume 2: [2], 456–1046 leaves. Leaves are numbered on the recto only. Bound in quarter red cloth with plain paper over boards.
The third item in the collection is titled "Justice at Dachau: the trials of an American prosecutor" by Joshua M. Greene (P.O. Box 311, Old Westbury, NY 11568; Copyright 2002, Stories to Remember, Inc.). This original computer-generated manuscript consists of 397 leaves (printed-out and numbered on rectos only), and over 187 leaves of photographs, most of which are copies of scanned images. The thick quarto is neatly housed in a commercial three-ring binder. The work focuses on Greene's study of the Dachau War Crimes trial, told through the perspective of William Denson, the chief prosecutor in the Dachau and Mauthausen trials.
Additionally, the collection includes four black-and-white photographs: 1. Close-up image of William Denson speaking at the trial, with a manuscript note on the back. 2. Image of American prosecutors at the trial, with a manuscript note on the back identifying the officers in the picture: "Capt. William D. Heller of NY, Capt. Richard D. McCuskey of Ohio, Lt. Col. William D. Denson of Ala, Paul C. Guth of NY, Capt. William B. Lines of Fla. / Capt. McCuskey was in charge of legal arguments; Lt. Guth was in charge of the presentation of arguments." 3. Image of American military judges and proceedings, with a manuscript note on the back. 4. Real Photo Postcard (Foto Express, Willi Riefler, Wien): Snapshot of Denson and possibly Guth.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
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Group portraits.
Portrait photographs.
Photographs.
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