Mel Shimm Papers, 1954-1990
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Summary
- Abstract:
- Mel Shimm was a professor of law and Associate Dean at the Duke Law School. The Mel Shimm papers include materials from Mel Shimm's time as a faculty member at Duke Law School. Included are class materials such as exams and readings, correspondence, committee materials, and other materials.
- Extent:
- 3.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- UA.29.02.0262
- University Archives Record Group:
- 29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates > 02 -- Individuals
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Mel Shimm papers include materials from Mel Shimm's time as a faculty member at Duke Law School. Included are class materials such as exams and readings, correspondence, committee materials, and other materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Melvin G. Shimm was born January 30, 1926 to Joseph and Sadie Shimm in New York City. He served in the Army during World War 2, then graduated from Columbia University in 1947. He then graduated from Yale Law School in 1950 before practicing law in New York City and Washington, D.C. He became a professor of law at the University of Chicago in 1952 before coming to Duke University in 1953. He was a member of the faculty of the Duke Law School until his retiredment in 1996, and he served as the Associate Dean of the Law School from 1978-1983. He served as the editor of Law and Contemporary Problems, as faculty editor of the Duke Law Journal, and edited the Journal of Legal Education, as well as non-Duke publications such as the Journal of Business Law and Business Law Review. He was also the Director of the Duke Summer Institute in Transnational Law from 1986-1992. He won the Mordecai Society Award in 1960, the Duke Law School A. Kenneth Pye award in 1999, and the Duke University Award for Merit in 1996. In 2000, an endowed professorship in the Duke Law School was named for him.
Mel Shimm married Cynia Brown (Dr. Cynia B. Shimm), a psychologist who also taught Pscyhology for Lawyers with Mel Shimm at Duke Law School. The couple had two sons, David and Jonathan. Mel Shimm died on September 17, 2005.
- Acquisition information:
- The Mel Shimm Papers were received by the Duke University Archives as a transfer in 2017.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, October, 2017
Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2017.0056
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Mel Shimm Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.