Ames Foundation
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| Formation | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Friends of James Barr Ames |
| Purpose | "Continuing the advancement of legal knowledge and aiding the improvement of the law".[1] |
President | Christine Desan[2] |
| Website | Official website |
The Ames Foundation was founded in 1910 by friends of James Barr Ames with the aim of "continuing the advancement of legal knowledge and aiding the improvement of the law".[1][3][4] The Harvard Law Library of Harvard Law School partnered with the Ames Foundation "to create a publicly-available digital library of important materials in legal history."[5]
History
[edit]The Ames Foundation was founded in 1910.[6] In 1912, the foundation was incorporated as 501(c)(3) organization.[2][failed verification]
Directors and Officers
[edit]- Christine Desan - president (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Charles Donahue, Jr. - vice-president and Literary Director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Daniel R. Coquillette - treasurer-clerk (Boston College School of Law)[2]
- William Alford - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Mary Ann Glendon - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Andrew J. Kaufman - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Randall Kennedy - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Kenneth W. Mack - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Harry S. Martin, III - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- Martha Minow - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
- David Seipp -director (Boston University Law School)[2]
- David Warrington - director (Harvard Law School)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Welcome to the Ames Foundation". amesfoundation.law.harvard.edu. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "About the Ames Foundation". Harvard Law Education. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Miss I. D. Thornley", The Times, 4 March 1941, p. 7.
- ^ The Ames Foundation Founded in 1910 by Contributions of the Friends of James Barr Ames for the Purpose of Continuing the Advancement of Legal Knowledge and Aiding the Improvement of the Law: General Editor: Theodore F.T. Plucknett. [Auch M. D. Tit.:] Publications of the Ames Foundation. [I.] Year Books of Richard II. [Rückentitel:] Year Books Series. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Company. 1914.
- ^ "Ames Foundation Digital Collection of Legal History". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ Foundation, Ames (1929). Year Books of Richard II.: 13 Richard II, 1389-1390. Harvard University Press.
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