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Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

The first series, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, (2 linear feet) relates to his work as reporter for the committee and his sixteen-year membership from 1960 to 1976. The subseries of correspondence is arranged in reverse chronological order in each folder. The correspondence includes exchanges with members of Congress and copies of the laws resulting from the committee's discussion, as well as minutes of ACBR meetings. Correspondents include Lawrence King of New York University and Vern Countryman of Harvard University. The Official Forms subseries contains correspondence, drafts, revisions and ballots relating to the revision of particular legal forms used in bankruptcy. The topical subseries is collected background materials used for developing particular general orders and official forms. The materials in this subseries include: research, reports, minutes, correspondence, ballots, and memoranda.

Frank R. Kennedy Papers, 1936-1999 (majority within 1960-1979)
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Frank R. Kennedy Papers, 1936-1999 (majority within 1960-1979)

28 linear feet

Professor of bankruptcy law at the University of Michigan Law School and helped to formulate modern bankruptcy law. Member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, and the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws. Participated in the formulation of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978; correspondence, reports, minutes, articles, and collected research, 1960-1979, documenting his membership in bankruptcy law and his work on committees drafting bankruptcy law proposals.

The Frank R. Kennedy papers are composed primarily of the work resulting from his membership in the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States (ACBR), the National Bankruptcy Conference (NBC), and the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws (CBL). In addition the collection contains over sixty years of professional correspondence documenting the scholarly and professional work of Professor Kennedy in the field of bankruptcy law. The entire collection spans 1936 to 1999 with the bulk of the collection falling between 1960 and 1979. The collection is divided into ten major series: Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, Bankruptcy Reform Act, Biographical Information, Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States, General Correspondence, National Bankruptcy Conference, Other Organizational Affiliations, Teaching, Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, and Writings and Research.

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