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Professor of law at the University of Michigan; director of the Legislative Research Center; president and executive director of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Biographical and personal materials; subject files relating to his association with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and his work in the drafting of uniform legislation among the states in specific areas.

The Pierce papers document his work for the preservation of state parks, most notably in correspondence with Genevieve Gillette, and his work with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). The paper have been organized into two series: Biographical/Personal and National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

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Biographical/Personal

The Biographical/Personal series, in addition to vitae and bibliographical information, includes a file documenting his work on behalf of the preservation of Michigan parks, including correspondence with Genevieve Gillette. There is also a file that includes a summary of interview conducted by Pierce with General Leslie R. Groves on July 16, 1953 regarding post World War II legislation on the peaceful uses of atomic energy.