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- catalog abstract "The majority of this collection consists of bound volumes of briefs produced by Burlingham Underwood, LLP and its predecessors. Also included are various materials related to the history of the firm and to the lives of its partners, particularly Charles Culp Burlingham. These materials include extensive personal and professional correspondence, office memoranda, case files, office directories, letterhead samples, associate lists, floor plans, newspaper and magazine clippings, printed historical accounts of the firm and its founders, memorials for various firm associates and partners, account ledgers, bound volumes, and other miscellaneous items. Of particular interest are materials related to the firm's representation of the White Star Line, owner of the Titanic, after the sinking of the ship in 1912. Also of interest are biographical materials related to Charles Culp Burlingham, including typescripts of correspondence to and from him during his years as a college student at Harvard. Further materials related to Burlingham can be found in the collection of his Papers here at the Harvard Law School Library Special Collections.".
- catalog alternative "Burlingham Underwood LLP Records.".
- catalog alternative "Records of Burlingham Underwood LLP.".
- catalog contributor b12613430.
- catalog contributor b12613431.
- catalog contributor b12613432.
- catalog contributor b12613433.
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- catalog contributor b12613445.
- catalog contributor b12613446.
- catalog contributor b12613447.
- catalog date "1899".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.LIBR:law00136".
- catalog description "Records of Burlingham Underwood LLP, Harvard Law School Library.".
- catalog description "The New York City admiralty firm of Burlingham Underwood LLP was originally formed as Rice & Hill in 1858 by James King Hill and James Clay Rice. Charles Culp Burlingham joined the firm in the late 19th century, shortly after graduating from Columbia Law School and being admitted to the New York bar, and in 1898 the firm became Wing, Putnam & Burlingham. Though the firm underwent numerous name changes over the years, the name Burlingham remained a constant from that point on. Some of the companies represented by the firm included Anchor Line, Holland America Line, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and other European and South American lines, as well as some Atlantic Coast lines. After the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, the firm represented the White Star Line in a Supreme Court case that resulted in a landmark ruling in which American laws were judged applicable to foreign shipping firms. The result was, according to a history of the firm found in the collection, "a signal victory for the White Star Line and all other foreign ship owners who need to have recourse to our courts in cases appropriate for limitation of liability." The firm remained one of New York City's major admiralty firms throughout the twentieth century. It closed its doors in 2002.".
- catalog description "The majority of this collection consists of bound volumes of briefs produced by Burlingham Underwood, LLP and its predecessors. Also included are various materials related to the history of the firm and to the lives of its partners, particularly Charles Culp Burlingham. These materials include extensive personal and professional correspondence, office memoranda, case files, office directories, letterhead samples, associate lists, floor plans, newspaper and magazine clippings, printed historical accounts of the firm and its founders, memorials for various firm associates and partners, account ledgers, bound volumes, and other miscellaneous items. Of particular interest are materials related to the firm's representation of the White Star Line, owner of the Titanic, after the sinking of the ship in 1912. Also of interest are biographical materials related to Charles Culp Burlingham, including typescripts of correspondence to and from him during his years as a college student at Harvard. Further materials related to Burlingham can be found in the collection of his Papers here at the Harvard Law School Library Special Collections.".
- catalog description "Unpublished inventory in repository.".
- catalog extent "105 Paige boxes; 7 manuscript boxes.".
- catalog issued "1899".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog title "Burlingham Underwood LLP Records.".
- catalog title "Records of Burlingham Underwood LLP.".
- catalog title "Records, 1876-2002.".
- catalog type "collection".