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Call Number:
ALI.011
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
37 boxes (about 420 reels.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Reel-to-Reel Audio Record Group, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.011, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1958-1992 (inclusive)
Creator:
American Law Institute
Form:
Audiotapes
Abstract:
The American Law Institute has often recorded its meetings, during which its members discuss topics related to the governance and projects of the Institute. The collection 1958-1992, contains reel-to-reel audiotapes of American Law Institute Annual Meetings, Council Meetings, and project meetings.

The American Law Institute has often recorded its meetings, during which its members discuss topics related to the governance and projects of the Institute.

5-inch and 7-inch reel-to-reel audiotapes of American Law Institute Annual Meetings, Council Meetings, and project meetings. The collection spans 1958 to 1992.

    Arrangement
  1. Annual Meetings
  2. Council Meetings
  3. Federal Income Tax Project
  4. Compensation and Liability Project
  5. Complex Litigation Project
  6. Defense of White Collar Crime
  7. Employee Retirement Income Security Act Conference
  8. Family Law Conference
  9. Law and the Media
  10. Model Code of Pre-arraignment Procedure
  11. Public Control of Land Use and Land Planning
  12. Principles of Corporate Governance
  13. Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers
  14. Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition
  15. Restatement 2, Conflict of Laws
  16. Restatement 2, Property and Restitution
  17. Restatement 3, Trusts
  18. Uniform Commercial Code
  19. Unknown Meeting

Alphabetical.

A file-level container list is available offline in spreadsheet form. Please contact the Archives for more information.

Reels must be played on a reel-to-reel audio player, which is available at the Archives.

Reels have been separated according to size.

Processed by Jordon Steele, September 2009.

Please consult the other finding aids in the American Law Institute Archives to locate print materials related to these series.

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Occupation

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Finding Aid Author
Jordon Steele
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Collection Inventory

1960 Annual Meeting. For. Rel. Law., 1960.
Box 19
1968 Annual Meeting, 1968 May 21-24.
Box 1 Reel 5
1969 Annual Meeting, 1969 May 20 - 23.
Box 1 Reel 4
1970 Annual Meeting. (First and second days missing), 1970 May 21-22.
Box 1 Reel 3
1971 Annual Meeting, 1971 May 18-21.
Box 1 Reel 3
1972 Annual Meeting, 1972 May 16-19.
Box 1 Reel 3
1973 Annual Meeting, 1973 May 15-18.
Box 2 Reel 7
1975 Annual Meeting. Opening session, Model code of pre-arraignment, Torts 2nd., 1975 May 20.
Box 19 Reel 5
1975 Annual Meeting. Property 2nd (landlord & tenant), Model land development code., 1975 May 21.
Box 20 Reel 4
1975 Annual Meeting. Judments, Contracts., 1975 May 22.
Box 20 Reel 4
1975 Annual Meeting. Federal securities code., 1975 May 23.
Box 21 Reel 3
1976 Annual Meeting. Torts, 2d; Judgements, 2d; Property, 2d; Federal securities code., 1976 May 18-21.
Box 2 Reel 3
1977 Annual Meeting. Opening remarks; contracts; judgments; UCC article 8; FIT; torts, federal securities law, annual dinner., 1977 May 17-20.
Box 2 Reel 5
1978 Annual Meeting. Judgments, 2d; Contracts, 2d; Property, 2d; FIT-C; Fed. Sec. Code; Dinner speeches., 1978 May 16-19.
Box 2 Reel 3
1979 Annual Meeting. Judgements; C & K; Fed. Sec. Code; Contracts, 2d: Property, 2d-Donative Transfers; Dinner Speeches., 1979 May 15-16.
Box 2 Reel 2
1980 Annual Meeting. Fr. Rel. Law, Property 2nd; Judgements; FIT - C & K., 1980 May 10-13.
Box 2 Reel 2
1981 Annual Meeting. Property, 2d-Donative Transfers; For. Rel. Law (Rev.); FIT - K &J., 1981 May 19-22.
Box 2 Reel 2
1982 Annual Meeting. Property, 2d-Donative Transfers; Council Meeting; RFO (Rev.); FIT-K &J., 1982 May 18-21.
Box 2 Reel 3
1983 Annual Meeting. Property, 2d-Donative Transfers; FIT-J: FIT-INT'L; Sinner Speech., 1983 May 17-20.
Box 3 Reel 2
1984 Annual Meeting. For. Rel. Law (Rev.); FIT-J; FIT-INT'l - Generation Skipping.; Restitution, 2d; Annual Dinner; Corp. Gov. , 1984 May 15-18.
Box 3 Reel 3
1985 Annual Meeting. Corp. Gov,; FINT-Int'l; Donative Transfers; For. Rel. Law., 1985 May 14-17.
Box 3 Reel 3
1985 Annunal Meeting, 1985 May 14-17.
Box 21-22 Reel 9
1986 Annual Meeting, 1986 May 13-16.
Box 4 Reel 4
1987 Annual Meeting. Conflicts of law; Corp. Gov.; Donative transfers; UCC, article 2; Leases, 1987 May 19-22.
Box 4 Reel 4
1988 Annual Meeting. Speakers; Corp. Gov.; Property; UCC, 1988 May 17-20.
Box 4 Reel 3
1989 Annual Meeting. Prod. Lia.: Don. Trans.; Corp. Gov.; Servitudes, RLGL; Comp. Lit.; UCC., 1989 May 16-19.
Box 4 Reel 3
1990 Annual Meeting. Council meeting; Corp. Gov.; UCC session., 1990 May 14-18.
Box 4 Reel 4
1991 Annual Meeting. Tax treaties (& enterprise respon.); Property-servitudes; luncheon speakers., 1991 May 13-17.
Box 5 Reel 2

19?? Council Meeting. Conflicts., 19?? December 12 - 19?? December 14.
Box 6 Reel 2
re: Contracts.
Box 37 Reel 2
1958 Council Meeting. Director's report; New projects; Treas. report; Model Penal Code; Surrey; Prosser; Model penal code; For. Rel. Law; Stokes; Wechsler; Schwartz., 1958 March 13-15.
Box 22 Reel 3
1958 Council Meeting. Rorts, Model Penal Code., 1958 December 12-13.
Box 22 Reel 2
1959 Council Meeting. Conflict of Laws; For. Rel. Law., 1959 March 11-14.
Box 23 Reel 3
1959 Council Meeting. Torts., 1959 December 10-12.
Box 23-24 Reel 5
1960 Council Meeting, 1960 March 17-19.
Box 24 Reel 3
1967 Council Meeting. Conflicts of Laws: FEGT; Torts; Contracts., 1967 December 14-16.
Box 5 Reel 2
1968 Council Meeting. Gen. Bus.: FEGT; Pre Arragt.; Public Control of Land Use; Div. of Juris.; Conflict of Laws., 1968 March 20-23.
Box 5 Reel 2
1969 Concil Meeting. Pre-Arraignment; Model Land Dev. Code; Conflicts of Laws, 2d., 1969 February 13-15.
Box 5 Reel 2
1969 Council Meeting. Pre-Arraignment; Model Land Dev. Code., 1969 December 11-13.
Box 5 Reel 3
1970 Council Meeting. Pre-Arraignment; Torts, 2d., 1970 March 12-14.
Box 5 Reel 2
1970 Council Meeting, 1970 December.
Box 5 Reel 2
1971 Council Meeting. Pre-Arraignment Procedure; Torts, 2d; Model Land Dev. Code; UCC., 1971 March 10-13.
Box 6 Reel 2
1971 Council Meeting. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure; Model Land Development Code., 1971 December 16-18.
Box 6 Reel 1
1972 Council Meeting. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure; Contracts, 2d; Model Land Development Code; Federal Sec. Code; Torts, 2d., 1972 March.
Box 6 Reel 2
1972 Council Meeting, 1972 December 14-16.
Box 6 Reel 2
1973 Council Meeting. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Proceudre; Fed. Sec. Code; Judgments, 2d; Contracts, 2d., 1973 January 13 - 1973 February 3.
Box 6 Reel 2
1973 Council Meeting. Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure; Property, 2d., 1973 December 13-15.
Box 6 Reel 3
1974 Counicl Meeting. Torts, 2d; Property, 2' Fed. Sec. Code; Model Land Dev. Code, 1974 February 2.
Box 6 Reel 2
1974 Council Meeting. Land Use; Property 2d., 1974 December 12.
Box 6 Reel 1
1971 Council Meeting. Reports; Torts., 1971 December 11.
Box 6 Reel 1
1974 Council Meeting. Property, 2d. Pre-Arraignment., 1974 December 13.
Box 7 Reel 2
1975 Council Meeting. Fed. Sec. Code; Contracts, 2d; Judgments, 2d., 1975 February.
Box 7 Reel 2
1975 Council Meeting. Reports; Property, 2d; Contracts, 2d; Torts, 2d., 1975 December 11-13.
Box 7 Reel 3
1976 Council Meeting. Reports; Judgments, 2d; Fed. Sec. Code; Property, 2d., 1976 February 19-21.
Box 7 Reel 2
1976 Council Meeting. Reports; FIT; Contracts, 2d; Property, 2d; Torts., 1976 December.
Box 7 Reel 2
1977 Council Meeting. Reports; Judments, 2d. Fed. sec. Code; Torts, 2d; UCC Discussion., 1977 Febrary.
Box 7 Reel 2
1977 Council Meeting. Reports; Article 8; Judgments; FIT; Contracts, 2d; Memb. Rpt.; Casner; Loss., 1977 December.
Box 7 Reel 2
1978 Concil Meeting. Contracts, 2d; Property, 2d., 1978 December 15-16.
Box 7 Reel 2
1978 Council Meeting. Contracts, 2d; Property, 2d-Donative Transfers., 1978 December 15-16.
Box 24 Reel 2
1980 Council Meeting. Reports; For. Rel. Law; Property, 2d; FIT-C & K; Judgments, 2d., 1980 January 1-12.
Box 8 Reel 4
1980 Council Meeting. Reports; For. Rel. Law; Property, 2d; FIT-K; FIT-J., 1980 December 10-13.
Box 8 Reel 2
1981 Council Meeting. Property, 2d; Don. Trans.; Restitution. , 1981 October.
Box 8 Reel 2
1981 Council Meeting. Reports; Corp. Gov.; For. Rel. Law; FIT-K & J., 1981 December.
Box 8 Reel 4
1982 Council Meeting. Reports; For. Rel. Law (Rev.); Property, 2d (Don. Tran.); Membership Comm,; ALI-ABA; Inv. comm,; FIT-INT'L; Restitution, 2d., 1982 December 8-11.
Box 8 Reel 2
1983 Council Meeting. FIT-J; UCC-PEB; Corp. Gov., 1983 February 24-25.
Box 8 Reel 1
1983 Counci Meeting. For. Rel. Law (Rev.); Membership Comm.; Member participation comm.; Corp. Gov., 1983 October 13-15.
Box 9 Reel 3
1983 Council Meeting. Reports; For. Rel. Law; Property, 2d; Corp. Gov.; FIT-INT'L., 1983 December 7-10.
Box 9 Reel 4
1984 Council Meeting. Reports; Corp. Gov.; Restitution; FIT-J; FEGT-Generaltion skipping., 1984 February 1-4.
Box 9 Reel 3
1984 Council Meeting. FIT-Int'l; Property, 2d; For. Rel. Law (Rev.); Corp. Gov.; FIT-J., 1984 December 5-8.
Box 9 Reel 3
1985 Council Meeting. For. Rel. Law; Restitution, Corp. Gov.; Fund Raising;., 1985 February 7-8.
Box 9 Reel 2
1985 Council Meeting. Investment Comm.; Corp. Gov.; Fund Raising; Conflict of Law; FIT; For. Rel. Law; Complex Lit., 1985 December 11-13.
Box 10 Reel 3
1986 Council Meeting. Property, 2d; For. Rel. Law; Complex Lit.; Inst. Procedure; Reports; Corp. Gov., 1986 February 20-22.
Box 10 Reel 3
1986 Council Meeting. Property, 2d; Conf. of Laws; UCC; Corp. Gov.; Capitol Fund Report., 1986 December 10-13.
Box 10 Reel 3
1987 Council Meeting, 1987 May 18.
Box 10 Reel 1
1987 Council Meeting. Law Gov. Lawyers; Minutes in Remem.; Product & Process Liability; Unfait Comp.; Reports; Donative Transfers; Investment Comm.; Conf. of Laws; Corp. Gov; Memb. and Fundraising Comm., 1987 December 10-12.
Box 10 Reel 3
1988 Council Meeting. Corp. Gov., 1988 February 11-13.
Box 10 Reel 2
1988 Council Meeting. Corp. Gov., 1988 May 16.
Box 10 Reel 1
1988 Council Meeting. Treasurers Rep.; Corp. Gov.; Invest. Comm.; Law Gov. Lawyers; Membership Comm. Rep.; Cap. Camp. Steer. Comm. Rep., 1988 October 20-21.
Box 11 Reel 2
1988 Council Meeting. Property, 2d; Law Gov. Lawyers; Corp. Gov.; UCC; FIT-P; Complex Litigation; Servitudes; Machine Problems; Prudent Investor Rule., 1988 December 7-10.
Box 11 Reel 3
1989 Council Meeting, 1989 May 15.
Box 11 Reel 1
1989 Council Meeting. Law Gov. Lawyers; Prudent Investor Rule., 1989 October 12-15.
Box 11 Reel 2
1989 Council Meeting. Unfair Comp.; Complex Lit.; UCC-2 & 4; Corp. Gov.; Property 2d-Donative Transfers., 1989 December 6-9.
Box 11 Reel 2

1964 Meeting of Tax Advisory Group, 1964 January 30-31.
Box 25 Reel 8
1967 Meeting of consultants, 1967 April 24-25.
Box 11 Reel 1
1976 Subchapter C. Large Advisory Group., 1976 October 29-30.
Box 26 Reel 8
1978 Subchapter K. Draft No. 3, Discussion. Large Tax Advisory Group., 1978 November 17-18.
Box 28 Reel 8
1978 Subcapter C. Draft No. 2, Discussion. Large Tax Advisory Group., 1978 April 20.
Box 27 Reel 8
1979 Subchapter C. Draft No. 5, discussion. Large Tax Advisory Group., 1979 November 15-17.
Box 29-30 Reel 10
1979 Subchapter J, 1979 November 3-4.
Box 11 Reel 1
1980 Subchapter J, 1980 October 3-4.
Box 11 Reel 2
1980 Subchapters J & K. Draft Nos. 6 & 7, discussion. Tax Advisory Group., 1980 November 13.
Box 30 Reel 4
1980 Subchapters J & K. Draft Nos. 6 & 7, discussion. Tax Advisory Group., 1980 November 14-15.
Box 31 Reel 6
1981 Large Advisory Group, 1981 November 12-14.
Box 32-33 Reel 10
1982 Subchapter J. Consultants, 1982 October 8-10.
Box 11 Reel 2
1983 Subchapter J. Council draft no. 12, discussed. Consultants., 1983 February 18.
Box 11 Reel 1
1983 International aspects, 1983 March 25-26.
Box 12 Reel 1
1984 International aspects, 1984 March 16-17.
Box 12 Reel 1
1984 Foreign income taxation, 1984 October 19-20.
Box 12 Reel 2
1985 International aspects, 1985 June 21-22.
Box 12 Reel 2
1988 Tax treaties, 1988 December 16-17.
Box 12 Reel 1
1989 Tax treaties, 1989 December 18.
Box 12 Reel 1

1987 Product and process injuries, 1987 June 29-30.
Box 12 Reel 2
1988 Product and process injuries, 1988 June 27.
Box 12 Reel 1
1989 Product and process injuries, 1989 October 6-7.
Box 12 Reel 2
1990 Product and process injuries. Members of consultative group., 1990 September 7-9.
Box 12 Reel 1

1987 Complex Litigation Project, 1987 March 12.
Box 12 Reel 1
1989 Complex Litigation Project. Advisors., 1989 October 8.
Box 12 Reel 1
1990 Complex Litigation Project. Members consultative group., 1990 January 27.
Box 12 Reel 1
1991 Complex Litigation Project. Members consultative group., 1991 October 11.
Box 13 Reel 1

1976 Defense of White Collar Crime, 1976 February 27-28.
Box 34-35 Reel 14

Scope and Contents

Reels featuring discussions about the new regulations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, promulgated in 1974.

Discussion of new ERISA regulations.
Box 36 Reel 4

Container Summary

1 reel.

1990 Family Law conference, 1990 January 26.
Box 13 Reel 1

Container Summary

9 reels.

1980 Advisory committee, 1980 October 9-11.
Box 13 Reel 2
1981 Advisory commitee, 1981 September 24-26.
Box 13 Reel 2
1982 Advisory commitee, 1982 September 9-10.
Box 13 Reel 1
1983 Advisory committee, 1983 October 6-8.
Box 13 Reel 2
1984 Advisory committee, 1984 September 13-15.
Box 13 Reel 2

Joint committee on continuing legal education.
Box 36 Reel 3
Container Summary

4 reels.

1986 Property. Servitudes., 1986 October 31.
Box 16 Reel 1
1987 Property. Servitudes., 1987 June 19.
Box 16 Reel 2
1987 Trusts. Prudent Investor., 1987 December 18.
Box 17 Reel 1
1987 Property. Servitudes., 1987 October 9.
Box 17 Reel 1
1988 Trusts. Prudent Investor., 1988 November 18.
Box 17 Reel 1
1988 Property. Servitudes., 1988 September 31-October 1.
Box 17 Reel 1
1989 Real Property, Security., 1989 April 27.
Box 17 Reel 1
1989 Property. Servitudes., 1989 September 21.
Box 17 Reel 1
1989 Trusts. Prudent Investor. Advisers and consultative group., 1989 September 8.
Box 17 Reel 1
1989 Trusts. Prudent Investor., 1989 June 3.
Box 17 Reel 1
1991 Property. Servitudes, Mortgages. Consultative group., 1991 October 26.
Box 17 Reel 1
1992 Property. Sevitudes. Advisers & members consultative group., 1992 September 12.
Box 17 Reel 2
1992 Property. Donative transfers. Members consultative group. , 1992 September 24.
Box 17 Reel 1

Container Summary

4 reels.

1968 Advisory commitee, 1968 February.
Box 13 Reel 4

Container Summary

3 reels.

1967 Advisory commitee, 1967 October 27-28.
Box 14 Reel 2
1968 Advisory commitee, 1968 January 11-12.
Box 14 Reel 1

Container Summary

20 reels.

1981 Reporters, Consultants and Advisers, 1981 November 7-8.
Box 14 Reel 1
1982 Consultants and Reporters, 1982 October 15-16.
Box 14 Reel 2
1983 Advisory group, 1983 January 7-8.
Box 14 Reel 1
1983 Advisory group, 1983 June 22-24.
Box 14 Reel 2
1983 Consultants and Advisers, 1983 October 27.
Box 14 Reel 3
1984 Principles of Corporate Governance, 1984 November 2-3.
Box 14 Reel 1
1985 Principles of Coporate Governance, 1985 April 12-13.
Box 14 Reel 2
1985 Principles of Coporate Governance, 1985 October 18-19.
Box 14 Reel 2
1986 Principles of Corporate Governance, 1986 October 23-25.
Box 15 Reel 3
1987 Principles of Corporate Governance, 1987 April 2-4.
Box 15 Reel 2
1987 Principles of Corporate Governance, 1987 October 22-23.
Box 15 Reel 1
1988 Advisors meeting, 1988 October 13-14.
Box 15 Reel 1

Container Summary

9 reels.

1986 Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, 1986 October 10-11.
Box 15 Reel 2
1988 Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, 1988 June 23-25.
Box 15 Reel 2
1989 Advisory meeting, 1989 February 24-25.
Box 15 Reel 1
1989 Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, 1989 June 15-17.
Box 15 Reel 2
1990 Members consultative group, 1990 September 22.
Box 15 Reel 1
1990 Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, 1990 September 14-15.
Box 16 Reel 1
1991 Members consultative group, 1991 September 13.
Box 15 Reel 1

Container Summary

6 reels.

1987 Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition, 1987 June 1-4.
Box 16 Reel 2
1987 Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition, 1987 June 1-4.
Box 16 Reel 2
1988 Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition, 1988 December 1-2.
Box 16 Reel 1
1989 Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition, 1989 October 27.
Box 16 Reel 1
1989 Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition. Advisers., 1989 October 27.
Box 16 Reel 1
1992 Members consultative group, 1992 October 2.
Box 16 Reel 1

Songs. Common Law of Texas (Bill Reiger); Yale (Frank Jones); The Dean's Song" (Vliet); The Case Came Up" (Vliet).
Box 6062 Reel 1
1970 New York Drug c/s. 1st day. 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m., 1970.
Reel 1
1979 Unknown Meeting , 1979 December 1.
Box 37 Reel 2

Container Summary

11 reels.

1982 Property. Donative transfers., 1982 October 11-13.
Box 16 Reel 1
1983 Property. Advisory group. Donative transfers., 1983 October 20-21.
Box 16 Reel 2
1983 Restitution, 1983 October 9-10.
Box 16 Reel 2

Container Summary

2 reels.

1968 Advisory commitee, 1968 January 6.
Box 16 Reel 2

Container Summary

About 15 reels.

Article 1, general. ALI-ABA.
Box 18 Reel 2
1976 PEB, 1976 May 22.
Box 17 Reel 1
1976 PEB, 1976 October 1-2.
Box 17 Reel 1
1977 PEB, 1977 January 21-22.
Box 17 Reel 1
1981 PEB. 3-4-8 committee., 1981 March 20-21.
Box 17 Reel 1
1984 PEB. Uniform new payments code., 1984 June 15-16.
Box 17 Reel 1
1985 PEB, 1985 June 6-7.
Box 18 Reel 1
1985 PEB, 1985 December 5-6.
Box 18 Reel 2
1986 PEB, 1986 November 21.
Box 18 Reel 1
1987 PEB, 1987 March 13-14.
Box 18 Reel 1
1989 Amendments to articles 3 & 4 (4A)., 1989 October 26.
Box 18 Reel 1
1990 PEB. Article 9., 1990 October 26-28.
Box 18 Reel 1
1991 Article 9 study committee advisers, 1991 November 15-17.
Box 18 Reel 2
1992 Members consultative group article 5 study committee, 1992 October 1.
Reel 1

1968 Annual Meeting, 1968 May 21-24.
Box 1 Reel 5
1969 Meeting, 1968 May 4-5 .
Box 1 Reel 4
1970 Meeting, 1970.
Box 1 Reel 3

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