Lawrence D. Egbert Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-780213
The Lawrence D. Egbert Papers contains official military documents included personal statements by war criminals, printed materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, and personal correspondence. This collection would be of interest to anyone studying the Second World War; its effects on France, German War crimes, or the Nuremberg Trials.
Box 1: Documents, files, articles, and printed materials concerning the Nuremberg Trials.
Box 2: Miscellaneous printed material on Nuremberg and documents from the Military Tribunal Editor's Office. Contains material from the school for overseas administration as well as Civil Affairs Handbooks for Italy, Germany, and France.
Box 3: Military files and requests of the Military Liason Officer - Rouen Region 1944, 1945. Includes many war-time newsletters and prined material on the effects of the war on France.
Box 4: World Peace Through the Rule of Law documents as well as material from the Second International Congress of Comparative Law at the Hague. Includes Egbert's research and draft of his International Law Volume.
Box 5: Personal letters to and from Egbert 1920 - 1962. Includes Egbert's published doctoral thesis and articles as well as photographs from Nuremberg.
Box 6: Newspapers from France during the war, concerning Nuremberg, and about Egbert.
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Lawrence D. Egbert (1897 - 1977) is most noted for his active participation in international affairs. Before the Second World War, Egbert worked with the Second International Congress of Comparative Law at the Hague, the U.S. Tariff Commission, and the Office of Strategic Services. He also taught a class in International Organizations at Northwestern University.
He served as the Military Liason Officer to the Rouen Region in France during the Second World War. In September of 1945, Egbert was chosen because of his foreign language abilities and his legal training to serve on the executive staff of the U.S. Chief of Counsel at the Nuremberg Trials. There, Egbert served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Military Tribunal Record and a member of the analysis department of the criminal interrogation division. His responsibilities at Nuremberg also included compiling a law dictionary in English, Spanish, French, and German.
Egbert's international activities following World War II included work the the State Department, the Federal Bar Association, and the World Peace Through Law Center. In addition, Egbert taught an International Law course at American University.
Egbert wrote many articles and book reviews for the Federal Bar Association Journal and the American Bar Association. He also wrote a volume on International Law under contract for Charles S. Rhyne of the World Peace Through Law Center.
9.25 Linear Feet (6 Hollinger boxes)
English
Gift of Evelyn Egbert (widow), February.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository