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Benjamin Walker Oppenheim papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0442

Summary

Collection includes both legal files and personal papers. The original acquisition of 7 ft. included legal files from Oppenheim's practice, 1937-1945; accounts from his law partnerships with Shadrach L. Hodgin, 1913-1927 and Jacob M. Lampert, 1920-1937; and other miscellaneous materials. The original acquisition is unprocessed. In 2003, 1.25 cu. ft. of additional materials related by Mr. Oppenheim and his family were donated by a granddaughter, Jane Miller Jacobsen. A preliminary inventory of this material (boxes 8 and 9) is available.

Dates

  • Creation: 1914 - 1970

Biographical Note

Bendamin Walker Oppenheim, 1883-1979, was an attorney in Boise, Idaho. He drafted the state's basic workmen's compensation law in 1917, served on the State Industrial Accident Board, and was a member of the Idaho House of Representives, 1927-1929.

Extent

7 Cubic Feet (9 boxes.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Group

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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Boise ID 83712
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