Hilda Schwartz papers
Scope and Contents
The Hilda Ginsburg Schwartz Papers consist of correspondence, campaign records, legal documents, biographical materials, newspaper clippings and photographs, dating from circa 1930s to the 1990s. The bulk of the collection is comprised of material that documents Schwart's life in the public eye, particularly campaign records and related newspaper clippings and biographical and promotional material. Other items of interest include professional correspondence, photographs, and Schwartz's judicial opinions.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1930 - 1999
Creator
- Schwartz, Hilda (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
The Sophia Smith Collection owns copyright to the unpublished works by the creator of this collection. Copyright to materials created by others may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Biographical / Historical
Hilda Ginsburg was born in New York City in 1908. She attended New York City public schools, earned her B.A. from Washington Square College, and her LLB from NYU in 1920; she was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1930. She married Herman N. Schwartz; they had one son, John. She became an associate with a small law firm then had a private practice with her husband until 1946; in 1935 she founded the New York City Women's Bar Association after the New York City Bar denied her application (she was finally admitted in 1940). She was appointed by three different New York mayors and elected as well to many posts including Trial Commissioner of the Board of Estimates (1946-1951); and New York City Treasurer and Director of Finance (1958-1965). Sh e was one of the first women to sit on any New York court, serving on the New York City Magistrates Court (1951 - ?); the New York City Civil Court; and then on the New York State Supreme Court (1972-1984), where she decided cases in international law, banking, employee relations, and many other areas. She did early judicial work with the Home Term Court, succeding Anna M. Kross as Chair of the Home Term Panel and served on numerous judicial committees. She died 18 Mar 1998.
Extent
11.917 linear feet (11 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Lawyer; Judge; Founder, NY Women's Bar Association. Papers consist of correspondence, campaign records, legal documents, biographical materials, newspaper clippings and photographs documenting Schwart's public career and legal work in New York City.
Arrangement
This collection has been added to over time in multiple "accessions." An accession is a group of materials received from the same source at approximately the same time.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Hilda G. Schwartz between 1984 and 1995 and by John Schwartz in 1998.
Processing Information
Between September 2022 and February 2023, Smith College Special Collections renumbered many boxes to eliminate duplicate numbers within collections in order to improve researcher experience. A full crosswalk of old to new numbers is available.
Subject
- New York (State). Supreme Court (Organization)
- New York Women's Bar Association (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Schwartz, Hilda (Person)
Source
- Schwartz, John (Donor, Person)
- Schwartz, Hilda (Donor, Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Hilda Schwartz papers
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2017-07-26T17:48:18-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2021-07-09: Content description added from accession inventories
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
