Audio-Visual Materials - Women Trailblazers in the Law Project Oral History Interview - Sound Recordings and Transcripts, 2012
Kennedy, Cornelia G.
2015
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CORNELIA G. KENNEDY 1-5-12.wav
Session 1: January 5, 2012 oral history interview with Justice Cornelia Kennedy. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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CORNELIA G. KENNEDY 5-10-12.wav
Session 2 (part 1 of 2): May 10, 2012 oral history interview with Justice Cornelia Kennedy. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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Session 2 (part 2 of 2): May 10, 2012 oral history interview with Justice Cornelia Kennedy. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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CORNELIA G. KENNEDY 6-8-12.wav
Session 3: June 8, 2012 oral history interview with Justice Cornelia Kennedy. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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Session 4: June 14, 2012 oral history interview with Justice Cornelia Kennedy. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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CORNELIA G. KENNEDY 10-19-12.wav
Session 5: October 19, 2012 oral history interview with Justice Cornelia Kennedy. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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Judge Cornelia Kennedy Oral History Transcript.doc
Transcript for Kennedy oral history interview, MS Word version. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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Judge Cornelia Kennedy Oral History Transcript.pdf
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Kennedy_Transcripts_preservation-copies.zip
Transcript for Kennedy oral history interview, preservation copies in .DOCX and .PDF/A formats. Access restricted to Bentley Library only.
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Abstract
Oral histories with Justice Cornelia G. Kennedy conducted by Allyson A. Miller from January 5, 2012 through October 19, 2012 as part of the Women Trailblazers in Law Project. Over the course of the interviews, Justice Kennedy recalls her parents, Elmer and M. Blanche (Gibbons) Groefsema; childhood and education in Detroit; and experiences as an undergraduate and law student at the University of Michigan during World War II. Other topics include the women with whom she attended law school; the challenges they faced in entering the profession; Kennedy's clerkship and private legal practice; her career on the Wayne County Circuit Court, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; her nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court, and her additional roles as a wife and mother.Other Identifiers
2014163_0001_0003
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Reading room access only: this content must be accessed in the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library Copyright is held by the Women Trailblazers in Law Project.
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