Law Student Life in Moscow: The Letters and Course Notes of John N. Hazard, 1934-1939: Materials for the History of the Soviet Legal System

The collection includes a set of letters written from 1934-1939 by John N. Hazard to the Institute of Current World Affairs, during his sojourn in the Soviet Union, first as a law student and later as a visitor. Hazard was the first Anglo-American Harvard Law College graduate to pursue the full course of legal studies then being offered in Moscow. The collection also includes his course lecture and seminar notes: most of these are in English with key terms in Russian. These documents offer a unique portrait of Soviet life and legal education of that time period.