Collection Number:
5654
Collection Title: William E. Ready Papers, 1960s-2000s
This collection has access restrictions. For
details, please see the
restrictions.
Size |
40.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8000 items) |
Abstract |
The collection of attorney William E. Ready, Sr., of Meridian, Miss., contains correspondence,
research files, notes, newspaper clippings, case files, client files, pleadings, summaries,
briefs, motions, and other court documents. Materials reflect Ready's law practice
and prominent cases on which he worked. Cases represented in the collection pertain
to civil rights for prisoners, workers, and mental health patients, among others.
Topics addressed include racial discrimination in the workplace, workers' compensation,
wrongful death following a mass shooting in the workplace, environmental conditions
in prisons, jail fees, antitrust legislation, and the Mississippi State Department
of Mental Health. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.
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Creator |
Ready, William E. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- This collection is CLOSED to researchers.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the William E. Ready Papers #5654, Southern Historical
Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
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This summary description was created in February 2018 to provide information about
unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
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