Chamberlain, Joseph Perkins (1873-1951)

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Columbia University

Samuel McCune Lindsay to Paul Underwood Kellogg, July 17, 1913

Summary of Samuel McCune Lindsay's Work for rhe Progressive Service , 1913 (fragment)

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, August 3, 1915

Joseph Perkins Chamberlain to Jane Addams, January 10, 1914

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

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Birth Date

1873-10-01

Death Date

1951

Birthplace

Cleveland, OH

Biographical Text

Joseph Perkins Chamberlain graduated from Hastings Law School in 1and Columbia University. After graduating, he immediately began teaching in 1923. He held his tenure at Columbia University for the following 27 years. At the university, Chamberlain directed the Legislative Drafting Research Fund, which helped advise and improve statute law. He was deeply involved in work to help refugees during the 1930s to 1950, serving as a member of the Intergovernmental High Commission for Refugees and on President Franklin Roosevelt's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees.

Chamberlain married Elizabeth Stellman in 1906. Chamberlain died in 1951.

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Lawyer

Professor

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People

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Public domain

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DeLora, Renee

Connelly, Julia

Gender

Male

First appears

1913

Bibliography and Links

Finding aid, Joseph Perkins Robinson Papers, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Joseph B Chamberlain, 1910 United States Federal Census

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“Chamberlain, Joseph Perkins (1873-1951),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 30, 2023, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/6245.