Wythepedia:Community portal

Assigned Projects

• Case reports - Fred (but what aspect of the case reports? We should summarize each of the more interesting cases and perhaps comment on Wythe's opinion versus the Court of Appeals. So we need a page for every case report?)
• Letters and papers - Andy
• Descriptions of our copies of Wythe Collection books - Linda and GRFs
• Scans of title pages and illustrations from each Wythe Collection book - Linda and GRFs
• Pictures of each signature or bookplate from the Known Surviving Wythe Volumes - Steve and Linda
• Duval-Jefferson correspondence regarding Wythe's death and his will - Linda
• Jefferson-Sanderson correspondence - Linda
• Metadata for uploaded images - Jonathan
• Bolling v. Bolling - Michael
• Chair of Professor of Law and Police - Lauren

Needs

• Information about each book in the George Wythe Collection as it relates to history of legal education or history of law - this could include publishing history as well

• Aspects of Wythe's Life
  • Early life
  • Career as a Lawyer
  • Early Career as a Politician (including service as clerk in House of Burgesses to Privileges and Elections, and Propositions and Grievances Committees)
  • John Robinson Scandal
  • Revolutionary Activities (including Continental Congress)
  • Rivalry with Edmund Pendleton
  • Position on Slavery?
  • Judicial Career

• Wythe's Students
• Blurbs or reviews of Wythe biographies
• Pictures and scans to spruce up article pages

Please see the Wanted Pages to see a list of needed pages.

FINISHED!!

• Wythe's use of classical and civil law citations - Jim
• Wythe the teacher - Jim
• Commonwealth v. Caton - Michael
• Reactions to Wythe's death by leaders of the day, students, etc. Check Marshall papers and Tucker-Coleman papers at Swem. - Paul