Gilbert Bettman Jr. papers
Scope and Content
This collection contains memorabilia of Gilbert Bettman, Jr. and his family including newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, certificates, gavels, and other documents and ephemera.
Dates
- 1815-2001
Creator
- Bettman, Gilbert, 1918-2000 (Person)
Language of Materials
The records are in English
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note on Gilbert Bettman Jr.
Gilbert Bettman, Jr. was a judge on the Hamilton County Municipal Court, the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court and the Ohio First District Court of Appeals. Bettman's father Gilbert Bettman Sr. was a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Attorney General.
Gilbert Bettman Jr. graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati and then attended Harvard University, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1938 and a law degree in 1942. He entered the Army as a private in 1942 and served in World War II. He received a bronze star for valor in 1944.
After World War II, Bettman practiced law in Cincinnati. In 1946, he married Elisabeth Robb Evers, a faculty member at Barnard College. He later married Marianna Brown, a lawyer and professor of law at the University of Cincinnati. Gilbert Bettman, Jr. was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives and then to the Hamilton County Municipal Court in 1956. Bettman also served on the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court and the Ohio First District Court of Appeals. He retired in 1992 at age 75, but continued to remain active as a mediator until his death.
Extent
5.3 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains memorabilia of Gilbert Bettman, Jr. and his family including newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, certificates, gavels, and other documents and ephemera.
Statement of Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Physical Location
Archives and Rare Books Library
- Bettman, Gilbert, 1881-1942
- Jews - Ohio - Cincinnati Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Judges - Ohio - Cincinnati Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ohio - Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding aid for the Gilbert Bettman Jr. papers, 1815-2001
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Archives and Rare Books staff
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Revision Statements
- 2021-09-02: Finding aid revised with additional material added
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Rare Books Library Repository
8th Floor Blegen Library
2602 University Circle
P.O. Box 210113
Cincinnati Ohio 45221-0113
513-556-1959
archives@ucmail.uc.edu
