Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Arthur J. Morris Law Library580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
archives@law.virginia.edu
URL: http://archives.law.virginia.edu/
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Law School by the executor of his estate in March of 1990.
Biographical / Historical
A graduate of Roanoke College and of UVA Law School in 1958, Ernest Linwood Folk was a known scholar in the fields of corporate and securities law, as well as arts and entertainment law. At UVA, he earned both an LL.B. and M.A., and was a member of the editorial board of the Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif. He joined the UVA law faculty after teaching at the law schools of the University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina. He had previously been an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, from 1956-59, as well as a visiting professor at Columbia, Michigan, and Duke law schools. He was a Reporter for the 1967 revision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a statute governing more than half the nation's Fortune 500 companies. From 1970 to 1976, he edited the Securities Law Review . As a professor at UVA, he taught such classes as Corporate Finance, Non-Profit Corporations, Business Planning, Law and the Visual Arts, Law and the Performing Arts, and Securities Regulation. He published The Delaware General Corporation Law: A Commentary and Analysis .
Folk, who himself was wheelchair-bound, impacted the community by raising awareness of the issue of handicapped access, serving as Chairman of the University's Handicapped Concerns Committee. In this role, he succeeded in obtaining from the Virginia General Assembly special appropriations to pay for handicapped access to sidewalks and special handicapped parking spaces throughout campus. When Folk died suddenly in 1989, the Virginia Law Weekly noted, "He will best be remembered by the student body as a friendly professor who made every effort to interact with his students."
Scope and Contents
The Folk collection is comprised of 12 boxes of professional files, working files concerning consulting work; drafts, notes, etc., for articles; and a few folders regarding his home in Ivy. There are 4 boxes of assorted teaching materials concerning law and the arts.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Arts
- Corporation law
- Corporation law -- Delaware
- Folk, Ernest L., III, 1930-1989
- Law -- Study and teaching
- University of Virginia. School of Law
- lawyers -- Virginia
Container List
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Consultation: Caplin, Drysdale, Lockwood1973
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Cary & Folk Casebook: Suggestions for Changes1965-1974
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Cary & Folk Casebook: Correspondence1969-1975
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Cary & Folk Casebook: Chapter III1975
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Cary & Folk Casebook: Chapter II1975
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Cary & Folk Casebook: Chapter I1975
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Cary & Folk Casebook: Introductory Chapter1973-76
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Avco Memoranda: Final Drafts1971
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Airline Transportation of the Disabled1968-73Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
American Association of Law Schools (AALS)1982
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Airlie House1975
- Mixed Materials [35007007676681] MSS 90-2, Box 1
Academic Career1970-79
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
American Law Institute: Correspondence1980
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Bar Review of Delaware1972-76
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Bar Review of Delaware1977-80
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Comparisons of Delaware and New York Model Acts1967-68
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Corporation Service Company: Article on New Delaware Law1967
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Corporation Service Company: Revision of "Red Book"1967
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Corporations: Successes and Failures of Prominent Businessmen1972-75
- Mixed Materials [35007007676699] MSS 90-2, Box 2
Cumulative Voting: Memo to Willimon1965
- Mixed Materials [35007007676707] MSS 90-2, Box 3
Delaware Commentary1976-77
- Mixed Materials [35007007676707] MSS 90-2, Box 3
Delaware Corporation (DCL)1977-78
- Mixed Materials [35007007676707] MSS 90-2, Box 3
DCL: Correspondence1979
- Mixed Materials [35007007676707] MSS 90-2, Box 3
DCL Revision: "The Folk Report"1964Scope and Contents
(3 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676707] MSS 90-2, Box 3
DCL Law Review Article1967-68
- Mixed Materials [35007007676707] MSS 90-2, Box 3
DCL: Publicity1967
- Mixed Materials [35007007676715] MSS 90-2, Box 4
Delaware Correspondence1968-75Scope and Contents
(3 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676715] MSS 90-2, Box 4
Delaware Correspondence1971-72Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676715] MSS 90-2, Box 4
Delaware Court of Chancery1980-1981
- Mixed Materials [35007007676715] MSS 90-2, Box 4
Delaware Incorporations1968
- Mixed Materials [35007007676715] MSS 90-2, Box 4
General Corporation Law (GCL) Revisions: Correspondence and Minutes1964-67Scope and Contents
(3 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676723] MSS 90-2, Box 5
Ghana Partnership Article: Notes and Draft1963-66
- Mixed Materials [35007007676723] MSS 90-2, Box 5
Lecture: Delaware Bar Association1967
- Mixed Materials [35007007676723] MSS 90-2, Box 5
Miscellaneous1972-75
- Mixed Materials [35007007676723] MSS 90-2, Box 5
Sequestration1973-77Scope and Contents
(6 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676731] MSS 90-2, Box 6
Sequestration and Foreign Attachment Cases: Delaware1970Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676731] MSS 90-2, Box 6
Virginia National Bank; Memo1973Scope and Contents
(3 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676731] MSS 90-2, Box 6
Correspondence1980-88Scope and Contents
(3 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676731] MSS 90-2, Box 6
Correspondence: Pulled from clipping files1972-84Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676731] MSS 90-2, Box 6
Cumulative List of Publications1964-73
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
Foundation Correspondence1964
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
GEICO Registration Statement1976
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
General Housewares Corporation1974
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
General Housewares Corporation: Gordon Erikson1977-78
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
Graduate Students1985-87
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
Chamie Grandy1986-87
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
Great Books1979
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
Ivy Home: Reconstruction of Guest Room1982
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
Ivy Home: Utility Charges1979-80
- Mixed Materials [35007007676749] MSS 90-2, Box 7
South Carolina Business Corporation Act of 1962. Notes and Recommendations for 1963 Technical Amendments Act. Draft.1963-01-04
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Art and the Law: Bibliography1980-81
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Art and the Law: Surveillance File1981-83
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Art and the Law: Education, Symposia, Books, Jobs1978-79
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Arts in Virginia1985-88
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Art Law Correspondence1983-87
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Bibliographies1979, 1988Scope and Contents
(3 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Edward Damich Correspondence1988
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Exam Samples1989Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676756] MSS 90-2, Box 8
Fine Art and Law: Student Assistants1980
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Law, Policy, Ethics, and Philosophy1988
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Lectures: Art of the High Renaissance in Rome1977
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Lectures: Italian Trecento1972
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Merryman and Elsen: Chapter 71988
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Miscellaneous1981, 1988Scope and Contents
(4 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Outlines1979-1980
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Outline: Law and the Performing Arts1985
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Potential Guests and Speakers1974-85
- Mixed Materials [35007007676764] MSS 90-2, Box 9
Projected Course1980
- Mixed Materials [35007007676772] MSS 90-2, Box 10
Supplemental Materials1982-83Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676772] MSS 90-2, Box 10
LVA Clipping Material: Entertainment Law1986-87Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676772] MSS 90-2, Box 10
LVA Teaching Material: Volumes 2-41987
- Mixed Materials [35007007676772] MSS 90-2, Box 10
Lecture: Close Operations1967
- Mixed Materials [35007007676772] MSS 90-2, Box 10
Lecture: Comparative Observations of DCL1967
- Mixed Materials [35007007676772] MSS 90-2, Box 10
Lecture: Corporation in Modern Society1972-73
- Mixed Materials [35007007676772] MSS 90-2, Box 10
Lecture: New Developments in Corporation Law1972
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
Lecture: Review of Corporation Law Developments1973
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
Henry G. Manne: Corporations in Modern Society correspondence1972-73
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
Memo to William C. Brashares1976
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
Memo to Nizer Frim: DCL, Section 2711971
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
Merrill Lynch Case1977Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
Miscellaneous1981-82
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
National Student Marketing1976
- Mixed Materials [35007007676780] MSS 90-2, Box 11
New Home Landscaping1978-81
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
New York Apartments1980
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
New York Law Journal Article1977-78
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Notes of Previous Research Assistants1980
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Office File1981-82
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky, and Walker Consultation1977
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Recommendation Letters1984-87
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Rohr Industries, Inc.: Opinion1973Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Summer Research Grant1988
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Gabriel Vasquez; IFC Galleries1971
- Mixed Materials [35007007676798] MSS 90-2, Box 12
Uniform Commercial Code, Section 81972-76