[LAW-LIB:56922] Roy Mersky Oral History Published

From: Pierrette Moreno (PMoreno@law.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 09 2008 - 13:07:02 PDT

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    TARLTON PUBLISHES PROFESSOR ROY MERSKY'S ORAL HISTORY

    Tarlton Law Library Oral History Series No. 9. Roy M. Mersky: An Oral
    History Interview. 2008. 75 pages. $25.

    Roy M. Mersky (b. 1925 - d. 2008) was the director of the law library
    and a faculty member at the University of Texas School of Law for over
    40 years (1966-2008), where he held the Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair
    in Law.

    In this oral history Professor Mersky discusses his service in WWII; his
    education at the University of Wisconsin; his library experiences at
    Yale, the Washington State Law Library, and the University of Colorado;
    his involvement in the struggles for civil rights; and his many years
    and activities at the University of Texas, including visiting positions
    and consultancies around the world, developing law-trained librarians,
    and his passions for history and collecting.

    To purchase this publication, or to find out about the other
    publications of the Tarlton Law Library, contact
    tarltonbooks@law.utexas.edu or click on the Publications link on
    http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/ or contact Publications Coordinator,
    Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, The University of
    Texas at Austin, 727 E. Dean Keeton St., Austin, TX 78705, phone
    512/471-7735, fax 512/471-0243.



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