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Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard papers
Special Collections and Archives
Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard papers
Special Collections and Archives
Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard papers
- Repository: Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
- Title: Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard papers
- Inclusive Date(s): 1978-1994
- Bulk Date(s): 1978-1979
- Author: Finding aid prepared by Stephen Krason, April 2013
- Creation: Finding aid encoded by Stephen Krason using the OhioLINK EAD Application in 2013
- Origination: Heidloff-Reichard, Virginia Lee, 1946-2002
- Extent: 1 cubic feet (1 record storage box)
- Physical Location: 12th floor (May 4 Collection, Box 22)
- Finding Aid Identifier: OhKeUSC0148
- Abstract: This collection contains items created and saved by Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard, a defense attorney at Krause et al. vs. Rhodes et al., Civil Action No. C 70-544, District Court of the United States, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division (commonly referred to as the "Civil Trial"). Various materials relating to this event and its aftermath are featured, including handwritten notes, correspondence, news clippings, briefs, and court exhibits.
- Revision(s):
- 2019 - Updated by Cara Gilgenbach
- Language(s): The records are in English
Biography of Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard
Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard was born February 7, 1946. She attended Northwestern University and later earned a law degree from Cleveland State University School of Law in 1977. Heidloff-Reichard eventually became a partner with the Cleveland law firm Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton, Norman, and Mollison, now known as Gallagher Sharp. She was with the firm when it became part of the team representing the defendants during the Krause vs. Rhodes May 4 Civil Trial in 1978-1979. Throughout her career Heidloff-Reichard was active in the Northeast Ohio legal community, and at one point served as the president of the Cleveland Bar of Defense Trial Attorneys. A resident of Lakewood, Ohio, for most of her life, she died there in 2002.
Scope and Content
The Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard papers contain a variety of items related to the Krause vs. Rhodes May 4 Civil Trial in 1978-1979. These include notes, statements, exhibits, news clippings, briefs, and correspondence. Much of this material provides examples of the work done and approach taken by the defense team preceding and during the trial. The bulk of the resources are from late 1978 and early 1979, although a number of items dealing with the aftermath of the case are also included.
Statement of Arrangement
The collection is comprised of series based on the type of material (such as correspondence or notes). The series are ordered alphabetically with the exception of the exhibits, which are at the end. Within each series, dated items are arranged first chronologically, followed by undated items alphabetically (excluding large exhibits/artifacts, which are located last). The Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard papers have been organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Briefs
- Series 2: Correspondence
- Series 3: Newspaper and Magazine Articles
- Series 4: Notes, Lists, and Agendas
- Series 5: Statements
- Series 6: Exhibits
Preferred Citation
Virginia Lee Heidloff-Reichard papers. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Acquisition Information
Special Collections and Archives acquired this collection from Scott Reichard, Virginia's son.
Subject Headings
The following subjects are found in this collection:
- Subjects:
- Heidloff-Reichard, Virginia Lee, 1946-2002 -- Archives
- Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trials -- Ohio -- Cleveland
- Persons:
- Krause, Arthur, Plaintiff
- Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001, Defendant
- Functions:
- Defense (Civil procedure)
- Occupations:
- Lawyers
- Material Types:
- Correspondence
- Briefs (legal documents)
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Evidence, Real
- Manuscripts
- Maps
- Legal documents
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Briefs, circa 1978-1981
- Box 22 / Folder 1
- Brief of respondent in opposition, October, 1981
- Box 22 / Folder 2
- Brief for respondents in opposition to petition for Writ of Certiorari, October, 1981
- Box 22 / Folder 3
- Petition for Writ of Certiorari, October, 1981
- Box 22 / Folder 4
- Appellants' reply brief, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 5
- Brief for appellants, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 6
- Brief of appellants, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 7
- Brief of appellee Attorney General of Ohio, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 8
- Brief of defendants-appellees, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 9
- Reply brief of plaintiffs-appellants, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 10
- Supplemental brief for defendant-appellee Dr. Robert I. White, undated
Series 2: Correspondence, 1978-1979
- Box 22 / Folder 11
- Sanford Jay Rosen to William K. Thomas, November 13, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 12
- Letters to Charles Brown concerning trial appearances, November 20-21, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 13
- General Del Corso to Virginia Heidloff-Reichard, January 19, 1979
Series 3: Newspaper and Magazine Articles, 1978-1994
- Box 22 / Folder 14
- Newspaper and magazine articles, September-December 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 15
- Newspaper and magazine articles, January 4-5, 1979
- Box 22 / Folder 16
- Newspaper and magazine articles, January 6-31, 1979
- Box 22 / Folder 17
- Newspaper and magazine articles, February 1979-1994
- Box 22 / Folder 18
- Newspaper and magazine articles, undated
Series 4: Notes, Lists, and Agendas, 1978-1979
- Box 22 / Folder 19
- Notes, November 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 20
- Notes, December 1-14, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 21
- Notes, December 19-26, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 22
- Notes, January 1979
- Box 22 / Folder 23
- Contact information (witnesses, etc.), 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 24
- Lists of defendant's exhibits, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 25
- Notes on exhibits and evidence, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 26
- Order taxing costs, 1979
- Box 22 / Folder 27
- List of Grand Jury members, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 28
- Lists of witnesses, statements, and transcripts, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 29
- To do lists and agendas, undated
Series 5: Statements, 1979
- Box 22 / Folder 30
- Statement by wounded students and parents of killed students, January 4, 1979
- Box 22 / Folder 31
- Mutual release of all claims draft, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 32
- Settlement and dismissal order, undated
Series 6: Exhibits, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 33
- Index card concerning Captain James R. Snyder's .22 caliber Beretta serial 96122 3 1/2" barrel, 1978
- Box 22 / Folder 34
- Copies of photographs (with trial identification numbers), undated
- Box 22 / Folder 35
- Defense exhibit AD-125 (original photograph), undated
- Box 22 / Folder 36
- Demonstrative May 4 site map (plaintiff's exhibit 54004), undated
- Physical Location: Filed in oversized map case.
- Box 22 / Folder 37
- Exhibit labels, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 38
- Maps, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 39
- Plaintiff's exhibit 41057 (cardboard disc on string), undated
- Box 22 / Folder 40
- Special report: The Kent State tragedy (photocopy, defense exhibit HB), undated
- Box 22 / Folder 41
- .50 caliber machine gun cartridge (defense exhibit ND), undated
- Box 22 / Folder 42
- Bullets and small objects, undated
- Box 22 / Folder 43
- Rocks (defense exhibits MX-1 and ML-3), undated
