Hours
The Root Room, Historical & Special Collections’ reading room, is open by appointment only, Tuesday-Friday, 10-5.
To schedule an appointment or get in touch with a member of Historical & Special Collections staff, please email specialc@law.harvard.edu.
Upcoming Root Room Closures:
Wednesday, April 17, 2:30-3:30
Wednesday, May 22, 12:30-3
Thursday, May 23, Harvard Commencement, closed all day
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Get curious about CURIOSity: Harvard Law School Library Exhibits Find a New Home
After almost 10 years, we are saying goodbye to the Exhibit Addenda website, which featured companion content for Historical & Special Collections’ physical exhibits, as well as online exhibits. It debuted in January 2015 and was retired in April 2024. Exhibit Addenda featured information about more than 30 exhibits Harvard Law School Library (HLSL) staff
April 12, 2024
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Revisiting “Old Books, New Technologies, and ‘The Human Skin Book’ at HLS”
Old Books, New Technologies, and “The Human Skin Book” at HLS In this 2014 post on our now-retired blog Et Seq., former manager of Historical & Special Collections KB Beck put to rest a long-standing question about the binding of an early 17th century Spanish legal text. View the archived web page of the original
March 29, 2024
Image Credits
Top of page, clockwise:
- Tiberias, 1475. HLS MS 75, HOLLIS 990041080380203941, fol. 1r, seq. 5, detail, Harvard Law School Library.
- Harvard Voluntary Defenders, 1972-1973, HOLLIS 8001351559, Harvard Law School Library.
- View of large rare book, Brooks Kraft, 2014.
Left to right:
- Historical & Special Collections reading room, Brooks Kraft, 2014.
- Harvard Law School Library pass, 1868, HOLLIS 990020808460203941, Harvard Law School Library.
- De legibus Angliae, ca. 1300. HLS MS 1, HOLLIS 990028855300203941, seq. 29, detail, Harvard Law School Library.
- Caspersen Room, Harvard Law School Library, Tony Rinaldo, September 2023.
- Historical & Special Collections stacks, Brooks Kraft, 2014.
- Treasure Room, Langdell Hall by Fay Foto Service, 1952? HOLLIS 8001070613, Harvard Law School Library.