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SUMMARY: Old News\, New Evidence: Historical US Newspapers and Legal Resear
 ch
DESCRIPTION: Old News\, New Evidence: Historical US Newspapers and Legal Re
 search Thursday\, May 21 from noon to 1pm ET Zoom Link (no need to register
 ): https://bsy.sh/4PdAt6i   Please join Harvard Law School Library research
 ers to explore the history of newspapers and their uses in legal research. 
 Starting with an overview of newspapers as disseminators of the […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><span style="font-weight: 400\;"><b>Old Ne
 ws\, New Evidence: Historical US Newspapers and Legal Research</b></span></
 p><p>Thursday\, May 21 from noon to 1pm ET</p><p><span style="font-weight: 
 400\;">Zoom Link (no need to register): </span><a href="https://bsy.sh/4PdA
 t6i"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">https://bsy.sh/4PdAt6i</span></a></p>
 <p> </p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Please join Harvard Law School 
 Library researchers to explore the history of newspapers and their uses in 
 legal research. Starting with an overview of newspapers as disseminators of
  the law and as shapers of the nation\, they will then offer examples and c
 autionary tales about how “the first drafts of history” have been used to p
 rovide evidence\, uncover buried histories\, and offer windows into the pas
 t. Their presentation will cover strategies for using historical newspapers
  in the digital age\, highlighting obstacles and showcasing resources.  </s
 pan></p><p> </p><p><b>Shay Elbaum </b><span style="font-weight: 400\;">is a
  Faculty Research Librarian at the Harvard Law School Library\, where he do
 es a little bit of everything but focuses on supporting law school faculty 
 with their scholarly research. He is working on an article about historical
  newspapers as neglected sources of legislative history. </span></p><p> </p
 ><p><b>Molly Hardy</b><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> currently serves as
  the Project Lead for the </span><a href="https://lil.law.harvard.edu/our-w
 ork/public-data-project/"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Public Data Proj
 ect</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> at Harvard Law School’s Lib
 rary Innovation Lab. Previously\, as a senior program officer at the Nation
 al Endowment for the Humanities\, she managed </span><i><span style="font-w
 eight: 400\;">Chronicling America</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;
 ">\, a collaboration with the Library of Congress and libraries throughout 
 the country. Her most recent article\, “Newspapers and Memory\,” can be fou
 nd in the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Cambridge History of t
 he American Revolution </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">(2026).<
 /span></p><p> </p><p><b>This event is jointly hosted by Harvard Law School 
 Library Innovation Lab and the Association of Boston Law Libraries. </b></p
 >
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