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, May 22, 12:30-3
Thursday, May 23, Harvard Commencement, closed all day
Wednesday, June 5, 10-1
Wednesday, June 12, 10-12
Tuesday, June 18, 11-2
Wednesday, June 19, closed all day
Thursday, July 4, closed all day
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Revisiting “Molding the Legal Mind: The Notebooks of Harvard Law School Students”
This 2017 post was written by Georgia Henley while she was a doctoral candidate in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and working part-time in Harvard Law School Library, Historical & Special Collections. Georgia Henley is now Associate Professor of English at Saint Anselm College and an Associate of the Department
April 30, 2024
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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
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.