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 the Historical & Special Collections staff, please email specialc@law.harvard.edu.
UPCOMING CLOSURES:
Wednesday, April 22, 1pm-3:30pm
Friday, April 30, 11:30am-2:30pm
Tuesday, May 26, 1pm-4pm
Wednesday, May 27, 11am-3pm
Thursday, May 28, all day
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Revisiting “Learned Hand’s Tailor”
This 2017 post was written by KB Beck, former manager of Historical & Special Collections, about a fashionable discovery in the Learned Hand papers. View the archived web page of the original post, which is part of the Harvard University Archive’s A-Sites: Archived Harvard Websites collection, or read below… April 17, 2017 By KB Beck
April 20, 2026
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New Exhibit – ‘Educator, Advocate, Scholar, Leader’ showcases the Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. papers
Harvard Law School Library Historical & Special Collections is pleased to announce a new exhibit, Educator, Advocate, Scholar, Leader: Selections from the Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. papers, will be on view in the Caspersen Room, 4th floor, Langdell Hall from Sept. 2, 2025 through July 2026. The exhibit celebrates the career, leadership, and impact of
September 12, 2025
Image Credits
Top of page, clockwise:
- Registrum brevium, ca. 1476, HLS MS 25, HOLLIS 990037584890203941, fol. 1r, seq. 13, detail, Harvard Law School Library.
- View of incunabula (books printed before 1500) spines, Brooks Kraft, 2014.
- Detail of Harvard Black Law Students Association, 1976-1977, HOLLIS 24085091, Harvard Law School Library.
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.