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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following is a guest post by Alexander Salopek, a collection development specialist in Collection Services Division. While at home due to the current circumstances, I have found myself deeply missing the Library’s collections; something close to my heart. Thankfully, I was able to work with the collections through the By the People project. By …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following is a guest post by Graciela Rodriguez-Ferrand, a foreign law specialist who covers Spain, Argentina, and other countries in South America. As a foreign law specialist for the Law Library of Congress covering most of South America, I thought a blog post on legal resources concerning the Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) (Southern Common …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post is a short history of Mary Church Terrell, suffragist and civil rights activist, wife of Judge Robert H Terrell, and subject of the test case District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Judge Robert H. Terrell was the first African American municipal judge in Washington D.C.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes the rare law book collection move to the new SSF and the proper handling of rare books.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The Law Library holds a rare Malay law manuscript in Jawi script, hand copied by Munshi Abdullah in 1837. It was purchased for the United States and the Library by Alfred North during the United States Exploring Expedition. Dr. Joshua Kueh of Asian Division discovered this manuscript in the Law Library’s Rare Book Collection.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The picture of the week is of General Braddock's original, secret grave site as well as his new grave.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week