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Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
This post announces the release of a new digital collection containing 16th-19th century legal documents from modern-day Mexico as well as territories from New Spain and/or Mexico that have since become part of the United States.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
Short biographies of the summer 2022 cohort of Herencia interns.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Silvia Lopez, who served as a fall 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. One treasure from the Herencia collection of Spanish legal documents for the 15th -19th centuries is the Brief of Jose Antonio Manso de …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
Today’s interview is with Nina Perdomo, an intern working on transcribing the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. My family consists of both Peruvian and Venezuelan backgrounds. I was born in Peru and immigrated with my family to Miami, Florida, as a young child. Having grown …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
Today’s interview is with Erika Wesch, an intern working on transcribing the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background: Although born in Bethesda, Maryland, I was raised in South Florida. I grew up 10 minutes from the beach, but I always felt drawn to the Washington, D.C., …
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Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Bailey DeSimone, a library technician (metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. Her ongoing blog series, From the Serial Set, shares discoveries from the Law Library’s Serial Set Digitization Project. The House Committee on Territories was formed in 1825 during the 1st Session of the 19th …
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