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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
The following is a guest post by Ashley Gonzalez, who served as a summer 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Herencia! What curious snapshots of history lie within your depths? As a summer 2021 intern, I had the exciting opportunity …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library