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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
In today’s post, Abby Shelton interviews a By the People volunteer, Claude, who has been transcribing the Herencia collection since 2020.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Johannah Ball, 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. Herencia is a rich collection of Spanish government documents from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Many documents fit into definite …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Meghan Berry, 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. One of the thrills of working on the Herencia document collection is the possibility of stumbling across an especially dramatic …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Nina Perdomo, 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. During my time working with the Herencia collection, I have come across a variety of interesting documents. One that has …
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Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Jake Neuberger, who served as a spring 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. The Herencia collection contains various documents that shed light onto political, economic, and socio-cultural themes in Spain throughout the 15th …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
As part of the anniversary celebration of Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents, we recruited seven remote interns to transcribe, review, and conduct research on this unique collection of materials from the 15th to 19th centuries. If you want to learn more about this remarkable group of undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals, who are the …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
On Thursday, March 19, 2020, the Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with By the People, the Digital Collections and Management Services Division, the Hispanic Division, and the African, Latin American, and Western European Division of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate , held the first ever all-virtual Transcribe-a-thon to celebrate the launch of our new crowdsourcing campaign, Herencia: Centuries …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Gustavo Guerra, a foreign law specialist covering a number of Spanish-speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. It is the second post in our “Frequently Asked Legal Questions” series, following on from our post yesterday on French terrorism laws. This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News