SUDENT NOTEBOOKS FROM THE LITCHFIELD LAW SCHOOL

 

The Harvard Law School Library holds a large number of notebooks of students who attended the Litchfield (Conn.) Law School during the period from 1784–1833 when it was in operation. The Ames Foundation is in the process of having this collection digitized. Whitney Bagnell, a retired special collections librarian at Columbia Law School, who has made a specialty of these notebooks, is working on the metadata, which is gradually being added to the collection. Much still needs to be done with the metadata, but they are all available online for anyone who wants to wander around in them to see how legal education proceeded in New England before, as it were, there was legal education in New England. You might want to try your hand at HLS MS 1177, v.1, lectures on property dated in 1812-1813, which should be depressingly familiar to property teachers. Links have not yet been added to most of the entries; for these, you will need to copy the URN and paste it into your browser.

 

HLS Call Number DateDigitized URN No. pp.
HLS MS 1177, v.1 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8056805 517
HLS MS 1177, v.2 24-Feb-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8236794 533
HLS MS 1177, v.3 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8057326 646
HLS MS 1178, v.1 16-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5381250 495
HLS MS 1178, v.2 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8056378 401
HLS MS 4004, v.1 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5538407 515
HLS MS 4004, v.2 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5538923 559
HLS MS 4004, v.3 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5539483 661
HLS MS 4006, v.1 24-Feb-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8235946 413
HLS MS 4007, v.2 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8057980 429
HLS MS 4007, v.3 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8058415 589
HLS MS 4008, v.1 24-Feb-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8249647 589
HLS MS 4009, v.1 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5540145 653
HLS MS 4009, v.2 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5540800 636
HLS MS 4009, v.3 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5541431 522
HLS MS 4009, v.4 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5541951 551
HLS MS 4010, v.1 24-Feb-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8253506 535
HLS MS 4010, v.3 24-Feb-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8254042 544
HLS MS 4074, v.1 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8596258 539
HLS MS 4074, v.2 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8596259 317
HLS MS 4074, v.3 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8596260 397
HLS MS 4074, v.4 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8596261 361
HLS MS 4074, v.5 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8603157 331
HLS MS 4074, v.6 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8603494 397
HLS MS 4074, v.7 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8603989 441
HLS MS 4074, v.8 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8604805 447
HLS MS 4074, v.9 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8604432 371
HLS MS 4076, v. 1 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8503160 655
HLS MS 4076, v. 2 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8503161 665
HLS MS 4106, v.1 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8059005 457
HLS MS 4106, v.2 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8059006 473
HLS MS 4106, v.3 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8059007 425
HLS MS 4106, v.4 26-Jan-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8059008 465
HLS MS 4146, v.1 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5542500 487
HLS MS 4146, v.2 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5542988 573
HLS MS 4146, v.3 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5543562 507
HLS MS 4146, v.4 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5544070 519
HLS MS 4146, v.5 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5544590 589
HLS MS 4146, v.6 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5545184 373
HLS MS 4146, v.7 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5545558 327
HLS MS 4147, v.1 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5545886 515
HLS MS 4147, v.2 24-Feb-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8236360 433
HLS MS 4147, v.3 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5546402 353
HLS MS 4147, v.4 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5546756 386
HLS MS 4147, v.5 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5547143 407
HLS MS 4147, v.6 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5547551 237
HLS MS 4147, v.7 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5547789 329
HLS MS 4160, No 1 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5563040 96
HLS MS 4160, No 2 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5563041 96
HLS MS 4160, No 3 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5563042 96
HLS MS 4160, No 5 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5563043 96
HLS MS 4160, No 6 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5563044 28
HLS MS 4160, Forms No 1 20-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5563045 88
HLS MS 4214, No 1 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576178 98
HLS MS 4214, Forms No 2 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576179 28
HLS MS 4214, No 3 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576180 92
HLS MS 4214, No 4 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576181 96
HLS MS 4214, No 5 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576182 100
HLS MS 4214, No 6 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576183 44
HLS MS 4214, No 7 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576184 23
HLS MS 4214, No 7 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576185 108
HLS MS 4214, No 8 21-Dec-11 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:5576186 48
MSS Small Manuscript 31-May-12 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.Libr:8507379 103

 

 

 

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