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Recently, Circulation Desk staff Melanie Evans (green hat), Brian Sutton (orange hat) and Katie Conway (video) took a break from checking out HLS Library materials to check out some visiting alpaca (fleece hat)!
A J-Term course at the @HarvardGSD led by metaLAB Affiliate Sankalp Bhatnagar: Designing Speculations from Moot Courts. 🧑⚖️ In the course, GSD affiliates will have the opportunity to reimagine the law school moot court as a site for design speculation.🏫 buff.ly/3RxIaFC
Erwin Nathaniel Griswold (1904-1994) was named Dean on July 1, 1946, when HLS was comprised of more than 1,900 students, 93% of whom were returning World War II veterans. Oil on canvas by Elmer Wesley Greene (1907-1964) in the Reading Room
Meet @EhimeOhue ('26) who recently participated in HLS Library's annual Love Your Library Fest, where she won one of our prizes. Congrats Ehime! #howdoyouHLSL
In the American Civil War, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (HLS 1866) served with brothers Edward (1836-1871) and Norwood Hallowell (1839-1914) in the Union Army's 20th Mass. Infantry Regiment. He called Norwood "the greatest soul I ever knew." #VeteransDay#HlslSpecialCollections
ALT Detail, formal headshot of Norwood Penrose Hallowell wearing his Civil War uniform, photographed by Warren's Portraits, Cambridgeport, MA, 1863. HOLLIS olvwork386995.
ALT Detail, formal head and shoulders portrait of Edward Needles Hallowell wearing his Civil War uniform, photographed by F. Gutekunst, c. 1861-1865. HOLLIS olvwork387032.
Thanks to the @HarvardLaw students and staff who joined us at our Haunted Halloween tours! We hope you enjoyed hearing tales of creepy Harvard-related legal history, seeing scary items from our collections, and being haunted by some surprise tour guests! #HlslSpecialCollections
ALT A ghoul haunts tour guests in the Library's Caspersen Room.
ALT Tour leader AJ Blechner chats with a tour guest.
ALT Tour leader KB Beck shares materials from Historical & Special Collections with tour guests.
ALT The tour cast gathers at the Circulation Desk after the final tour.
Thanks to all the HLS alumni and students who visited our Historical & Special Collections pop-up exhibit during Reunion Weekend! We enjoyed sharing our collections with you, and hope you had a great weekend at HLS! #HlslSpecialCollections
ALT People stand around four tables in a room with yellow walls, a chandelier, and a blue patterned carpet, looking at materials displayed on the tables.
It's Reunion Weekend, and Langdell Hall is awash in fall color! #LangdellHall
ALT A row of trees with green and yellow leaves line a cement path in front of Langdell Hall. Balloons and Harvard Law School banners are in the foreground.
ALT The entrance to Langdell Hall, with four columns and three banners displayed over the door. The banners say "Harvard Law School" and "Reunions."
ALT Two trees with brilliant yellow leaves are in the foreground, and the back side of Langdell Hall is in the background.
Just in time for New England's fall foliage season, look at this little Roman law book from 1692. It is bound in woodblock-printed paper featuring ornate designs of flowers and vines printed in deep red ink. HOLLIS no. 990041889930203941. #HlslSpecialCollections
ALT Composite of two images on a deep red background. The first image is a book which is quarter-bound in parchment and a decorative paper cover. The paper features a woodblock print of flowers and vines in deep red ink on a beige background. The second image is the title page from the book, printed in red and black ink on light tan paper, with handwritten notes.
ALT Close-up views of a decorative paper book binding, showing details of flowers and vines printed in deep red ink on a beige background.
ALT Close-up views of a decorative paper book binding, showing details of flowers and vines printed in deep red ink on a beige background.
HLS Library Book Talk: "1/6: The Graphic Novel" by Alan Jenkins and Gan Golan, illustrated by Will Rosado
Wednesday October 25, 2023, 12:30-1:30pm
Langdell Hall Seminar Rooms 232/233
Open to HUID holders
Register by October 18 for a free lunch: bit.ly/JenkinsOct2023
"I cannot live without books" - Thomas Jefferson
It looks like HLS alum (LLB 1931 & SJD 1932) and professor Paul Freund (1908-1992) agreed. In these photos taken some 50 years apart, his books seem to have multiplied just a little! #NationalBookMonth#HlslSpecialCollections
ALT Detail, Paul Freund sitting at a desk in a room with law books and papers, taken while Freund was a student at Harvard Law School, 1931-1932. HOLLIS olvwork368799.
ALT Detail, professor Paul Freund sitting at his desk in Langdell Hall, viewed through his open office door, 1980s. HOLLIS olvwork363278.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our annual Love Your Library Fest! It was great to meet so many HLS students and share info about our library's collections, services, and staff. See you again in the library soon! #HlslSpecialCollections#BannedBooksWeek
ALT Three library staff members wearing "Love Your Library" t-shirts stand around a colorful wheel, which students could spin to learn about library services and research databases.
ALT Students and library staff members view a display of rare books, manuscripts, and other unique materials in the Root Room, the Historical & Special Collections reading room.
ALT A "Where in the World are You From" map, where students put a pin on their place of origin.
ALT Close-up view of display materials from Banned Books Week.
HLS Library Book Talk: When Misfortune Becomes Injustice: Evolving Human Rights Struggles for Health and Social Equality, by Alicia Ely Yamin
Wednesday October 4, 1:00 pm ET, Langdell Hall 232/233
Hybrid format; register by 9/26 for free lunch: bit.ly/YaminOct2023
ALT An HLS Library staff member stands at the top of the steps of Langdell Hall. She holds a microphone and reads aloud from a banned book. Several people stand to her left. In the foreground is a colorful sign advertising Banned Books Week.
ALT A close-up view of a colorful sign advertising Banned Books Week.
HLSL staff member Mindy Kent encountered these four Harvard turkeys outside Lewis Hall, doing some groundskeeping in honor of President Gay's inauguration! #HarvardTurkey#Harvard
"Music was my refuge" - Maya Angelou
These musicians interned at the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp during WWI likely agreed. Ruhleben was established in Spandau to house 4,500 civilians who were in Germany when WWI was declared. #ClassicalMusicMonth#HlslSpecialCollections
ALT Black and white photographic postcard showing Willie Lindsay sitting at a piano, and Godfrey Ludlow standing with a violin, signed by the respective persons, Ruhleben Internment Camp, Spandau, Germany, 1917. HOLLIS olvwork426123
ALT Black and white photographic postcard portrait of F. Charles Adler (1889-1959), conductor of the camp orchestra, taken at Ruhleben Internment Camp, Spandau, Germany, ca 1914-1918. HOLLIS olvwork425890
It was great to see so many HLS students at our second HLSL Lightning Lesson this week! They learned about finding and using newspapers in 3 minutes or less, snagged free books and HLSL swag, and of course ate donuts. See you at our next LL! 🍩
ALT An HLS Library staff member stands behind a table covered with a red tablecloth. An array of library information and giveaways are on the table, along with a (temporarily empty) box of donuts. Students stand in front of the table looking at the information. In the background is a cart of free books.
ALT Students cluster around a table covered with library information while an HLS Library staff member chats with them while standing behind the table.