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The Harvard Law School Library’s Historical & Special Collections (HSC) is home to one of the largest collections of rare legal materials in the world. You might expect to find rare books, illuminated manuscripts, collections of scholarly papers, portraits, photographs, and material documenting the history of HLS in our collections … and you would be right. This is the “A-side” of HSC – the popular items people expect to find when they visit HSC in person and online.
But this exhibit is about the B-side of HSC: the bizarre, the unusual, the hidden gems. Locks of hair, fabric flowers, books bound in wallpaper, recordings in nearly obsolete formats, long-forgotten student publications, and surprising items in otherwise traditional collections of faculty papers … it’s all here in the B-side of HSC.
The exhibit was curated by HSC staff: Karen Beck, Jessica Farrell, Jane Kelly, Edwin Moloy, Mary Person, and Lesley Schoenfeld. It will be on view in the Library's Caspersen Room 9:00-5:00 daily October 2016 through March 2017.
Enjoy this three-dimensional viewing experience of the Cardozo sculptograph, courtesy of our colleagues at the Weissman Preservation Center of Harvard Library.
This videocasette contains highlights of interviews with Profs. Milton Katz , David R. Herwitz, Paul A. Freund, Andrew L. Kaufman, Livingston Hall, and David F. Cavers; former Asst. Dean David N. Smith, Vice-Dean William L. Bruce; and former Dean Erwin N. Griswold speaking at the dedication of Griswold Hall.
This sound recording is an homage to James “Jim” Garrett Wallace (1883-1956), who sat on the Court of General Sessions of New York County for 18 years. An actor and musician by night, Wallace was known for writing and performing musical parodies of the New York legal scene at after-hour gatherings.
Side 1, Tracks 1-6
Side 2, Tracks 1-7