History of Harvard Law School and Harvard University: Selected Sources
The following is a selective list of sources with historical information about Harvard Law School and Harvard University.
Directories and periodicals with information about the faculty, students and curricula are included.
Selected library locations of the works are shown. To see all library locations, use the provided links to HOLLIS catalog records.
To find additional sources about the Law School, use the following links to subject searches in HOLLIS Catalog.
Harvard Law School -- alumni
Harvard Law School -- buildings
Harvard Law School -- curricula
Harvard Law School -- faculty
Harvard Law School -- history
Harvard Law School -- students
Law School History
The Centennial History of the Harvard Law School, 1817-1917 KF 292.H34 H37; Reference KF 292.H34 H37 also on Google Books at:
The Centennial History of the Harvard Law School, 1817-1917.
The High Citadel: the Influence of Harvard Law School KF 292.H34 S44
History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions
in America Reference Desk KF 292.H34 W3; Special Collections Reference KF292.H34 W3. Also available electronically within the e-resource Making of Modern Law described below.
The Law at Harvard: a History of Ideas and Men, 1817-1967 KF 292.H34 S9; Reference Desk KF292.H34 S9
"The Law School 1817-1929" Chapter 30 in The Development of Harvard University Since the Inauguration of President Eliot, 1869-1929 Harvard Depository US 977 MOR
Logic and Experience: the Origin of Modern American Legal Education, 1800-1920 KF 272.L27
Making of Moden Law is an electronic collection of 19th century legal treatises and other works. It contains the complete text of many works that mention or discuss Harvard Law School. Search the full text of the more than 21,000 works included, or search by author, title, or other parameter.
Law School Faculty and Alumni
Quinquennial Catalogue of the Law School of Harvard University Red Set KF 292.H3
Lists alumni from 1817-1953. Lists faculty from founding until 1953.
Alumni Directory of the Harvard Law School Reference Desk KF 292.H3 A8325; Special Collections Reference KF 292.H3 A8325; ILS Reading Room KF 292.H3 A8325
Began 1958, published every five years, most current is 2006. Contains a comprehensive list of faculty since founding. Up to 2001 edition, list included officers and faculty since founding.
Directory of Black Alumni/ae Reference Desk KF 292.H3 A57x; Red Set KF 292.H3 A57x; ILS Reading Room KF 292.H3 A8325
Published in
1983, non-cumulating updates published in 1989 and in 1997. Lists black graduates of Harvard Law
School since the first in 1869.
Women at Harvard Law School: Alumnae Directory Reference KF 292.H3 A8326x;
Special Coll Ref KF 292.H3 A8326x.
Lists alumnae from 1953 to 1987. For some, includes brief personal statements and career biographies.
Harvard Law School Class Reports Red Set KF292.H3 A62
Lists class members and current employment at publication. Occasionally includes brief biographical statements. Generally published every five years. For some classes, less or more often.
Alumni/ae in Action: HLS Graduates in Public Interest and Public Sector Work Reference KF 292.H3 A52; Red Set KF 292.H3 A52
Produced in 1991 and 1994 only. Survey responses of "a day in the life" of alumni working in public interest settings. Respondents are from a wide range of graduating classes.
Harvard Law School Faculty Reference Desk KF 292.H325 A835; Red Set KF 292.H325 A835; ILS Reference Desk KF 292.H325
A835
Faculty directory with pictures. Published annually since 1992.
Harvard Law School Faculty Directory
Web-based directory showing current faculty's contact information, research interests, appointments, education, and representative publications.
Harvard Law School Yearbook Reference KF 292.H33 A3; Red Set KF 292.H33 A3
Began 1938, not published
1942/1943-1944/1945. (See separate HOLLIS catalog record for 1979 to present.) Includes membership of student organizations and
journals and faculty.
Faculty & Staff (Harvard Law School Faculty & Staff). Red Set KF 292.H325 A833
Faculty and staff directory with pictures. Published annually since 1987.
The Deans of Harvard Law School. Since Harvard College became Harvard University in 1870, there has been a dean of the Harvard Law School. A full listing of those individuals is available here.
Harvard Law School Alumni who became Justices of the United States Supreme Court.
Law School Periodicals
HLS Adviser (Harvard Law School Adviser). Red Set KF 292.H34 A45; Reference Desk has current academic year.
Published since December 1969; weekly when classes are in session. Available from Jan. 2001 here. (Internal site available to law school faculty students and staff only.)
Harvard Law School Record Reference Vertical File (current two years); Red Set K 8.A738
(See separate library records for 1946 to 1955 and for 1956 to 2002.)
1946-1994 Microforms Drawer 791;
1994- present Microforms Drawer 820
Published since July 1946.
Student newspaper currently published
12 times per semester. Cumulative indexes to vols. 37-74
(1963-1982) available in Special Collections. Available from Sept. 2002
forward here.
Harvard Law School Bulletin Reference KF 292.H34 A43; Special Collections Reference KF 292.H34 A43
Published since April 1948.
Alumni magazine currently published three times per year. Includes class notes, obituaries, and feature articles on HLS alumni. (See separate library record for 1986 to present.) Contents indexed by Index to Law School Alumni Publications KF 261.B87.)
Harvard Law School Catalog Reference KF 270.H36a; Special Collections Reference KF 270.H36a; Red Set KF 270.H36a
First published 1893 and annually since 1896. Until 2005, included
courses, tuition, faculty, departments, programs, policies and more. (See separate HOLLIS catalog record for 1893-1970.) From 2005 forward, includes mainly course descriptions and curricular requirements. The other information is now published in the companion publication, Handbook of Academic Programs & Policies.
Harvard Law School Handbook of Academic Programs & Policies Reference KF270 .H36d; Special Collections Reference KF270 .H36d; Red Set KF270 .H36d
First published in 2005. Annual. Serves as companion publication to the Catalog. Covers tuition, prizes, fellowships, programs, and rules and policies. Available in pdf.
Harvard Law Today Reference Vertical File; Red Set KF 292.H34 A466
Published since September 2001.
Alumni newsletter published bimonthly. Selected articles available here.
University History
Blacks at Harvard: A Documentary History of African-American Experience at Harvard and Radcliffe (1993) LD 2151.B57; Special Collections LD 2151.B57The Development of Harvard University Since the Inauguration of President Eliot, 1869-1929 Harvard Depository US 977 MOR
The Founding of Harvard College Reference LD 2151 .M63
The Harvard Book (1875)
Electronic version of a two-volume history of Harvard's academic mission,
customs, buildings, organizations, and prominent individuals.
The Harvard Guide
Historical and current information on Harvard's governance structure,
student body, faculty, and finances.
Harvard University: History of Named Chairs: Sketches of Donors
and Donations Not owned by the Law Library, see link for other library holdings.
The History of Harvard University Mic K46.N5 32164- 32178 with nineteenth-century legal treatises, Drawers
547-570. Also available electronically within Making of Modern Law described above.
Making Harvard Modern: the Rise of America's University Reference LD 2153. K45
A Selected Bibliography on Harvard History
See also The Historian-Autobiographers: Harvard in the Memoirs of its Own History Scholars in the Harvard Magazine (Nov/Dec 2004)
University Faculty and Alumni
Harvard Alumni Directory Reference LD 2138.H3; Red Set LD 2138.H3; ILS Reading Room LD 2138.H3
Published every five years,
most current is 2005.
University Periodicals
Harvard Crimson
The
Harvard College daily newspaper. Published since 1873. See archives here.
Harvard Magazine (Various titles including Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Bulletin)
Alumni magazine including class notes and obituaries. Currently published six times per year.
1898-1910
1910-1969
1969-1973
1973 to present
Selected content from May 1996 to present on the web
Harvard Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf
Includes Harvard Crimson (1950- ) and the
Harvard Magazine (1996- ).
Annual Reports of the Presidents and Treasurers of Harvard (1826-1995)
and Radcliffe (1879-1988).
Harvard University General Catalogue Special Collections Reference LD 2121.A1
See separate HOLLIS catalog record for1872 to 1975.
Written by Deanna Barmakian.