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)!
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President Obama’s new portrait unveiled tonight at the Harvard Club in NYC. I was on a panel discussing his presidency and legacy.
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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
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
Happy Halloween from your HLS Library! 👻 🎃 💀
#Halloween #LangdellHall
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
It's Reunion Weekend, and Langdell Hall is awash in fall color! #LangdellHall
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.
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
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
TODAY! 1 PM EST
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
Thanks for joining us today for our annual Banned Books Week Read-Out! #BannedBooksWeek #LangdellHall
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
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.






































