Manuscripts
Manuscripts create a window into the evolution of the legal process over time.
The Manuscripts Collection includes manuscripts from the medieval period to modern times and falls under a wide range of subjects within the law, legal education and history.
Our research strengths include, but not limited to:
- Native American law
- Historic preservation law
- Pension policy
- Judge’s papers
- Tokyo war crimes tribunal
These manuscripts provide primary resource materials that complement and support the Special Collections’ Rare Books and Law Center Archives collections.
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![Black and white photo of George Yamaoka, John Brannon, and a third man](https://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/07/brannon_slide-500x282.jpg)
John G. Brannon (center), George Yamaoka L’28 (left) Defense attorneys at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. (circa 1946)
![Drawing from pre-Colonial Mexico depicting a face in profile and a hand pointing at a snake](https://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/07/cortes_slide-500x282.jpg)
Hand drawn image on an undated letter, circa 1565 or 1568 from pre-Colonial Mexico.