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.
John G. Brannon (center), George Yamaoka L’28 (left) Defense attorneys at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. (circa 1946)
Hand drawn image on an undated letter, circa 1565 or 1568 from pre-Colonial Mexico.
An 1811 Writ of Execution of Civil Judgment from Connecticut in favor of Mary Goodell against Charles Goodell for $13.23.
Cover image from the 1966 report to the Ford Foundation on the activities of the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association.