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Archivists in Law Libraries, June 2015 Law Library Archivists last updated June 2015 Last Name First Name Institution Concentration William A. Wise Law Library, Beck Erik University of Colorado Law Digital Libraries School Florida digital projects, including Florida Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions, Florida State University College July 1986 to the present; Florida Administrative Code 1963-1982; Florida Bingham-Harper Patricia of Law Research Center Attorney General Opinions 1961-1973, with some coverage back to 1930. Historical materials relating to the history of the Florida State College of Law. University of Georgia School of Bradley Sharon General institutional archives, digital archives Law University of Louisville Law Campbell Scott The papers of Louis D. Brandeis and John Harlan. Library Campbell Daniel R. US Court of International Trade Program Management Chatman Lori US Courts, Tenth Circuit Archives Goodson Law Library, Duke Arranging and describing collections of papers and photographs, and Cloninger Lee University researching and writing about the history of Duke Law School and its faculty. Cochran Cathy Univ. of TN Law Library Accidential archivist - adding items to Institutional Repository I am primarily the serials/electronic resources librarian. For archives, I preserve Samford University, law school publications and other historical materials. I am working to organize Darby Della H. Cumberland School of Law and make these more readily available online. http://samford.libguides.com/lawlibarchives William S. Richardson School Domingo Kelsey Archives of Law Library 1 Last Name First Name Institution Concentration University of Alabama School of Durham David Legal history, access, and preservation Law U.S. Court of International Eum Julie Generalist Trade My title is Reference/Special Collections Librarian. I also handle preservation duties. I supervise the library technician who does book repair. Arkansas UALR Bowen/Pulaski County Fitzhugh Kathryn C. Territorial Briefs and Records, Arkansas Supreme Court Briefs and Records Law Library through 1963 criminal and through 1926 civil; and rare Arkansas legal materials. We do our own cleaning and flattening of case files. Furlow Holly Tulane Law Library Processing the Judge John Minor Wisdom Collection. Not my area of specialty--but we received a grant to restore 36 judicial portraits on display in our library. These are oil portraits, many dating back to the early Galligan Sara Ramsey County Law Library 1930s. All portraits were in moderate to severe disrepair. A conservation group is doing the work for us, including the initial creation of treatment plans for all 36 portraits. Pence Law Library - Games Mimi Cataloging and metadata Washington College of Law Charles B. Sears Law Library, George Christine Anne Special Collections (manuscripts and rare books) SUNY Buffalo University of Minnesota Law Modern manuscript collections related to our faculty, the law school and its Greenwood Ryan Library institutes. Information Specialist: I provide research services, manage the firm history Hare Rebecca Gray Plant Mooty collection, and assist in knowledge management initiatives at the firm. 2 Last Name First Name Institution Concentration The NEJL is part of the Digital Initiatives/Special Collections department at National Equal Justice Georgetown Law Library. The NEJL documents the historical development of Library/Special Hering Katharina legal aid and indigent defense in the United States and internationally. The Collections/Georgetown Law NEJL holds over 100 manuscript collections in multiple formats, including audio- Library visual materials, especially oral histories, as well as books and grey literature. Tarlton Law Library holds the papers of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Tarlton Law Library, The Clark and the Uniform Law Commission, collections of several Texas Supreme Hilkin Elizabeth University of Texas School of Court justices and federal judges, and many University of Texas School of Law Law alumni, faculty, and deans as well as the records of enduring value created by The University of Texas School of Law. Mississippi College School of Huckaby Justin Book Repair Law Library "Accidental Archivist" in the loosest of terms in that we have no one else to Hughes Mike Quinnipiac University organize our past. Texas Tech University School Digital repository manager. Digitally storing historical documents and faculty Iqbal Saadia of Law Library scholarship Accidental archivist, working with the materials left to the UW College of Law Kearley Tim University of Wyoming by a former state supreme court justice (& now using these materials & materials in other archives for research). Maintain the Law School Archives; Faculty Publications Archive, and Special Wake Forest University School Collections. Keely Alan of Law (Among many other things...) Kidwell Erin Georgetown Law Library Rare Books & Institutional Archives (Curator of Legal History Collections) 3 Last Name First Name Institution Concentration ~Our collecting policy focuses on Spanish & Mexican colonial legal history; Texas legal history (with an emphasis on the Houston area); and Maritime law. ~We just became the depository for the American Judicature Society archives so I will be working on the history of that organization as well as the broader Kushnerick Heather South Texas College of Law theme of judicial reform. ~Preservation & Conservation. ~I'm a Certified Archivist and am an active member of the Academy of Certified Archivists. The Archives of The Law Society of Upper Canada, the regulatory body for lawyers and paralegals in the province of Ontario since its establishment in Leatherdale Paul Law Society of Upper Canada 1797. The Archives contains records documenting the Law Society of Upper Canada, as well as material about the Ontario legal profession. Alabama Supreme Court & Lewis Tim Rare Law Books State Law Library Georgetown University Law I specialize in manuscripts, institutional archives and general preservation, Miller-Kim Hannah Library maintenance and acquisitions of special collections material. Touro Law Center, Gould Law Mobley Beth Law Center Archives, Rare Books Library None. I am the contact person for law school history collection (we have no Morgan Patricia University of Florida formal archives yet) and I have no archives training. University of South Carolina United States history; Race and gender issues; U.S. diplomacy; History of the Mounter Michael Robert School of Law University of South Carolina and University of South Carolina School of Law. Syracuse University College of Movsovich Donna History of Syracuse University's College of Law Law Library Library System Development, SQL Reporting, Workflow Design, Staff Training, Niculescu Lawrence White & Case LLP Metrics. 4 Last Name First Name Institution Concentration Virginia State Law Library, OBrion Catherine G. Court history, oral history. Supreme Court of Virginia University of Pennsylvania O'Neill Leslie Bankruptcy and the records of The American Law Institute Biddle Law Library Paszkowski Diane Crowley Fleck PLLP Research Florida International University Head of Cataloging and bibliographic control and accidental archivist (yes, you Patrum Masako College of Law Library guessed it) Mercer University School of Perkins John M. Reference Services Law George W. Hopper Law Library, Title = Head of Electronic & Digital Services. I have recently added the "digital Plumb Tawnya University of Wyoming services" part to my title and will be dabbling in e-archives work. West Virginia University Podvia Mark W. Local History College of law Library Loyola Univ. New Orleans Law Pope Michele Serials/Government Documents and now Archives Library Poulter Anne William Mitchell College of Law Collection development and school history Georgetown University Law Prescott Leah Certified Archivist; Digital Curation Library University of Tennessee Law Price M. Loretta Collection Management Librarian and also accidental archivist Library 5 Last Name First Name Institution Concentration I'm Special Collections Librarian and Collection Development Librarian. My Bounds Law Library, University relevant historical fields are American Legal History (particularly Southern and Pruitt Paul of Alabama Alabama Legal History) and English Legal History (particularly early Medieval History). Justices working papers, professional papers, opinion drafts and discussions (confidential), speeches, commission and committee contributions, personal and professional memorabilia, photographs of members of the court and the work of the court. Robinson Erik T. Florida Supreme Court Library Supreme Court Commission papers not acquired by the State Archives of Florida: Access to the Courts; Innocence Commission; Gender Bias Study Commission; Racial and Ethnic Bias Study commission, history of the Florida Supreme Court. Tarlton Law Library holds the papers of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Tarlton Law Library, The Clark and the Uniform Law Commission, collections of several Texas Supreme Roden Kate University of Texas School of Court justices and federal judges, and many University of Texas School of Law Law alumni, faculty, and deans as well as the records of enduring value created by The University of Texas School of Law. College of Law archives (historical materials, events, etc.) and faculty Schander Deborah Georgia State University scholarship Metadata Services Librarian. I serve on the Law Library's Digital Archives Univeristy of Colorado Law Team, so have a heavy role in design decisions and creating
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