Writing Abortion History

As I end my time on Legal History Blog, there is another issue worth discussing: the challenges of writing the history of an issue as divisi...

Ms. Peppercorn Sends a Note from the Archives

The LHB's sage advice guru, Ms. Peppercorn , has popped her head out of the archives to offer some words of sympathy and encouragement t...

Historical Societies of the Federal Courts: An Update

The Historical Society for the District of Columbia Circuit is one of the more active judicial historical societies, with a large and impor...

SHFG's Annual Meeting

Belatedly, we are posting the schedule for the annual meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government, which took place April ...

Studying Slavery through Court, Notarial, and Lawyers' Records

[The Allure of the Judicial Archives Workshop sends this announcement of a session to be held today in 1014 Tisch Hall, Department of Histor...