Viewing Libraries Category (11) found:Catalogue of the Territorial Library of Minnesota (1850).A provision of the Organic Act of 1849, which created Minnesota Territory, authorized $5,000 for the purchase of a library for use by government officials. In 1850 a 30 page catalogue of the books that had been accumulated so far was published. It is posted here. ... "Law Book Catalogue of the Minnesota State Law Library" (1903).Under the direction of Emil Alfred Nelson, who was the state librarian from 1901 to 1905, a register of the books and journals in the state library through December 31, 1902, was prepared by Charlotte A. Dure, the "official cataloguer." The Catalogue was published by the Pioneer Press Company of St.... "The Goodrich Library." (1887).Aaron Goodrich, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory, was an inveterate collector of old books. He went on a book buying binge when he served as secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, Belgium, 1861-1869. After his death on June 24, 1887, his widow invited a ... "Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late Hon. Aaron Goodrich" (1887).During his lifetime, Aaron Goodrich, who served from 1849 to 1851 as the first Chief Justice of Minnesota Territory, accumulated a large library. After his death on June 24, 1887, at age seventy-nine, his widow put the library up for sale. Realizing it contained many rare, important and valuable ... Advertisement for Supreme Court Reports. (1863).In January 1863, the "Saint Paul Pioneer" carried an advertisement for five volumes of the "Supreme Court Reports of Minnesota." The books included cases decided by the Territorial Supreme Court, from 1851 to 1858, and decisions of the state Supreme Court from the November 1858 special term through... Report of MSBA Library Committee (1905).At the annual convention of the Minnesota State Bar Association in 1905, the Library Committee submitted a report and recommendations about the State Library. It noted that the library held about 48,000 books, and that it was increasing its holdings of "statutes and reports of all civilized countri... State Law Librarians (1849-2015).The state law librarians who have served since 1849 are listed here. ... Paul Dansingberg (1883-1945).Paul Dansingberg was State Law Librarian from June 1, 1925, to July 30, 1945, when he died at age sixty-one. ... Elias J. Lien (1868 -1932).Elias Lien was assistant state law librarian from 1904 to 1911 when he was promoted to be state law librarian. He held that post for a decade, resigning to practice law. He died at age sixty-three on February 10, 1932. ... Douglas A. Hedin: "For Sale: 'Law Books by the Yard' - Lawyers' Libraries and the Market for Expandable Bookcase at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." (2019).From the 1890s to the First World War, law book publishers produced thousands of treatises, textbooks, case reports, dictionaries, digests, compilations of laws and reprints that they sold to the bar. Many lawyers who were recent law school graduates were eager consumers of these books. But event... Douglas A. Hedin: "West Publishing Company Edits the Opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court" (2013).West Publishing Company began publishing the regional Northwestern Reporter in 1879. Each volume contained the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska and Dakota. Beginning with Volume 41, appearing in 1889, West reformatted the courts' decisions by elimin... |