Before Webster became the byword for dictionary, there was Daniel Webster — New England orator, lawyer, politician — and on April 14, 1828 — the first publisher of the first American Dictionary of the English Language.
Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. “Daniel Webster clipped autograph” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. […]
American Library Association celebrates Library week with the theme of joy. Themed days throughout the week emphasize library’s varied role…
Monday, April 20: Right to Read Day
Tuesday, April 21:National Library Workers Day
Wednesday, April 22: National Library Outreach Day
Thursday, April 23:Take Action for Libraries Day,
While you often don’t think of ‘joy’ being part of legal research, here at […]
NY Times’ Best-Selling Author Lauren Willig will be discussing her latest novel The Girl from Greenwich Street at LLAGNY’s next Book Club Meeting to be held at The New York Law Institute. This is a book club discussion not to be missed!
Based on a true story, this novel is an 1800s version of Law […]
Entering our 120 Broadway office on a recent early Spring morning, Brooke & I noticed an unusual haze in the foyer area….
Our NYC office was recently renovated… BUT WHAT’S WITH THE HAZY FOG??
And, even more mysterious, was the rarely seen Vegetarian Flesh Eating Zombie (commonly referred to as VFEZ), toiling away at our microfiche […]
After 25+ years of researching New York legislative history, I’ve developed my favorite “go to” source to get started. For anything from 1995 to yesterday, Legislative Retrieval System provides me with the ability to search bills, laws and vetoes. Sponsor, Approval and Veto memoranda are also readily available (and easily searchable).
Perhaps the most unique […]
I was surprised one early morning in March to see Messrs. Anthon, Cutting & Brady decked out for St. Patrick’s Day…. Mr. Brady (the one with scarf and green top hat) is the only Irish-American of the trio, but none of them made it known why they were dressed to impress and ready to […]
The Ides of March’s baaad reputation goes back to ancient times; Julius Caesar was assassinated by conspirators led by Brutus and Cassius in Mid March (Ides) in 44 B.C. According to historian Plutarch, a seer had warned Caesar that harm would come to him on the Ides of March…
Marc Anthony (Marlon Brando) confronts […]
It’s March, which means it is officially Women’s History Month…. so many great women to celebrate, in so many different roles, all who helped shape the world we are living in….
This year, my NYLI colleagues and I decided to focus on Women who have made the law their profession, pioneers and contemporaries, who have […]
My Staff Pick this month is NYLI’s comprehensive New York Law Journal collection on film and fiche. But, before we go to the microfiche reader, we’ve got to get the cite. “Old timers” (& you KNOW who you are, lol) will remember the term “Clark’s Digest”….
Clark’s Digest — later NYLJ […]
Black History Month is now a one hundred year tradition! Carter G. Woodson, who in 1915 formed the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, stated in a 1926 press release that his newly formed group was declaring mid February to be Negro History Week.
In honor of its hundredth birthday, […]
