Happy 100th Anniversary 1909 Catalogue

The Harvard Law School Library had not published a catalog in book format since 1846 when Assistant Librarian Charles F. D. Belden took up the task to produce a new printed edition in 1902. His efforts produced the now famous 1909 Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University. Although limited to American law and English common law and the planned subject index volume was never published, the 1909 Catalogue was a much relied upon reference tool by academic law librarians across the country and is a classic in legal bibliography. HLS Library's Rare Books Cataloguer, Mary Person, celebrates its 100th anniversary in this Et Seq. blog post. [JH]