Special Collections and Digital Projects

African Americans in the Law Collection

Major collections include the Legal Papers of Dallas Nicholas and William Gosnell, The Papers of the NAACP, The Papers of William H. Hastie, the Baltimore Afro American newspaper on microfilm, the papers of Baltimore activist Lena Lee, the personal and professional papers of faculty member Larry Gibson, and The Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Collection.

The Brune Room

The Thurgood Marshall Law Library's collection of rare books.

Congressional Research Service Reports

An online collection in the subject areas of Homeland Security/Terrorism and Health Law and Policy.

David Hoffman and the Science of Jurisprudence

A digital project tracing the life and career of David Hoffman, founder of the Law Institute at the University of Maryland.

German Unification Collection

A collection of over 250 books and archival materials dealing with the reunification of Germany and the response in neighboring countries.

Historical Publications of the USCCR

An online digital collection of government publications from the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR).

Judge Simon E. Sobeloff, 1894-1973

An online digital project devoted to the life and career of Judge Simon Sobeloff.

Legal History Walking Tour

A tour of Baltimore's legal history created by the staff of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library.

Maryland Court of Appeals, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure:
Evidence Rules Subcommittee: Files of Special Reporter & Consultant Alan Hornstein 

The collection consists of seven loose-leaf binders covering the work of the Subcommittee in 1977 and from 1989 through 1993.

NetLibrary's Civil Rights Law and History E-book Collection

A digital collection of electronic books on civil rights in America.

The University of Maryland School of Law, The First Fifty Years

An online digital project tracing the beginning of the modern law school at Maryland.