John Jay, John Marshall, Roger Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Howard Taft. All members of the United States Supreme Court. But you knew that. They are only a few of the justices highlighted in a new on-line exhibit. Featured are some of the notable portraits and [...]
One of Thomas Jefferson's 1826 letters announcing the appointment of the University of Virginia's first professor of law returns to the UVA's Arthur J. Morris Law Library. The letter is now on display. John Tayloe Lomax was a Virginia native practicing law in Fredericksburg. He was chosen by Thomas Jefferson [...]
The Manuscript Society now offers free webinars! Our first one will be on September 10, 2019 at 8PM EST. Join Society Trustee, Brian Kathenes, for an absolutely free live-stream webinar: “Autographs - Phonies, Fake, and Forgeries.” Brian will a share some of the most famous and intriguing phonies, fakes, and forgeries [...]
Taylor A. Sims is named the 2019 Richard Maass Research Grant recipient to support her work on “Everyday Women and the English Reformation: Gender and Religion in the Diocese of Salisbury, 1450–1600.” This year's $5,000 grant supports her research in varied manuscripts. Sims, a PhD candidate at the University of [...]
The Richard Maass Research grant is once again offered by the Manuscript Society in 2020. The grant amount of $5,000.00 supports research expenses directly related to the use of original manuscripts. Expenses include travel to manuscript repositories, photocopies, and user fees as well as other direct costs. Applications are due [...]
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