History of the Yale Law School to 1915 (Yale Law Library Publications, No. 1, 3-4, 7.)

Hicks, Frederick C. History of the Yale Law School to 1915. With a new introduction by Morris L. Cohen and a new index. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935-1938. 301 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001016436. ISBN 1-58477-175-5. Cloth. $75. The only history of the early years of Yale Law School, a chronological history from its founding to 1915, with historical information and colorful anecdotes not found elsewhere. Hicks, the author of Materials and Methods of Legal Research, was the librarian at Yale Law School from 1928-1944. From 1935-1938 Yale University Press issued the work in four paperbound volumes that were not widely distributed. This edition combines the four volumes (The Founders and the Founders' Collection; From the Founders to Dutton 1845-1869; 1869-1894 Including The County Court House Period; and 1895-1915 Twenty Years of Hendrie Hall) into one, and is prefaced by a new introduction by Morris L. Cohen, is a Professor of Law, was head of the law libraries at Harvard and Yale and is the author of many well-known works including the essential Bibliography of Early American Law.