State Legal History

State Legal History in the United States

State Legal History Sites

ALABAMA:
http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html
Alabama Department of Archives and History

http://www.alalinc.net/appellate_supreme.cfm
Alabama Supreme Court

ALASKA:
http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/aksites.html
Alaska Archives and Manuscript Repositories, Alaska State Library, Alaska Historical Collections Archives, and Records Management – Denali National Park and Preserve Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Glacier Bay National Park and…

http://www.library.state.ak.us/
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http://www.touchngo.com/sp/sp.htm
Alaska Supreme Court Opinions

ARIZONA:
http://www.lib.az.us/archives/
The Arizona History and Archives Division identifies, collects, preserves and provides access to the historical manuscripts, government records, books, and photographs of Arizona and its peoples.

http://www.lib.az.us/index.html
This site, created by the Research Division, provides access to information or documents made available by Arizona state agencies on the World Wide Web.

http://www.supreme.state.az.us/azsupreme/
Arizona Supreme Court.

ARKANSAS:
http://www.ark.org/ahc/
Arkansas archives and Historical Reference.

http://courts.state.ar.us/courts/sc.html
Arkansas Supreme Court

CALIFORNIA:
http://sunsite2.Berkeley.EDU/oac/
Online Archives of California. Finding aids are inventories, registers, indexes or guides to collections held by archives and manuscript repositories, libraries, and museums. Finding aids provide detailed descriptions of collections, their intellectual organization and, at varying levels of analysis, of individual items in the collections.

http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm
The California State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, continues to serve in the spirit of those early instructions, providing a repository for the state’s permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
The Online Archive of California, the American Heritage Virtual Archive, the Museums and the Online Archive of California, and the California Heritage Digital Image Access Project are four collaborative projects to create a searchable online union database of finding aids to archival collections. This database includes the finding aids to repositories from several institutions statewide and is continuing to expand.

http://courts.state.de.us/supreme/
California Courts home page

COLORADO:
http://www.archives.state.co.us/online.html
The Colorado State Archives is endeavoring to provide on-line name indexes to many of our collections. New indexes will be added periodically. The following is a list of the indexes that we now have on-line. If you find a name on any of these lists, and if you would like a copy of the record, please contact us. We will respond to mail, e-mail, and phone requests. We do have search, handling, and copy fees. Please contact us in order to find out the charges for your request.

http://www.courts.state.co.us/supct/supct.htm
Colorado Supreme Court

http://www.state.co.us/columbine/
Columbine Review Commission report to Governor Bill Owns. This report looks at the worst shooting in U.S. school history.

CONNECTICUT:
http://www.cslib.org/archives.htm
Since 1855, the Connecticut State Library has acquired historical records from the three branches of State government. In 1909, the General Assembly made the State Library the official State Archives.

http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/Default.htm
Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Courts

http://www.jud.state.ct.us/lawlib/
Law Library System of the Connecticut Judicial Branch

DELAWARE:
http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/desites.html
Delaware State archives and manuscript repositories collections.

http://courts.state.de.us/supreme/
Delaware Supreme Court

FLORIDA:
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/fpc/
Florida state archives photographic collection

http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/
Florida Bureau of Archives and Records Management

http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/sct.html
Florida Supreme Court

GEORGIA:
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/
The mission of the Georgia Department of Archives and History is to select and ensure the preservation and accessibility of government and other information constituting Georgia’s recorded history.

http://georgiahistory.com/
Chartered by the Georgia legislature in 1839, The Georgia Historical Society is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the historical society for the entire state of Georgia. For nearly 160 years, the Society has fulfilled its mission to collect, preserve, and share Georgia’s history through a variety of exciting educational outreach programs:

http://www2.state.ga.us/courts/supreme/sclinks.htm
Georgia Supreme Court

HAWAII:
http://www.hawaii.gov/dags/archives
The Hawaii State Archives has over 10,000 cubic feet of material within its collections. The largest groups of government records include Records of the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, Judiciary Records, and Governor’s records. Over 483 collections of private papers, manuscripts and records documenting the social, economic, civic or political history of Hawaii.

http://www.hawaii.gov/jud/SC.HTM
Hawaii Supreme Court

IDAHO:
http://www2.state.id.us/ishs/index.html
Idaho State Historical Society

http://www.accessidaho.org/legislation/
Idaho Legal Home Page

ILLINOIS

http://www.hti.umich.edu/l/lincoln/
The Abraham Lincoln Association has placed the entire 1953 version of Roy P. Basler et al., eds., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln online. This searchable textbase does not include the two smaller supplements published later. The textbase is made available through the efforts of the Humanities TextInitiative. You can conduct simple, boolean, and proximity searches and there is also a word wheel for the entire text.
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/isaholdings.html
This on-line version of the Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of Illinois, Second Edition, is a continuation of the efforts of the Illinois State Archives to make its records holdings as fully known and accessible as practicable.

http://www.state.il.us/court/
Illinois Supreme Court

INDIANA:
http://www.ai.org/icpr/webfile/archives/homepage.html
The Indiana State Archives is the official repository of Indiana government records of permanent historical and legal significance. It principally contains records generated by state government and state agencies, but also holds a major collection of county and local government records.

http://www.state.in.us/judiciary/supreme/
Indiana Supreme Court

IOWA:
http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/iasites.html
Archives and Manuscript Repositories in Iowa.

KANSAS:
http://www.kshs.org/
Kansas State Historical Society

http://www.kshs.org/places/sites.htm
The Society operates State Historic Sites around Kansas. Here’s some information about the fifteen sites that are open to the public.

http://www.kscourts.org/supct/
Kansas Supreme Court

KENTUCKY:
http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/arch/guidwebe.htm
The Kentucky Guide Program was established in 1979 to promote the use of primary source materials housed in archival and manuscript repositories throughout Kentucky. Collections are at nearly 300 archives.

http://www.kyhistory.org/
Founded in 1836, the Society is a state agency and non-profit membership organization that reaches across the commonwealth to collect oral histories, promote folklife traditions, erect highway historical markers, publish historical resources, advise community museums, and organize special traveling exhibits.

http://www.aoc.state.ky.us/supreme/
Kentucky Supreme Court

LOUISIANA:
http://www.hnoc.org/
Welcome to the website of the Historic New Orleans Collection. Through it, you can learn about current exhibitions and public programs, our publications, a complex of historic buildings, research collections, guided tours and gift shop. We hope that we will assist you in discovering and appreciating the history, art, and culture of one of the world’s most fascinating places.

http://www.lasc.org/
Louisiana Supreme Court

MAINE:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/me/mefiles.htm
USGenWeb Maine Archives (Digital Library)

http://www.state.me.us/courts/supremecourt.html
Maine Supreme Judicial Court

MARYLAND:
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/
The Maryland State Archives is the historical agency for Maryland and serves as the central depository for government records of permanent value. Records date from the founding of the colony in 1634 to the 1990s.

MASSACHUSETTS:
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/arc/
Preserving Massachusetts historical and legal records and promoting their use by its citizens.

http://www.state.ma.us/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/supremejudicialcourt/index.html
Massachusetts Supreme Court Official Website

http://www.SociaLaw.com/sjcslip/sjcslip.html
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Slip Opinions

MICHIGAN:
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/
The Michigan legislature.

http://www.ag.state.mi.us/index.asp
The Michigan Attorney General.

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/archive/archive.html
With documents dating back to 1797, the State Archives of Michigan houses much of Michigan’s record heritage.

http://www.supremecourt.state.mi.us/
http://courts.michigan.gov/
Michigan Supreme Court

MINNESOTA:
http://www.mnhs.org/
Connect with Minnesota’s people and their stories, past and present. You’ll find lots to discover.

http://156.99.5.29/opinions/sc/current/sccur.html
Minnesota Supreme Court decisions.

MISSISSIPPI:
http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/arlib_index.html
Mississippi Department of Archives and History

http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/
Mississippi Supreme Court

MISSOURI:
http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/rec-man/arch.html
The Missouri State Archives was established in 1965 as the repository for state records of permanent value.

http://www.osca.state.mo.us/sup/index.nsf?OpenDatabase
Missouri Supreme Court

MONTANA:
http://www.his.state.mt.us/
The Montana Historical Society is the oldest historical organization in the West. Founded in 1865, nearly a quarter century before statehood, the Society was initially a private organization restricted to prominent Montana pioneers.

http://www.lawlibrary.state.mt.us/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-79
Montana legal information

NEBRASKA:
http://nebraskahistory.org/
Nebraska State Historical Society Home Page. The official source for Nebraska History

http://court.nol.org/judges/scjudges.htm
Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions of the Nebraska Supreme Court And Court of Appeals (Criminal/Juvenile Cases).

NEVADA:
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/reno/histweb.htm
Nevada Historical Society – Nevada History on the Web. These links lead to various WWW sites about Nevada’s history. Their contents range from classroom material, to commercial inducement, to the work of amateur historians, to tourist information, to academic scholarship…

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/NSLA/archives/
NSLA – Archives Records – State Historical Records Advisory Board Nevada State Archives and Records Management State Historical Records Advisory Board About the State Historical Records Advisory Board State Historical Records Advisory Board Members Nevada Revised Statute – Chapter 378A Grants for Historical…

http://silver.state.nv.us/
Nevada Supreme Court Executive Branch | Legislative Branch | Judicial Branch Federal Representatives Nevada Supreme Court.

NEW HAMPSHIRE:
http://www.state.nh.us/state/index.html
New Hampshire Division of Records Management and Archives

http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/index.html
New Hampshire State Library

http://www.state.nh.us/courts/supreme.htm
New Hampshire Supreme Court. Welcome to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. This site contains information including Slip Opinions, Case Lists, and Oral Argument Calendars and Case Synopses.

NEW JERSEY:
http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/archives.html
New Jersey State Archives – The state archives is the official repository for all New Jersey colonial and state government records of enduring historical value.

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/
New Jersey Supreme Court

NEW MEXICO:
http://www.unm.edu/~unmarchv/Services/prog.html
New Mexico Archives Project History of the University of New Mexico Archives program The University Archives was established in 1985 in conjunction with planning for the University Centennial celebration in 1989. The purpose of the archives is to collect, organize, preserve..

http://www.nmcourts.com/
New Mexico Supreme Court – State Judiciary and Court Information. Case Search facility to allow a search by name or case number for cases heard in either district or magistrate courts.

NEW YORK:
http://www.sara.nysed.gov/
New York State Archives and Records Administration Home Page

http://www.nyhistory.org/librarycollection.html
New-York Historical Society Chronology Library Collections – The New-York Historical Society houses a research library consisting of approximately half a million books and pamphlets, 2 million manuscripts, over 10,000 newspaper titles, over 10,000 maps, and much, much more.

http://www.sara.nysed.gov/services/researcher.htm
New York State Archives Researcher Services Information – Researcher Services from the New York State Archives

http://www.sara.nysed.gov/related.htm
New York State Archives Related Sites

http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/
While in most states the highest court is called the Supreme Court, New York’s highest court is its Court of Appeals.

NORTH CAROLINA:
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
North Carolina Division of Archives and History

http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/photos.html
The North Carolina Collection, a department in the Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, began the formal development of a photographic archive in 1929.

http://web.dcr.state.nc.us/
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

http://www.nccourts.org/
North Carolina Supreme Court

NORTH DAKOTA:
http://www.state.nd.us/hist/sal.htm
The State Archives and Historical Research Library division is responsible for the documentary collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ndsites.html
Archives and manuscript depositories in North Dakota

http://www.court.state.nd.us/
North Dakota Supreme Court

OHIO:
http://www.ohiohistory.org/
Ohio History Central is a dynamic online encyclopedia of Ohio’s history, archaeology and natural history. Using timelines, images, artifacts, maps and documents, Ohio’s rich history is chronicled. Current and future entries will give an overview of prehistoric and historic Native Americans and their cultures, Ohio’s geology and geography, the diversity of the state’s wildlife, and the growth of the region from settlement to statehood and beyond.

http://clelaw.lib.oh.us/public/decision/oh_sup.htm
Ohio Supreme Court decisions.

OKLAHOMA:
http://www.keytech.com/~frizzell/ohspage.html
Oklahoma Historical Society

http://www.oscn.net/
Oklahoma Supreme Court Network

http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/trrc/freport.htm
Final report of the commission to study the 1921 Tulsa race riot.

OREGON:
http://www.ohs.org/homepage.html
Oregon Historical Society

http://www.willamette.edu/law/wlo/oregon/
Oregon Supreme Court

PENNSYLVANIA:
http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/overview.htm
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

http://www.courts.state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Judicial System

RHODE ISLAND:
http://www.courts.state.ri.us/supreme/
Rhode Island Supreme Court.

http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/risites.html
Archives and manuscript repositories in Rhode Island.

SOUTH CAROLINA:
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/homepage.htm
The Department preserves and promotes the documentary and cultural heritage of South Carolina. Explore the links below to learn more about South Carolina’s rich history through our Homepage.

http://www.law.sc.edu/legal_history/hisindex.htm
South Carolina Legal History Index

SOUTH DAKOTA:
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/
South Dakota Library

http://www.state.sd.us/state/judicial/
South Dakota Supreme Court

TENNESSEE:
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm
Tennessee State Library and Archives.

http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/tn/tnca.html
Opinions of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1995.

http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/opinions/tsc/oplsttsc.htm
Opinions of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1995.

TEXAS:
The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, dedicated to preserving the history of the state’s highest civil court, is ten years old, and as of yet does not have a web site.

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/index.html

Texas State Archives houses the state’s court records:

http://www.law.utexas.edu/rare/rare.htm
Also, the next best site in the state for legal research would be the UT School of Law Tarlton Law Library site.

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/
The best general academic archives by far is the UT Center for American History, which includes judicial and legal collections

http://www.baylor.edu/Library/BCPM/collections.html#judicial
Baylor also has an excellent site, including judicial collections.

http://www.stcl.edu/library/SpecialColl.html
South Texas College of Law Library: A small, but growing site on legal collections.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/
The Texas State Historical Association, the p

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/
The online New Handbook of Texas, the best starting point for research on any individual involved with Texas legal history.

http://leonardo.sfasu.edu/etha/index.html
East Texas Historical Association
http://www.lib.ttu.edu/swc/2001%5Fannual%5Fmeeting1.htm
New Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University.

http://www.thc.state.tx.us/
Texas Historical Commission

http://www.tamuk.edu/webuser/history/STHA.html
South Texas Historical Association The South Texas Historical Association was founded in 1954 “to encourage the organization and to aid in the development of local historical societies and to discover, collect, preserve, and publish historical.

http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/
Texas Supreme Court

http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/lawsoftexas/
This web site contains Gammel’s “The Laws of Texas” Vol 1-10 in electronic form with indexes. This covers laws from 1823-1905 and is a very rare collection in hardcopy.

UTAH:
http://pioneer.uen.org/
Utah’s online library.

http://www.archives.state.ut.us/
Utah State Archives.

http://courtlink.utcourts.gov/
Utah state courts.

VERMONT:
http://vermont-archives.org/
Vermont state archives.

http://dol.state.vt.us/WWW_ROOT/000000/HTML/SUPCT.HTML
Vermont Supreme Court opinions since volume 161.

VIRGINIA:
http://www.vahistorical.org/
The Virginia Historical Society’s mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret the commonwealth’s past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

http://www.courts.state.va.us/scv/home.html
The Supreme Court of Virginia . The Supreme Court of Virginia is one of the oldest continuous judicial bodies in the United States.

WASHINGTON:
http://www.wshs.org/
Washington State Historical Society.

http://www.cwu.edu/~archives/
Washington State Archives Central Regional Branch

http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/wasites.html
Archives in Washington state.

http://www.courts.wa.gov/
Washington State Supreme Court.

WEST VIRGINIA:
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/opinions.htm
Opinions of the West Virginia Supreme Court back to 1991.

http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvah.html
West Virginia Archives and History.

WISCONSIN:
http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/
Wisconsin Historical Society.

http://www.courts.state.wi.us/
Wisconsin court system.

WYOMING:
http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/index.htm
http://spacr.state.wy.us/CR/Archives/
Wyoming State Archives.

http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/tsju.html
Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court

http://www.ck10.uscourts.gov/wyoming/district/index.html
United States District Court: Wyoming


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