The University of Wisconsin Law Library announced today the release of the J. Willard Hurst Collection. Hurst is, "... the man commonly identified as the father of modern American legal history."

"The collection primarily spans the years 1932 through Hurst’s death in 1997. ... The collection includes Hurst’s personal outlines and notes; course texts; publications; publication reviews; research notes; correspondence (incoming and carbon copies of outgoing letters); personnel records; photographs; audio recordings; and typewriter."