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Civics in the First Circuit

U.S. Court History Websites, Videos, and Oral History Projects

 

U.S. Circuit Courts

History of the First Circuit

Third Circuit

Fourth Circuit

Fifth Circuit

Sixth Circuit

Seventh Circuit

Eighth Circuit Historical Society (includes District Court Branches)

Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society

A Court Transformed: The Ninth Circuit, the 1978 Judgeship Act, and the Carter Judges- February 17, 2018

Tenth Circuit Historical Society

Historical Society of the D.C. Circuit

 

U.S. District Courts

Northern District of Illinois Court Historical Association

Includes a short video the court library produced about the Court History Museum.

District of Rhode Island Historical and Educational Information

Central District of California Historical Decades

Southern District of California

A Court At the Heart of America: Northern District of Illinois Documentary

And Justice for All: Indiana's Federal Courts (YouTube)

This 60-minute documentary provides an overview of the history of the federal courts in Indiana and uses reenactments to focus on three cases of historical significance, handled by those courts.

Eastern District of Louisiana

Includes articles, notable cases, historical documents, and a video about the court.

Middle District of Louisiana

District of Maine

District of Maryland

Western District of Michigan

District of Minnesota

Northern District of Mississippi

Northern District of Oklahoma

District of Oregon Historical Society

Southern District of New York

A Bicentennial Celebration of History and Justice for All (Western District of Pennsylvania)

Historical Society of the Eastern District of Tennessee 

Middle District of Tennessee

Southern District of West Virginia

History of the Federal Court in the Western District of Wisconsin

 

Oral History Projects

Alabama Middle District

D.C. Circuit Historical Society Oral History Gallery

 

Court History Guides Created by Court Librarians

History of the Third Circuit

This is a LibGuide created by the library and posted on the intranet, so it is only available to court users.

Federal Circuit History

This is a LibGuide created by the library and posted on the intranet, so it is only available to court users.

Court History- Eighth Circuit

This is a research guidecreated by the library and posted on the intranet, so it is only available to court users.

Ninth Circuit - Proposals to Split

This is a guide created by the library and posted on the intranet, so it is only available to court users.

Court History- Tenth Circuit

This is a site created by the library and posted on the intranet, so it is only available to court users.

Explore Ami B. Young's Customhouse Designs- Fourth Circuit

Catherine Obrien says, "I made a story map about Ammi B. Young, the architect who designed our courthouse in 1858, which I thought might be interest to other circuit libraries. I was curious where other buildings he designed have survived, both within the 4th Circuit and across the country. I used StoryMap JS, available for free from the Knight Lab in the Journalism school at Northwestern University."