Cornell Law School Library, Ithaca, NY, USA.

With a collection of over 700,000 volumes, the Law Library houses one of the country's finest collections of printed legal materials.

1886 - Cornell University Trustees purchase the 4,000 volume library of Merritt King, an Ithaca lawyer.

1887 - Cornell Law School opens with three professors and 55 students.

1890 - The first student law librarian from the entering class, Edward Cornell (LL.B. 1889, LL.M. 1890), continues on as Cornell Law Librarian after receiving his Master of Law degree.

1892 - The Law Library moves to the newly-built Boardman Hall with accommodations for 30,000 volumes and 300 students.