Linda Hocking

Linda Hocking joined the Lillian Goldman Law Library in June 2024 as the Archivist for Law Collections. Previously, she was Curator of Library and Archives at the Litchfield (Connecticut) Historical Society. In that position she was responsible for all aspects of managing the Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library containing 2,300 linear feet of archives and rare books. While at the Historical Society, Linda collaborated with librarians from the Lillian Goldman Law Library on a major project of the digitization of student notebooks from Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the United States.

Linda has an M.A. Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. Political Science from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY.