By Monique Lassere, Digital Archivist, Houghton Library Hi, everyone. My name is Monique and I am Houghton Library’s new Digital Archivist! I started working at Houghton in May 2020. My job sits within the Manuscript Section and revolves around the born-digital collections Houghton acquires in the form of media like hard drives and floppy disks, Read More
In Practice
A Boston High School Grad Dives into Library Work
By Vicki Denby, Manuscript-End Processor, Houghton Library This summer, Houghton Library partnered with the City of Cambridge to hire a paid intern from the Summer Youth Employment Program (or SYEP), which offers work to high school students in both Cambridge and Boston. Richard Chen, from the class of 2019 at Josiah Quincy Upper School in Read More
Planting Seeds at Houghton Library
By Vicki Denby, Manuscript End-Processor, Houghton Library For the seventh consecutive year, Houghton Library has had the opportunity to hire a paid intern from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School (CRLS) to learn about our work by helping end-process our collections. Through the School-to-Work program (STW), the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers Read More
The Castañé Collection Series: “Three: Marshal Zhukov’s Pocket Knife”
By Michael Austin, Manuscript Cataloger, Houghton Library The José María Castañé collection of material relating to major conflicts of the 20th century, held by Houghton Library, contains an incredible variety of artifacts: chiefly papers, such as correspondence, military orders, work permits, and personal identification cards, but also a significant number of photographs and objects. In Read More
The Castañé Collection Series: “Two: Officer’s Photo Album”
By Michael Austin, Manuscript Cataloger, Houghton Library In my first post on Houghton Library’s holdings from the Castañé collection of documents and objects relating to European conflicts of the 20th century, I focused on two particularly poignant items: a ration card issued to a young Polish girl early in the Second World War and an Read More