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Born-Digital Blog Post #1: The Beginning

2 February 2018 ameze In Practice

This post continues the series, “Behind the Scenes at Houghton”, giving a glimpse into the inner workings of the library’s mission to support teaching and research. Thanks to Magdaline Lawhorn, Administrative Fellow & Project Archivist, for contributing this post.   Born-digital backlog! Everyone has one. When you think of Houghton Library and other special collections, Read More

Aspects of Edward Lear (Part II)

15 January 2018 one response ameze Research

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word backstories enters the language in 1982. But it would seem that Edward Lear invented the word over a century earlier (it appeared in his diary entry for 19 March 1876). The diaries themselves—a mixture of confession, bewilderment, recollection, and fantasy—contain a range of backstories that take us Read More

Aspects of Edward Lear (Part I)

30 November 2017 one response ameze Uncategorized

Houghton Library at Harvard has an incomparable set of materials relating to Edward Lear—the largest, most diverse collection in the world: his natural history illustrations, thousands of landscape paintings, travel journals, diaries, letters, nonsense books and manuscripts, and personal documents including musical scores. This is the first of four blogs by Matthew Bevis, Professor of English Literature Read More

Ortelius’ World

28 June 2017 ameze Events and Exhibitions

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the exhibition Open House 75: Houghton Staff Select on display in the Edison and Newman Room from May 8 – August 19, 2017. First published in 1570, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is generally regarded as the first modern atlas, being a comprehensive suite of Read More

Open House 75: Houghton Library Staff Select

16 May 2017 ameze Events and Exhibitions

The 75th anniversary of Houghton Library has provided an occasion to reflect on the library’s founding and history, to connect with friends and supporters old and new, and to consider the challenges and opportunities that will shape our future.   Throughout our 75th year, we have carried out a series of events, publications, and other Read More

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