Houghton Library is pleased to announce two important new acquisitions associated with the iconic children’s book character Babar the elephant. The first of these, thanks to a generous gift from Laurent de Brunhoff and his wife Phyllis Rose, is the complete archive of preparatory materials for the book ABC de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, Read More
John Overholt
New on OASIS in May
Finding aids for four newly cataloged collections have been added to the OASIS database this month: Processed by: Michael Austin Progressive Party records, 1908-1920 (MS Am 3078) Minimally Processed by: Adrien Hilton Christopher Durang papers, 1957-2013 (MS Thr 1379) Processed by: Erin Mernoff with assistance from Andrea Cawelti Sheet music by performer, circa 1800-2000 Read More
Prompt Service: Cataloging the HTC Promptbooks
For much of the past year, I have had the pleasure of cataloging promptbooks from the Harvard Theatre Collection. Promptbooks are texts of plays which have been annotated with stage directions, alterations, descriptions of scenery or sound effects, and other details from actual use in the theatre. They function almost like a blueprint to a Read More
New on OASIS in April
Finding aids for two newly cataloged collections have been added to the OASIS database this month: Processed by: Irina Klyagin Tony Straiges set designs and models (MS Thr 1317) Berkeley Sutcliffe costume designs (MS Thr 1323)
Houghton 2016-2017 Fellows Announced
Each year, Houghton Library awards grants to defray the costs of travel and lodging for scholars using our collections. We are pleased to announce the following 21 fellowship awards for the 2016-2017 cycle.