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. I’ve consistently been fascinated by traces left behind by producers, owners, and readers of books in the Houghton Library collections. Most famously Read More
James Capobianco
The Houghton75 Podcast
We’re happy to announce a new way of learning about the Houghton Library collections and the people that use them. The Houghton75 podcast! Houghton75 will present different voices and perspectives on Houghton Library in its seventy-fifth year. The series kicks off with Harvard faculty members sharing their thoughts on the collection item they chose for Read More
The Book: Histories Across Time and Space
Did you know that this week, nine modules of “The Book: Histories Across Time and Space” launched on HarvardX? If you didn’t, but are interested in learning about scrolls, manuscripts, books, marks and marginalia, book sleuthing, and many other fascinating topics (featuring items from Houghton Library collections), head over to edX to see all nine modules. Read More
Lost Books
In early June, the Library received this message from Maria Barrera: “I purchased from a flea market vendor a book that I believe belongs to the Harvard Libraries. It does bear the seals of Harvard College Library and lacks any note that may indicate it was withdrawn. I am enclosing pictures of the seals and Read More
Theatrical designs by Domenico Ferri
In 2010 the Harvard Theatre Collection acquired Choix de decorations du Théâtre Royale Italien (Paris, [1838]; call number pf TS 239.208.5), a rare suite of twelve lithographs by different hands after theatrical scene designs by Domenico Ferri (1795-1878), a Bolognese architect and artist who spent most of his active career in Paris. All but the final Read More