Finding aids for four newly cataloged collections, and a preliminary box list for one recent acquisition, have been added to the OASIS database this month, including a collection of materials from the architect and futurist R. Buckminster Fuller. Processed by Bonnie B. Salt: Marcus Lee Hansen Lecture Notes and Research Notes on Immigration, 1928-1938 (MS Read More

It’s been a great year for the Houghton Blog, which attracted more than 35,000 unique visitors during 2013. Let’s take a look back at our ten most popular posts on the year.   10. Reading Ira Aldridge. On the great 19th century African-American actor and expatriate. 9. What’s New: A Digital Harmony. Announcing the digitization Read More

In 1908, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his British Polar Expedition made publication history: they created the first book ever produced on the continent of Antarctica. Produced “at the Sign of the Penguins” while the team overwintered at Cape Royds before attempting the South Pole, Aurora Australis consists of about one hundred and twenty unnumbered loose Read More

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.   Les Très Riches Heures du Cannabis is a cannabis lovers must have. Full of colorful illustrations and advice, this book has everything you need to know and more. From descriptions and step by step instructions on how Read More

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection. The use of electricity in medical treatment is hardly a new concept, Guillaume Duchenne was a French neurologist and developer of electrotherapy.  Duchenne announced in 1855 that alternating current was more effective than a direct current for electrotherapeutic Read More