Cataloging is now complete on our collection of the papers of the influential thinker and Harvard philosophy professor Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000). At over 80 boxes, there is a wealth of information on Quine’s life and work. I might stop by to have a look at Series IIE, “Crank letters sent to Quine” (his…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Exhibition and Symposium
He may be best known as a creator of modern detective fiction, but there is more to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle than Sherlock Holmes. A new exhibition, “Ever Westward’: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in American Culture,” which opened May 5 at Houghton Library, hopes to paint a fuller picture of Doyle’s contributions to world literature,…
Johnson Symposium registration open
We’ve just updated the page for our upcoming symposium Johnson At 300 with the registration form, schedule of events, and hotel information. We’ve got an outstanding lineup of participants, and of course we’ll be opening the first exhibition of the Hyde Collection since it arrived at Houghton. I hope you can join us. via Hyde…
Open Collections Program: Expeditions and Discoveries
The newest in a series of online collections from Harvard University, Expeditions and Discoveries delivers maps, photographs, and published materials, as well as field notes, letters, and a unique range of manuscript materials on selected expeditions between 1626 and 1953. via Open Collections Program: Expeditions and Discoveries – Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the…