On the 100th anniversary of his death, Houghton celebrates the life and work of William James with a major physical and online exhibition, “Life is in the Transitions”: William James, 1842-1910, guest curated by Linda Simon, Professor of English at Skidmore College. Houghton was also host to one day of a four-day symposium entitled “In…
They could have danced all night
[Thanks to Ward Project Music Cataloger Andrea Cawelti for contributing this post.] Exploding the myth that 19th century balls were sedate affairs, a new acquisition in the John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection shows 12 hand-colored lithographs of various balls, ca. 1854. As one can see at a glance, the waltzes and polkas of…
Rescued from the dustbin of history
HCL News has the story on Houghton’s recent acquisition of the page proofs to Maurice Blanchot’s work The Infinite Conversation. The papers survived thanks to having been retrieved from the trash by the husband of Blanchot’s housekeeper….
New on OASIS in August
Finding aids for four newly cataloged collections have been added to the OASIS database this month: Processed by Monique Duhaime and Melanie Wisner: W. Clarkson (Firm) costume designs (MS Thr 571) William Berry Clarkson was born in 1861 into a family of perruquiers (wig-makers) and by the age of twelve was working in the business….