The newest issue of the Harvard Gazette reports on the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, and the excitement of two of the Harvard-based project members at locating a previously unrecorded Darwin letter at Houghton….
Newly digitized items for December
Arthur Rackham illustrations for Peter Pan, a 13th-century manuscript poem, and a passionate plea from Dorothea Dix are among this month’s newly digitized items. [Thanks to Emilie Hardman, Public Services/Metadata Assistant, and Susan Pyzynski, Associate Librarian for Technical Services, for contributing this post.]…
Hyde philanthropy noted
The Fall 2010 issue of Philanthropy magazine includes an article on the 2003 bequest by Mary Hyde, Viscountess Eccles, not just of her unparalleled collection on the life and work of Samuel Johnson and his circle, but also of an endowment that funds the ongoing management and enhancement of the collection….
New on OASIS in December
Finding aids for twelve newly cataloged collections have been added to the OASIS database this month, including papers from David Mamet, photographs from the Ballets Russes, and vaudeville memorabilia….