Day: October 22, 2013

Front facade of Houghton Library

You shall not Pass!

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection. Lowell Thomas was an American writer, traveler, and broadcaster that is often known as the person who made Lawrence of Arabia famous.  This graphic depiction of an Afghan man is from the dust jacket of Beyond Khyber Pass…

Where can you purchase a handsome notecard for $2?

Houghton Library, that’s where! 10 new notecards added in the lobby carousels Staff, Readers, Fellows and Friends… in your travels through the Houghton collections, please keep images (this can be images of text too) in mind as possible candidates for future notecards. Dark images tend to not reproduce well and we try to pick images…