Day: December 2, 2013

Front facade of Houghton Library

Atomic emergency

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection. When I first looked at this cover I thought it was some sort of science-fiction title, but upon further inspection it is actually a guide on what to do in the event of an atomic emergency.  The atomic…

New on OASIS in December

Finding aids for five newly cataloged collections have been added to the OASIS database this month, including a collection of documents on the history of Cambridge High School. Processed by Clinton Johnson (Simmons intern with Suzanne Sutherland): Hester Lynch Piozzi, Samuel Johnson, Anna Seward letters, and other letters, 1758-1820 (MS Eng 1755) Processed by Ashley…