Day: February 28, 2017

Front facade of Houghton Library

“A Harbinger of Those Peaceful Times to Come”: A Gift from the People of Great Britain

The brief ceremony that marked the opening of Houghton Library on 28 February 1942 took place only months after the United States had entered World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Professor Charles K. Webster of the University of London was one of three speakers along with Harvard University President James Conant…