Houghton Library is pleased to announce the following collections are now described online and accessible in the reading room. Dyke Benjamin Collection of John Ruskin and His Circle, 1815-1916 (MS Eng 1812) – processed by Magee Lawhorn José María Castañé Collection of 20th Century War-related Manuscripts, Photographs, and Objects, circa 1898-1990 (MS Span 185) –…
Born-Digital Blog Post #6: Accessioning Workflow part 1
This post continues the series, “Behind the Scenes at Houghton”, giving a glimpse into the inner workings of the library’s mission to support teaching and research. Thanks to Magdaline Lawhorn, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Resident & Project Archivist, for contributing this post. Library and information professionals love developing workflows! Workflows make our…
Summer Spotlight: Soldier-Poets of World War I
Announcing the Summer Spotlight Series I am a recent graduate of Harvard College, and I began working as a library assistant at Houghton in May. Mostly, that means I hunt down books for patrons and return them to the shelf when they’re done. An indelible part of my subterranean stack-roaming has been a whole…