Day: August 13, 2019

Front facade of Houghton Library

The Castañé Collection Series: “Three: Marshal Zhukov’s Pocket Knife”

By Michael Austin, Manuscript Cataloger, Houghton Library The José María Castañé collection of material relating to major conflicts of the 20th century, held by Houghton Library, contains an incredible variety of artifacts: chiefly papers, such as correspondence, military orders, work permits, and personal identification cards, but also a significant number of photographs and objects. In…