Collections Now Available for Research: December, 2018 and January, 2019

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Houghton Library is pleased to announce the following collections are now described online and accessible in the reading room.

Carl Chiarenza papers (MS Am 3177) – processed by Adrien Hilton

Nabokov family papers (MS Russ 140) – processed by Magee Lawhorn and Irina Klyagin

Harvard Theatre Collection dance scene photographs (TCS 36) – processed by Farraj Alsaeedi, with the supervision of Betts Coup

Collection of Sumneriana (MS Am 3258) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Collection of diaries detailing one man’s experiences with prostitutes (MS Am 3260) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Collection of broadsides and newsletters printed by Yugoslav Partisan survivors (MS Slavic 25) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Pelagie Green papers (MS Thr 1871) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Harvard Theatre Collection theatrical portrait prints (visual works) (TCS 43) – processed by Betts Coup

Illustrated dance cards and invitations (MS Thr 1872) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Pamphlets featuring cross-dressed and supposed hermaphrodite performers (MS Thr 1873) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Pomo Afro Homos promotional material for Fierce Love (MS Thr 1876) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Brattle Theatre Company records (MS Thr 1878) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Reproductions of Houghton Library collection material (Negative File) – processed by Melanie Wisner

M.H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann Shakespeare papers and prints (MS Thr 1879) – processed by Betts Coup

Department of Printing and Graphic Arts articles, exhibition records, reviews, and talks (MS Typ 1232) – processed by Melanie Wisner

William Bentinck-Smith papers for a book on Philip Hofer (MS Typ 1230) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Harvard Theatre Collection on Boston theaters (TCS 55) – processed by Betts Coup

Harvard Theatre Collection on New York theaters (TCS 54) – processed by Betts Coup

Electrotypes for various illustrations by George Cruikshank (MS Typ 1233) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Harvard Theatre Collection on London theaters (TCS 53) – processed by Betts Coup

Glass plate negatives of the southern Russian empire and its people (MS Russ 153) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Harvard Theatre Collection on Paris theaters (TCS 58) – processed by Betts Coup

Harvard Theatre Collection on provincial British theaters (TCS 57) – processed by Betts Coup

Correspondence, proofs, and documents relating to publication of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Letters and Social Aims (MS Am 3263) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Harvard Theatre Collection on international theaters (TCS 59) – processed by Betts Coup

Harvard Theatre Collection on United States theaters (TCS 56) – processed by Betts Coup

Collection of Marshall the Mystic papers and photographs (MS Thr 1893) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Harvard Theatre Collection on theatrical architecture (MS Thr 1892) – processed by Betts Coup

Philip Hofer publications (MS Typ 1235) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Letters to Constantine Alexander Ionides and family (MS Eng 1861) – processed by Melanie Wisner

Thomas H. Malim collection on Japanese theater (MS Thr 1896) – processed by Betts Coup

Harvard Theatre Collection on Japanese theater (MS Thr 1897) – processed by Betts Coup

Jules Supervielle papers (MS Fr 710) – processed by Magee Lawhorn

Thomas Handforth papers (MS Thr 916) – processed by Betts Coup

Ed Colker lithographs and correspondence (MS Typ 1236) – processed by Magee Lawhorn