To Move in Measure Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon Victoria City, Second Life Ward cataloger Andrea Cawelti provides a glimpse into the social dance world of the 19th century, under her Second Life nom de plume Leslie Weston. Using primary sources from the John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection at Houghton Library,…
Harvard’s Lincoln
Houghton’s newest online exhibition is Harvard’s Lincoln, which features selections from its extensive Abraham Lincoln collection. The exhibition was originally mounted in 2009, in celebration of the bicentenary of Lincoln’s birth. The collection was built primarily by two significant donations in the early decades of the twentieth century: the Alonzo Rothschild collection in 1916 and…
London as it was
Houghton’s newest exhibition, “London As It Is” opens tomorrow, and runs through April of next year. Highlighting the work of artist Thomas Shotter Boys and his book of the same name, the exhibition details each step of Boys’ artistic process, from original sketches to the finished, hand colored scenes of 19th century London….
Harry Elkins Widener remembered
Our newest online exhibition examines two crucial figures in the history of the Harvard College Library, Harry Elkins Widener, and his mother Eleanor, who gave Harvard both Harry’s outstanding collection of books and manuscripts, and the library that memorializes him….
The Hyde Collection, In Person and Online
In honor of Samuel Johnson’s 300th birthday, Houghton is presenting an exhibition of the Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson for the first time since its arrival at Houghton in 2004. The exhibition will be on display in Houghton’s Edison & Newman Room through November 14th, and is accompanied by an online…
Longfellow Exhibition Honored
“Public Poet, Private Man: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at 200” has won the 2009 Leab Award for Best Online Exhibition from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. All of us at Houghton extend our congratulations to the Modern Books and Manuscripts Department, guest exhibition curator Christoph Irmscher, and…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Exhibition and Symposium
He may be best known as a creator of modern detective fiction, but there is more to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle than Sherlock Holmes. A new exhibition, “Ever Westward’: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in American Culture,” which opened May 5 at Houghton Library, hopes to paint a fuller picture of Doyle’s contributions to world literature,…
Johnson Symposium registration open
We’ve just updated the page for our upcoming symposium Johnson At 300 with the registration form, schedule of events, and hotel information. We’ve got an outstanding lineup of participants, and of course we’ll be opening the first exhibition of the Hyde Collection since it arrived at Houghton. I hope you can join us. via Hyde…
Ashbery Exhibition
In honor of John Ashbery’s receipt of the 2009 Harvard Arts medal, Houghton Library is presenting an exhibition in the Chaucer case from 28 April until 16 May. Entitled, “John Ashbery: A Glimpse of the Archive,” the exhibition features a selection of books, manuscripts, and photographs from the poet’s papers held at Houghton Library. Stop…