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.
[This post adapted from Kenneth Carpenter's Reader's Choice exhibition in the Houghton Library ]
The largest component of Houghton Library’s notable bookplate collection was the gift of Winward Prescott, class of 1909. Prescott’s interest in bookplates was clearly lifelong, for as early as 1914 he published a bibliography of bookplate literature, which he revised and republished [...]
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.
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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, [...]
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 Collection [...]
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 [...]
