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A Houghton Library Chronicle, 1942-1992
Harvard's home for rare books and manuscripts opened in 1942, and thanks to the energy of a small group of librarians and the creativity and generosity of its benefactor, Arthur Houghton, it quickly emerged as a center of inquiry and memory without equal. This 1992 volume, compiled by senior Houghton librarians, blends documentary with oral history to look back on the library's origins, the growth of its collections, and the activities of the staff who made it a home for precious books and original scholarship.
The Houghton Library, 1942-1967
This large and sumptuous volume highlights the diversity and value of the Houghton's collections. It contains reproductions ranging from ancient and medieval manuscripts to the earliest printed books to the works of some of the twentieth-century's most important and interesting authors, artists, and designers.
Beyond Words
Featuring illuminated manuscripts from nineteen Boston-area institutions, Beyond Words provides a sweeping overview of the history of the book in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as a guide to its production, illumination, functions, and readership. With over 150 manuscripts on display, Manuscripts for Pleasure & Piety at the McMullen Museum focuses on lay readership and the place of books in medieval society. The High Middle Ages witnessed an affirmation of the visual and, with it, empirical experience. There was an explosion of illumination. Various types of images, whether in prayer or professional books, attest to the newfound importance of visual demonstration in matters of faith and science alike."--
Dark Archives
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand? In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. Dozens of such books live on in the world’s most famous libraries and museums. Dark Archives exhumes their origins and brings to life the doctors, murderers, and indigents whose lives are sewn together in this disquieting collection. Along the way, Rosenbloom tells the story of how her team of s...
Leaves from Paradise
A desperate victim of abuse and a young college student from a troubled background team up to confront their greatest fears, only to find the greatest fight is yet to come. Unable to afford the rent after breaking up with her abusive ex-boyfriend, Amanda (Katie Cassidy) begins searching for a roommate and meets Hailey (Tracy Spiridakos). Haley too has had her fair share of hardships, but now she's determined to get an education, and build a brighter future for herself. Before long the two women are living together, and have sworn to help rebuild each other's shattered lives. But things turn tense when Amanda's menacing ex-boyfriend begins to stir up trouble, prompting both her and Hailey to try to make a clean break from the past. Meanwhile, the more Hailey reveals about her turbulent history, the more clear it becomes to Amanda that her new roommate isn't exactly who she says she is. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Houghton Library, Harvard University
The first full account of North America’s largest collection of traditional Irish-language manuscripts. Harvard University has the largest collection of Irish-language codices in North America, held in Houghton Library, its rare book repository. The manuscripts are a part of the age-old heritage of Irish book production, dating to the early Middle Ages. Handwritten works in Houghton contain versions of medieval poetry and sagas, recopied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to which period most of the library’s documents belong. Contemporary writings from that time, as well as ones by the post-Famine Irish immigrant community in the United States, are included. This catalogue desc...
Houghton Library at 75
Houghton Library at 75 offers a tour of the primary repository for Harvard University's rare books and manuscripts with full-color illustrations. From miniature books composed by a teenage Charlotte Brontë to costume designs for Star Trek, the selections celebrate great achievements in many and diverse fields of human endeavor.
