Houghton Library

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Houghton Library
Harvard University Library
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Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts.[1] It is part of the Harvard College Library, the library system of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The collections of Houghton Library include the Harvard Theatre Collection and the Woodberry Poetry Room.

History

Bookplates from the Houghton collection

Harvard's first special collections library began as the Treasure Room of

Corning Glass Works
. Construction was largely completed by the fall of 1941, and the library opened on February 28, 1942.

Along with much else, Houghton holds collections of papers of

E.E. Cummings, Henry James, William James, James Joyce, John Updike, Jamaica Kincaid, Tennessee Williams, The Cockettes, John Lithgow, Gore Vidal
, and many others.

Houghton also holds the letters of

54th Massachusetts during the Civil War, and was killed during the assault on Fort Wagner
.

Collections

The Edison and Newman Room at Houghton

Houghton has five main curatorial departments:

References

  1. ^ "Harvard University Houghton Library". www.annumarchitects.com. 2022.
  2. ^ "Preservation Services: 1905-1911". Harvard Library. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Jackson, William A. (1960). "Philip Hofer" The Book Collector 9, no 2 (summer): 151-164.
  4. ^ Jackson, William A. (1960). "Philip Hofer" The Book Collector 9, no.3 (autumn): 292-300.

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