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Articles tagged Houghton Library
Tiny Brontë, Big Price
Manuscript, sold for $1.1 million, leaves England; magazine complements books in Harvard collection.
12.19.11
Tiny Brontës
Miniature manuscript books by Charlotte Brontë
12.16.11
William James: Summers and Semesters
A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.
10.19.10
Updike's Literary Archive: Sneak Preview
Taking a look at the Houghton Library holdings
6.22.10
Dancing School
A professor’s passion reveals how one learned to dance in Jane Austen’s day.
3.1.10
Theatrical Chiaroscuro
Fredric Wilson’s book The Theatrical World of Angus McBean collects British midcentury theater images.
3.1.10
Warrior Artists
Lakota drawings inspire a dramatic exhibition.
5.1.09
The Alcotts, Père and Fille
John Matteson, who left the law to pursue literature, won a Pulitzer Prize for Eden’s Outcasts, his double biography of Bronson and Louisa May Alcott.
3.1.09
Life in Detail
Of archives, libraries, personal memories, and Sylvia Plath