Arts & Culture

Botanical works from Houghton’s collections displayed in the renovated lobby’s display cases for a summer exhibition

Museums & Collections |

“Edifying and Beautiful”

Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library

by Jack R. Trapanick

Aerial view of Essex Bay, part of the coastline north of Boston.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2020

“A Step Up from the Usual Beautiful”

Exploring the coastal wonders of Essex, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter Brown

View of the Royall House and the slave quarters.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2020

Royall House and Slave Quarters

Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”

by Nell Porter Brown

The U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Regiment, an African-American regiment, arriving at Camp Wiloff in Montauk, New York, 1898

Museums & Collections |

Bringing Black History to Light

A Houghton Library project to digitize thousands of African-American records and artifacts

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard History & Traditions |

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

Map of New York City, 1895

Arts & Culture |

How the Lines Get Bent

Curator Garrett Dash Nelson ’09 on the Boston Public Library’s exhibition of “persuasive cartography” 

by Matteo Wong

Views of Boston from the arboretum's Peters Hill

Harvard Squared | July-August 2020

A Living Treasure in Boston

Summertime at the Arnold Arboretum

by Nell Porter Brown

Envelope of an old letter

Treasure | July-August 2020

Air Mail

A wartime life together—cut short

by Blythe Grossberg

Museums & Collections |

Transforming Portraiture and the World

Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.

by Julia Ostmann

Margaret Mee painting of yellow trumpet tree

Treasure | May-June 2020

An Amazon Artist

Botanical bounty at Dumbarton Oaks

by John S. Rosenberg

Scenic view of historic Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Harvard Squared | May-June 2020

Historic Threads

Tracing America’s industrial roots in the Blackstone River Valley

by Nell Porter Brown