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Do It Yourself! Self-Publishing from Letterpress to LaserJet exhibition
Harvard Explores the History of Self-Publishing
February 21, 2023
Austen, Whitman, Woolf all self-published? That’s right. In Do It Yourself!
Emily Dickinson’s bedroom
Video Fridays: Dickinson
July 8, 2022
In our summer issue, we report on an unusual collection of props and set pieces designed for Dickinson, the Apple TV+ dram
The interior of Emily Dickinson’s Amherst, Massachusetts, bedroom
Emily Dickinson, Drama Queen
July 1, 2022
The typical fate of a television set and its contents post-production is not pretty; cast and crew may select a memento or two, but the scrap heap is the usual destination.
Lady Mary Wroth monogram
A 17th-Century Monogrammed Binding Reveals Its Secrets
January 13, 2022
In 2019, V. M.
Image of the cover of the current issue of The Strand
"Lost" Tennessee Williams Story Surfaces
October 6, 2021
Strand Magazine, continuing a fine tradition of uncovering "lost" works, has discovered a previously unpublished story by Tennessee Williams.
Image of Dorothy Berry
Bright Young Librarians: Dorothy Berry
November 18, 2020
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Dorothy Berry, Digital Collections Program Manage
Fine Books winter 2020
Fine Books' Best of 2019
December 26, 2019
ICYMI: Our top ten most popular posts of 2019. Number one takes a page from our winter issue’s cover feature, pictured above.
Image of Christine Jacobson
Bright Young Librarians: Christine Jacobson
October 23, 2019
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Christine Jacobson, Assistant Curator of Modern Books and Ma
Renovations to Close Houghton Library for 12 Months
July 12, 2019
On August 9 at 4pm, Harvard’s Houghton Library will close as part of a yearlong renovation project that will increase accessi
Apollo 11 crew patch and flight plan
Harvard's Houghton Library Celebrates Apollo 11 at Fifty
June 3, 2019
A landmark anniversary calls for a landmark celebration.