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The libraries and archives of @Harvard University. Est. 1638, we are the oldest library system in the country and the world’s largest academic library.
Cambridge, MA
Joined July 2009
On June 5 at the Greek Consulate, Harvard’s Librarian for Hellenic Studies Rhea Lesage presented the family of Manny Paraschos with print facsimiles of 1893 issues of the long-lost Neos Kosmos, America’s first Greek newspaper. Now preserved and available. https://t.co/nGxfPMDkN9
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Happy Lunar New Year. May the year of the dragon bring you happiness, prosperity, and longevity!🐲Check out the @harvardyenching Lunar New Year Exhibit, ongoing till May 15. Dragon in foliage, image from @harvartmuseums, gift of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr.
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Merce Cunningham created an informal system for recording his dances, and those notations have found their way into museums and libraries. The six-page “score” for How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run is on view in the lobby gallery through May 3, 2024: https://t.co/8cH4INxPbc
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Call for Applications! “Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia: History, Culture, and Literature” is a Training Program organized by HYI and @FASSNews, to be held in Singapore in December 2024. Application deadline is 4/30/24. For details, see: https://t.co/8YzVKEKpvq
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These items will be part of President Gay's inauguration ceremony: - Charter: Secured from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650 - Seals: From 1843 & 1885 - Ceremonial keys: They open no doors at Harvard (or anywhere else) - College Book 1: The oldest surviving record book
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President Claudine Gay shares her vision for Harvard as she takes the helm as the University's 30th president
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New Harvard president welcomes the chance to channel "awe-inspiring" ambition of campus community.
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We're excited to announce Andrea Jackson Gavin has been appointed to be the inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust, a partnership of the HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Library. https://t.co/7WRlLhA2IC
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Andrea Jackson Gavin will begin her role as Program Director on Oct. 11. The Trust is a partnership of the HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Library.
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Fantasy worlds from Middle Earth to Westeros come to life at @Harvard Pusey Library, from the Harvard Gazette: https://t.co/TzW5tEZGwN
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Fantasy worlds from Middle Earth to Westeros come to life in Harvard Library exhibit.
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Join us for the next 30 days as we celebrate the 30 presidents of @Harvard! Each day, we'll feature a different Harvard president and the legacy they left on campus and in the archives #30presidentsin30days
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We’re celebrating #WomensEqualityDay with this photo of Alice Paul, who wrote the original Equal Rights Amendment. Here she's draping a “ratification banner” after the 19th amendment's passage. Learn more about Paul via @RadInstitute’s Schlesinger Library: https://t.co/N7rD7kqgGC
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Vanessa Braganza, doctoral candidate and book sleuth, re-discovered a precious text in Widener. “When I have a daughter, I want history to look very different. I want it to look the way it should look, which is that we bring back the stories that have been neglected and ignored.”
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Happy birthday, Julia Child! In this photo she ventured beyond the set of her famous TV show, "The French Chef," to help White House Chef Henry Haller prepare an official White House dinner. Discover more photos via @RadInstitute’s Schlesinger Library:
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The Royal Chicano Air Force Touches Down in @HoughtonLib - más acerca del colectivo artístico y activista de los años setentas RCAF, y su vibrante y jubilosa exhibición de pósters de protesta, disponible hasta el 25 de agosto: https://t.co/a0fFUTuuHI
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Library Communications Intern Tess Kelley shares what she learned at a recent curatorial talk on Houghton’s “Royal Chicano Air Force” poster exhibit.
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The Royal Chicano Air Force Touches Down in @HoughtonLib - more on the 1970’s artist and activist collective RCAF, and the vibrant, “joyous protest“ poster exhibition currently on display through August 25th: https://t.co/a0fFUTuuHI
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Library Communications Intern Tess Kelley shares what she learned at a recent curatorial talk on Houghton’s “Royal Chicano Air Force” poster exhibit.
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The impressive collection at @harvardyenching began in the late 19th century with Ko K’un-hua - Harvard’s first Chinese instructor - and now contains over 1.5 million volumes of East Asian literature! Read more:
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Happy Birthday to novelist Emily Brontë! Pictured here is the title page from a 1905 edition of her most famous novel, Wuthering Heights. Look closely and you might notice something unusual: the author’s name is listed as Ellis Bell, Brontë’s male pseudonym. 📸 @HoughtonLib
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“What do Malcolm X, Oscar Wilde, and the 6th-century Roman senator Boethius have in common? They all wrote some of their best work from prison.” @BostonGlobe on “Sentences” an exhibition featuring prison writing at @HoughtonLib (now through August 11th!) https://t.co/5aANv702ME
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