Harvard's home for rare books and manuscripts opened in 1942, and thanks to the energy of a small group of librarians and the creativity and generosity of its benefactor, Arthur Houghton, it quickly emerged as a center of inquiry and memory without equal. This 1992 volume, compiled by senior Houghton librarians, blends documentary with oral history to look back on the library's origins, the growth of its collections, and the activities of the staff who made it a home for precious books and original scholarship.

A Houghton Library Chronicle, 1942–1992 (Houghton Library Publications)

Arts & Photography

Finlay, Nancy

Falsey, Elizabeth A.

Amory, Hugh

Graphic Design

Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library

A catalog of an exhibition at the Houghton Library in 1987 of a selection of John Updike manuscripts, illustrating how text changes from manuscript to proof to revised edition.

The Art of Adding and the Art of Taking Away: An Exhibition of John Updike’s Manuscripts at the Houghton Library (Houghton Library Publications)

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History & Criticism

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