Tag: Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

  • Nation & World

    Shining a light on a genius

    Architect Julian Abele is responsible for the design of Harvard’s Widener l Library, where his role, until recently, had gone largely unacknowledged.

    4 minutes
    Black and white photo of Abele.
  • Nation & World

    Going forward, a look back

    The University in 2015-16 saw milestones related to diversity, scientific advances, and the renaming of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

    20 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Treasures hiding in plain sight

    A program at Widener Library rescues vulnerable holdings from its 65 miles of shelves by linking alert students with Harvard authorities on conservation and digitization.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Widener Library rises from Titanic tragedy

    The ship disaster a century ago led to the drowning of three men affiliated with Harvard. It also prompted a memorial gift that quickly led to construction of the University’s flagship book repository.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Treasure island

    Houghton Library illustrates how the stuff of great literature is conserved, from the first jumbled box to the final neat archive.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The history at Houghton

    Houghton, a template for university literary archives everywhere, also has room for the odd: A Thoreau pencil, a Dickinson teacup, and more.

    6 minutes