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Tag: Harry Elkins Widener
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Nation & World
100 years of Widener
The massive library, which rose after the Titanic sank, remains a linchpin of learning and conservation at Harvard.
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Nation & World
Ode to a venerable library
Narrated by John Lithgow ’67, this visual love letter to libraries celebrates books and those who watch over them while marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, Harvard’s flagship library.
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Nation & World
Celebrating Widener
Two lectures launched a yearlong celebration of Widener Library, which turns 100 this June.
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Nation & World
Harvard’s ‘haunted’ Houses
A tour of Harvard’s “haunted” Houses, in advance of Halloween.
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Nation & World
Harry’s books
A look at the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Collection at Widener Library.
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Nation & World
Echoes of the Titanic
On the centennial of the ship’s sinking, Harvard historian Steven Biel has a new edition of his book, which traces the cultural arc of that myth-making disaster.
