Tag: John Jacob Astor IV

  • Arts & Culture

    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.

  • Arts & Culture

    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.