Tag: printing press

  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s first impressions

    The Colonies’ first printing press, in operation by 1638, was the instrument behind New England’s first literary flowering.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    They dig the past

    Harvard Summer School students broke ground June 29 for the biennial archaeology class investigating the long history of Harvard Yard. Students will resume the search for traces of the Harvard Indian College, where the College’s first Indian students lived and studied.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    What books mean as objects

    Most literature professors focus on the interpretation of texts, but Professor Leah Price wants to explore other uses to which books can be put, in the evolving interplay between reading and handling.

    5 minutes