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Widener Library, Harvard University

 Organization

General Context

Widener Library is a building operated by the Harvard College Library. It is not, in itself, an agency or office, but merely a major location in which much of the activity of the Harvard College Library takes place. Refer to "Harvard College Library" when identifying the agency responsible for Widener Library's holdings and the library operations that take place there.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Houghton Library collection of historical memorabilia

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Multiple ContainersIdentifier: 2000M-78
Scope and Contents:

Collection is comprised of 18 unrelated objects with a small number of accompanying notes. Items include rings, wooden and brick fragments, cameos, a cane, and a sword.

Houghton Library collection of medals and seals

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Multiple ContainersIdentifier: 2000M-77
Scope and Contents:

Over 1000 medals, seals, and coins, with a small amount of correspondence, and a clock, dating from the 13th to the 20th centuries from many countries and in many languages.