Houghton Library collection of historical memorabilia
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.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1732-1868
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Access requires permission of curator.
Extent
2 linear feet (2 boxes)Biographical / Historical
Part of the "Widener Find", items found in the vault within the Widener Memorial Rooms in summer 2000 and transferred to the Houghton Library for evaluation; this collection was number 8 on the original list.
Arrangement
Unprocessed. See internal file for detailed listing.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transfer from Widener Memorial Rooms, Harvard College Library, 2000.
Processing Information
Minimal description derived from existing records and converted to online finding aid, Melanie Wisner, 2020.
Source
- Widener Library, Harvard University (Organization)
- Title
- Houghton Library collection of historical memorabilia, circa 1732-1868 (2000M-78): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 November 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou04567
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.
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