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Happy Bird-day, Conrad Gesner (Item of the Month)

By Rebecca Pou, Archivist March 26 marks the birthday of the man behind one of my favorite books in our collection. Conrad Gesner was born in Zurich in 1516. His family was not wealthy, but thanks to...

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Coming Soon at the Center: Gessner, Coloring, Lobotomy, Digital Humanities

The coming weeks are busy ones for the Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health. We hope you’ll join us for these upcoming events. This Saturday, January 30, at 11 am, Harvard historian Ann...

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#ColorOurCollections Begins!

It’s the first day of #ColorOurCollections, a week-long special collections coloring fest we’re organizing on social media. More than 50 institutions (see our growing list) will share images from their...

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#ColorOurCollections, Day 5

It’s the final day of #ColorOurCollections, a week-long special collections coloring fest we’ve organized on social media. We are sad to see it go, and thank everyone who participated. Enjoy the final...

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Our Hogwarts Digital Collection

By Anne Garner, Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts When Hogwarts librarian Irma Pince first appears in book one of the Harry Potter series, published twenty years ago this week, she is brandishing a...

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What Lies Beneath… #ColorOurCollections 2018

The third annual #ColorOurCollections week has officially begun! From February 5th through 9th, libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions are showcasing their collections in the form of free...

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