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Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Harvard Law School by exploring how the
Harvard Law School Library preserves the school’s history.


IN BLACK AND WHITE

Explore a pivotal moment in Black theater history through production photographs
and portraits by New York Times photographer Alix Jeffry.


COPTICA AT HARVARD

Materials related to Coptic language, culture, history, and the Coptic Orthodox
Church in Egypt, ranging from 4th-century papyri and medieval chronicles to
early-printed psalmodies and modern magazines.


THE BLACK TEACHER ARCHIVE

An archival initiative to centralize serial publications of Black educator
organizations during Jim Crow.


CATCHING THE WAVE

Photographs of the Women's Movement by Bettye Lane and Freda Leinwand.


WORLDS OF CHANGE

Explore manuscript materials in the Harvard Library that relate to 17th- and
18th-century North America.


SLAVERY, ABOLITION, EMANCIPATION AND FREEDOM

Rare and unique materials from Houghton library by and about Black people in the
Americas, from the 18th through the beginning of the 20th century.


WOMEN WORKING, 1800-1930

An exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States
between 1800 and the Great Depression.


ANNA MAY WONG ABROAD, 1928-1936

This digital collection includes scripts, musical scores, photographs, and other
materials documenting Anna May Wong’s years abroad and her emergence in 1930s
theatre and cinema as a global icon.


AMERICAN CURRENCY

Baker Library’s collection of over 700 pieces of paper money ranging in date
from 1709 to 1878.


ANDREW GARRETT, EARLY NATURALIST OF POLYNESIA

This exhibit showcases a selection of Andrew Garrett's (1823-1887) drawings and
manuscript specimen sheets of Pacific Ocean region mollusks, fish, corals,
echinoderms and other invertebrates.


ARTEMAS WARD HOUSE AND ITS COLLECTIONS

The first commander-in-chief of the Patriot forces.


BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

The beauty of botany and the importance of scientific accuracy come together at
the Harvard University Herbaria.


CENTURIES OF JAPANESE LEGAL TRADITION

Learn about the Law Library’s Japanese collection dating from the 12th century
through the 19th century.


CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON AND THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

This exhibit explores and celebrates Houston’s connection with Harvard Law
School.


CHINESE RARE BOOKS

With over 9,600 items, Harvard-Yenching's rare book collection is one of the
largest of its kind in the Western world.


CHINESE RUBBINGS COLLECTION

The Fine Arts Library and Harvard-Yenching Library holds rubbings of objects
that date from the Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.


CITY MAPS AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

Cities and city maps have changed dramatically over the last 500 years. Explore
maps of urban design and urban planning for cities around the world from the
16th century to the present.


CONTAGION

This collection offers important historical perspectives on the science and
public policy of epidemiology today and contributes to the understanding of the
global, social–history, and public–policy implications of diseases.


CREATING COMMUNITY: HARVARD LAW SCHOOL AND THE BAUHAUS

Explore the Law School’s connection to the Bauhaus and its role in shaping
campus life.


DAGUERREOTYPES AT HARVARD

Access more than 3,500 daguerreotypes from libraries, museums, and archives
across Harvard.


DIGITAL SCORES AND LIBRETTI

Loeb Music Library's digital collection of scores and libretti, selected for
their rare or unique natures and their popularity as objects of research and
teaching.


EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY OF JAPAN

An online collection of more than 40 souvenir photograph albums and illustrated
publications from across three Harvard libraries.


ENGLISH CRIME AND EXECUTION BROADSIDES

This collection of nearly 600 broadsides highlights crime and capital
punishment, primarily in England, as seen through the popular press in the 18th
and 19th century.


EXPEDITIONS AND DISCOVERIES

This collection includes a variety of materials from selected expeditions
between 1626 and 1953.


FRANCE IN THE AMERICAS

A collection documenting the French presence in the Americas from the early 16th
century through the 19th century.


HARRISON D. HORBLIT COLLECTION OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY

Discover the history and science of early photography through a collection of
photographs and other materials.


IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1789-1930

Documenting voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the
Constitution to the start of the Great Depression.


IRANIAN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

A unique resource for the study of modern Iranian history.


ISLAMIC HERITAGE PROJECT

A digital collection of Islamic manuscripts, published texts, and maps from
across Harvard's libraries and museums.


JACQUES BURKHARDT SCIENTIFIC DRAWINGS

Illustrations of fishes and miscellaneous vertebrates and invertebrates drawn by
Louis Agassiz’s personal artist, Jacques Burkhardt.


JOSEPH STORY

Explore items related to the life and work of Supreme Court Justice and Harvard
Law School Professor Joseph Story (1779-1845).


LATIN AMERICAN PAMPHLET DIGITAL COLLECTION

Scarce and unique pamphlets, primarily from Chile, Cuba, Bolivia and Mexico,
published during the 19th and early 20th centuries.


MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS

Delve into the literature, art, history, music, philosophy, and theology of the
Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Western Europe found Houghton Library's
collection.


MILMAN PARRY COLLECTION OF ORAL LITERATURE

A unique repository of Balkan oral traditions.


POLITICAL BUTTONS

Glimpse U.S. history through Harvard's collection of political buttons featuring
candidate campaigns, political demonstrations, and social movements.


QUEERING THE COLLECTION

Exploring different approaches to researching queer history.


READING

Exploring the intellectual, cultural, and political history of reading as
reflected in the historical holdings of the Harvard's libraries.


RETIRING THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL SHIELD

Learn the history of the Harvard Law School’s first shield, from its complex and
troubling origins to its retirement.


SCANNED MAPS

Thousands of the Harvard Map Collection's maps and atlases from around the world
are available online in hi-res.


STUDIES IN SCARLET

Drawn from the Harvard Law School Library’s extensive trial collections, Studies
in Scarlet features over 420 trial narratives involving the crimes and passions
of both renowned and ordinary people.


SUSAN B. ANTHONY

Explore the diaries, correspondence, and memorabilia of suffragist Susan B.
Anthony.


THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE, 1720

Explore the rich resources of Baker Library, which holds one of the most
extensive collections in the world relating to the first international stock
market crash.


VISUALIZING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Explore the power of images to change minds about the death penalty.


WHERE MIS'RY MOANS

Learn about four British prison reformers of the 18th and 19th centuries who
worked to make prisons more humane and reformatory.


WILLIAM BREWSTER

Diaries, journals, correspondence, and photographs documenting ornithologist
William Brewster's years exploring the woods, fields, rivers, and lakes of New
England.


THE WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING COLLECTION

Discover the work of the American theologian, author, Unitarian minister, and
Harvard graduate.


INDEX TO MING DYNASTY CHINESE PAINTINGS

A database containing over 9,000 records of Chinese artwork and artists from the
Ming Dynasty.

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