Houghton Library
The Houghton Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts is one of Harvard University's libraries . It is one of over seventy libraries that make up their library system and is located south of Harvard Yard near the Widemer Library. The library is named after the American industrialist and philanthropist Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. and was opened in 1942 in particular for valuable book collections and to relieve the Widener Library - the main building of the library system of the Harvard University Library . The Houghton Library is home to rare books, manuscripts, archives, and other primary sources, and is Harvard's primary repository for rare books and literary manuscripts, literary and performing arts archives, and more.
In her collection Modern Books and Manuscripts ( Modern books and manuscripts ), for example, are the collected materials from 1800 to the present, including the papers and libraries of Emily Dickinson , John Keats , Leon Trotsky , Gore Vidal , John Updike , Amy Lowell and many others.
Collections
The Houghton Library has several main curatorial departments:
- Modern Books and Manuscripts
- Early Modern Books and Manuscripts
- Harvard Theater Collection
- Printing & Graphic Arts
- Woodberry Poetry Room
- Harry Elkins Widener Collection
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Coordinates: 42 ° 22 '23.5 " N , 71 ° 6' 57.4" W.