Harvard University – The Ticknor Society

Curator tour of “Do It Yourself! Self-Publishing from Letterpress to LaserJet”

April 4, 2023, 5:30-6:30pm, Houghton Library, Harvard University On Thursday, April 4th, Ticknor members and friends enjoyed a tour of Houghton Library’s exhibition “Do It Yourself!”, let by co-curators Christine Jacobson, Assistant Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts, and Kristine Greive, Head of Teaching and Learning. What immediately struck this visitor is that while modern…

Sir Hans Sloane and His Printed Ephemera Collections

March 19, 2004, Houghton Library, Harvard University Giles Mandelbrote, Curator of British Collections 1501-1800 at the British Library, spoke about the printed ephemera collections of Sir Hans Sloane. Mr. Mandelbrote is a frequent contributor to scholarship about the history of the book trade and of book ownership, particularly in the seventeenth century. He is also…

A Curator’s Tour by Roger Stoddard

February 24, 2004, Houghton Library, Harvard University Roger Stoddard, Curator of Rare Books in the Harvard College Library, led visitors on a tour of his exhibition “Res Gestae: Libri Manent; a Curator’s Choice,” a celebration of Stoddard’s career, highlighting 89 of his favorite acquisitions purchased for the Houghton Library from 1965 to 2003. The exhibition,…