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Featured CollectionHarvard's Institutional History and Records
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Featured CollectionHarvard Faculty Personal and Professional Archives
Collections
From 17th-century international trade to 21st-century student protest movements, whatever your interest, the Harvard University Archives has collections that can enhance your scholarship.
Researching with the Archives
Whether you’re embarking on a new research project, or in the middle of an existing one, archivists can help you navigate our collections. We’ll work with you to ensure you're making the most of the materials available in person, or help you access materials available online.
Find and Access Materials from the Archives
Learn how to access our collections that document the academic, social, cultural, and work life of the Harvard community.
Get Research Help for Harvard Offices
We offer assistance to University staff using our collections for departmental histories, policy reviews, anniversaries, and more.
Make a Reading Room Appointment
Submit requests and book an appointment to view our materials in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room at Houghton Library.
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Connect directly with some of the Archives' most popular online resources.
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Get specific research guidance depending on what you're looking for at the Archives.
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Our archivists are ready to help you incorporate special collections into your classes.
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Get digital copies of our materials for research or publication.
On Exhibit
Digital Exhibits
Harvard and the American Revolution
Explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution.
The Cuban Teachers’ Expedition
Documenting the journey of nearly 1,300 Cuban teachers from Cuba to Cambridge during the summer of 1900.
Calling for Change: Harvard Student Activism in Action
Explore how student activist movements at Harvard played a significant role in shaping University life.
Letters from Black America
This exhibit explores significant events from the 1920s to the 1940s from the Black perspective.
Records Management Services
Records Management Services, part of the Harvard University Archives, provides guidance to University staff, faculty, and administrators on how to understand their responsibilities for stewarding and managing their Harvard materials and records.
About the Harvard University Archives
As the primary repository for Harvard’s records and personal archives, you will find over five centuries of innovation, exploration, revolution, and introspection — the soul of Harvard — on campus and worldwide.
