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Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature

A unique repository of Balkan oral traditions.
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Ukraine in the World

Explore the history of Ukraine and Ukrainians throughout the world drawing from Harvard's collections in Ukrainian literature, politics, history, and more.
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Moche Archive Drawings

Line drawings reproducing iconography found on painted vessels from Peru's North Coast.
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Artemas Ward House and Its Collections

The first commander-in-chief of the Patriot forces.
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Harvard Theatre Collection

Founded in 1901, the Harvard Theatre Collection stands as one of the oldest and largest performing arts collections in the world.
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Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics

This online 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.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Sesame Street

And Honoring Harvard's Contributions to It
Through Saturday, Jan 18, 2020

“A Peculiar Sense of Proprietorship”

Harvard Astronomers in Peru
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Tree of Life

Cosmography and Environment in Yakutian Epic
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Angela Davis speaking at Radcliffe

A Commitment to Radicalism

A campus visit from Angela Davis and her papers, on view at Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, serve as a call to action.

Ken Olsen (left) and DEC employees examine computer circuit boards, 1970s

Ken Olsen Collection Newly Moved to Harvard Business School's Baker Library

The papers of Ken Olsen, the founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, will be housed at HBS' Baker Library on permanent loan from Gordon College.

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