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Science Fiction Collection

Dating from the 1880s to the present, the Science Fiction Collection at Houghton Library includes trade paperbacks, magazines, fanzines, and prozines, as well as many works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Images of Colonialism

These late-19th- and early-20th-century trade cards and illustrations offer insight into European perspectives on the colonial experience.

Studies in Scarlet: Marriage and Sexuality in the U.S. & U.K., 1815-1914

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.

Geospatial and Mapping Data

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Judaica Digital Collection

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Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
As a librarian I’m biased but I loved this documentary about the NYPL! In 3 hours you will truly get a sense of how libraries provide essential social infrastructure by seeing what a pivotal role this institution and others like it play in communities.
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
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Featured Exhibits

Stage Fright: Or the Fate of Frankenstein

Through Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018

75 Stories, 75 Years

Documenting the Lives of American Women at the Schlesinger Library
Through Thursday, Nov 1, 2018

Camera Woman Along the Medieval Pilgrimage Roads

The Early 20th-Century Photography of Lucy Wallace Porter
Through Friday, Nov 30, 2018

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September 24, 2018

Lamont Enhancements for the Fall

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