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Moche Archive Drawings

Line drawings reproducing iconography found on painted vessels from Peru's North Coast.

Russian Theatrical Designs

Portraits and designs for the ballet, opera, and theater.

The Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection

The Fine Arts Library holds the noted curator’s research slides, documenting four decades of unparalleled access to public and private art collections from around the world.

Women Working, 1800-1930

An exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression

Print and Photograph Collections

The Fine Arts Library's print and photograph collections document works of art, architecture, and material culture from the ancient world to the present day.

Charlie Archive

Documenting the vigorous debate about fundamental political and ethical issues that followed the 2015 terrorist attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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Staff Pick

The cover of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto
Graphic Medicine Manifesto
There's a movement to align comics and medicine, and this manifesto is the place to start. There's something for everyone, from the scholar of literature to the heart surgeon. You'll even get to meet one of the authors as a chicken!
Matthew Noe , Collection Outreach Librarian
The cover of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto
Graphic Medicine Manifesto
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Make Your Own Snow Globe

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Monday, Dec 10th, 2018
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Discovery Bar, Cabot Science Library

Treading the Borders

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Monday, Dec 10th, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Houghton Library and Harvard Film Archive, Houghton Library

Analyzing the Present to Design the Future

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Tuesday, Dec 11th, 2018
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Location: Common Room, 1st floor, Harvard-Yenching Library

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Through Change and Through Storm: Harvard, 1969

Through Friday, Jun 14, 2019

Lehman Brothers

A History, 1850-2008
Through Friday, Jul 12, 2019

A Fine and Fertile Country

How America Mapped Its Meals
Through Friday, Mar 1, 2019

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December 3, 2018

Apply Now for Unabridged 2019: A Master Class in Library Research

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October 31, 2018

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