Philip and Frances Hofer Lectures on the Art of the Book
The Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture Series was established in 1968 for the purpose of sponsoring “lectures on subjects of special interest to Harvard students and scholars within the range of the Printing and Graphic Arts field.”
Philip Hofer — Harvard College class of 1921 and founding curator of Houghton's Department of Printing and Graphic Arts — endowed the lecture fund in his name and that of his wife on the occasion of his retirement from Houghton Library.
In conjunction with the Harvard Art Museum, Houghton also awards an annual Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art, which is open to Harvard students in all areas and degree programs.
George Parker Winship Lectures on Bibliography
The Winship Lectures were established in 1968 by a gift from the John Barnard Associates, a society of Harvard book lovers that Winship founded in 1927. For further information on Winship and the history of the lecture series, see:
- Roger Stoddard, ed., George Parker Winship as Librarian, Typophile and Teacher. Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1999.
- G. Thomas Tanselle, "The George Parker Winship Lecture Series at Houghton Library: A Bibliographer’s Creed," Harvard Library Bulletin 25, no. 1 (Spring 2014).