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Publisher: President and Fellows of Harvard College HSPH Gallery: Stolen Dreams 
 About two dozen black and white photographs and brief narratives partially document the plight of "over 150 million children worldwide." The author photographed "children working in a variety of occupations in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia, and India." Brief text describes abuses and illnesses to which exploited children are susceptible. Resource Links has contact information for advocacy and welfare organizations. An exhibit from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gallery/ Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Oct 2, 2002 The Hedda Morrison Photographs of China, 1933-1946
A searchable collection of more than 5,000 photographs taken by Hedda Morrison "while resident in Beijing from 1933 to 1946." Also includes a chronology, publications about the photographer, a selected bibliography, and a list of the contents of the photographer's albums. From the Harvard-Yenching Library of the Harvard College Library. http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/harvard-yenching/collections/morrison/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography Last updated Oct 9, 2005 Geoffrey Chaucer
Contains a Chaucer biography and chronology; annotated selections of the Canterbury Tales; and information on authors, life, and science during Chaucer's time. Also explores Middle English grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. From Harvard University. http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Carbohydrates: The Bottom Line
An overview of carbohydrates and their role in nutrition. Discusses the glycemic index, insulin, whole grains, and high-carbohydrate and low-carbohydrate diets. Includes links to related articles and resources. From the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/carbohydrates/ Topics: Drugs & Medications by Type, Nutrition & Food Safety, Recipes & Food Preparation Last updated Mar 8, 2009 The Nutrition Source: Knowledge for Healthy Eating
This searchable site provides "timely information on diet and nutrition for clinicians, allied health professionals, and the public." It offers tips for healthy eating, gives information on the various components of diet (fats, carbohydrates, fruit, protein, etc.), and discusses how to interpret media coverage of diet and nutrition news. "And you won't just find out what you should eat, but why." From the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/ Topics: Nutrition & Food Safety Last updated Jan 14, 2003 Women Working, 1870-1930
"Provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and museum collections. This collection explores women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues are all well documented." Thousands of items are searchable, or browsable by topic, individual, dates and events, or organization. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/ Topics: History, Jobs & Work, Libraries & Archives by Type, Notable People: Women, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Women Last updated Jan 2, 2009 The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
This research project at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, "aims to understand and foster the conditions under which sustained, self-determined social and economic development is achieved among American Indian nations." The project's website features papers and reports on Indian gaming, tribal sovereignty, and other economic development topics. Also includes links to related news stories. Searchable. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/ Topics: Native Americans Last updated Aug 28, 2008 Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID)
The CID is "Harvard's primary center for research on sustainable international development." The site features working papers back to 1999 and other selected publications, research data sets on topics such as educational attainment and infectious diseases, and links to related materials and organizations. Searchable. http://www.cid.harvard.edu/ Topics: Education, Environment, K-12 Education, Technology Last updated May 5, 2004 Nuremberg Trials Project: A Digital Document Collection
The Nuremberg Trials "were a series of 13 trials of accused World War II German war criminals held from 1945 to 1949 in Nuremberg, Germany." This site presents a searchable collection of documents from the Nuremberg Trials collection of Harvard Law School Library. Most Web site material relates "to the Medical Case, which was Case 1 of the NMT [Nuremberg Military Tribunals] trials." Also includes "Who Was Who in Nazi Germany" and related resources. http://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/ Topics: Crime, Judicial Process, Military, World War II Last updated Aug 23, 2004 Who Mentored You?
This site provides interviews with celebrities on the topic of people who affected their early lives and encouraged them to become who they are today. Interviewees include James Earl Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Walter Cronkite, Gloria Estefan, Quincy Jones, Martin Sheen, Colin Powell, Tom Brokaw, and Larry King. Also features details about National Mentoring Month and Thank Your Mentor Day (January). Includes audio and video clips. From the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.WhoMentoredYou.org Topics: Jobs & Work Last updated Feb 23, 2007 The Pluralism Project
Site of a research project "to engage students in studying the new religious diversity in the United States," particularly "the communities and religious traditions of Asia and the Middle East." Contains a FAQ, articles, in-depth profiles of individual religious centers, research reports, slide shows, bibliographies, statistics, and more. Browsable by religious tradition, and state. http://www.pluralism.org/ Topics: Religion Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Editorial Cartoons: The Impact and Issues of an Evolving Craft
This 2004 publication examines the impact and future of political cartoons in the U.S. Article topics include the decline of editorial cartooning, freedom of speech, accusations of anti-Americanism, impact of local cartoons, the shortage of women cartoonists, and the relationship between editors and cartoonists. Illustrated with historical editorial cartoons. Opens directly into a PDF file. From Neiman Reports, a publication of the Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/04-4NRwinter/V58N4.pdf Topics: Media, Politics Last updated Jul 21, 2008 The Funny Side of the Street
This exhibit features samples of the "Pepper...and Salt" cartoons that appeared in the Wall Street Journal starting in the 1950s. The cartoons are accompanied by brief essays about the business world and financial conditions of the decades in which they appeared. Also includes a brief history of the cartoon feature, a note on the feature from its founder, and a reading list. From the Baker Library at the Harvard Business School. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/wsj/ Topics: Humor, Newspapers Last updated Jun 13, 2006 Financial Bubbles
This presentation from 2006 "explores some of the extraordinary similarities between the South Sea Bubble of 1720 and the recent technology bubble." Features a movie, gallery of historical images, related links, and a reading list on the South Sea Bubble, high-tech bubble, and the history of financial speculation. From the Baker Library, Harvard Business School. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/historicalreturns/fb/ Topics: Economics, Money Last updated May 13, 2008 Coin & Conscience: Popular Views of Money, Credit and Speculation
This exhibit features historical images (from the 16th through the 19th centuries) depicting themes related to money and finance, such as bankers, stock exchanges, the "money devil," credit and speculation, "misers, moneylenders, and thieves," love and money, and "vanity and virtue: allegories on the pursuit of riches." View images by theme or artist. Includes an introduction to the collection and a selected bibliography. From the Bleichroeder Collection at the Baker Library, Harvard Business School. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/cc/ Topics: Money Last updated Jul 24, 2006 The Nutrition Source: Fats and Cholesterol
This site addresses the relationship between fats and cholesterol and the effects of fats on health. Topics discussed include dietary fats and cancer, cholesterol and heart disease, fats and obesity, and more. Includes charts showing sources of each of the types of fats (such as saturated and trans fats) and percentage of specific types of fat in oils and other fats (such as margarine and butter). From the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-and-cholesterol/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Nutrition & Food Safety Last updated Apr 29, 2008 Doctor Fatigue Hurting Patients
This December 2006 article describes a Harvard Medical School study, which concludes that "too many 24-hour shifts worked by hospital interns cause medical mistakes that harm and may even kill patients. ... Young doctors also suffer from their mistakes with emotional problems that can haunt them for years." Also discusses possible improvements. Includes links to the study and to related articles. From the Harvard University Gazette. http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/12.14/99-fatigue.html Topics: Health Last updated Jan 2, 2007 Women Working, 1800-1930: National Child Labor Committee (NCLC)
This article provides history of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), which grew out of the Child Labor Committee in New York (formed in 1902) to the NCLC in 1904 and which "continues to ... uphold the general practice that underage children should not be full-time workers." Includes highlights from digital collections related to the NCLC and to other child labor topics, and links to relevant websites. From the Open Collections Program, Harvard University Library. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/organizations-nclc.html Topics: Labor Last updated Jan 16, 2007 Global Environmental Citizen Award
Details about this award "presented annually by the [Harvard Medical School] Center for Health and the Global Environment to the citizen who does outstanding work towards protecting the global environment." Includes announcements for current and past winners (and acceptance speeches for some), including the Prince of Wales, Al Gore, Bill Moyers, Jane Goodall, Harrison Ford, and Edward O. Wilson. http://chge.med.harvard.edu/events/gec10.html Topics: Environment Last updated Feb 5, 2007 Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
This is "a web-based collection of selected historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression." Searchable, or browse by genre (such as photographs or manuscripts), topics, themes (such as the Statue of Liberty and immigrant press), people, and organizations. Also includes a timeline. From the Open Collections Program of the Harvard University Library. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/ Topics: Emigration & Immigration Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Sunk in Lucre's Sordid Charms: South Sea Bubble Resources in the Kress Collection at Baker Library
Exhibit about this series of events in which a "complex network of intersecting financial, legal, political, and cultural factors all contributed to the development of the South Sea Bubble, the eventual collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720, and the financial ruin left in its wake." Features many images, and introductory material that points out the South Sea Bubble's significance in early 21st-century events such as the dotcom bubble. From Harvard Business School. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/ssb/ Topics: Economics Last updated May 21, 2008 New Directions: Building Baker Library's Collections
This presentation highlights collection development efforts at Harvard Business School's Baker Library, whose "initiatives focus around five major collecting themes: Contemporary Leaders, Global Markets, Intellectual Capital, Invention and Innovation, and Visual Evidence." Features images from and essays about some of the library's collections, such as early German machinery, oil industry photographs, and the Polaroid instant camera. Organized by the Historical Collections Department, Baker Library. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/nd/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Dec 20, 2007 New England Female Medical College
Historical material about the New England Female Medical College, "established in Boston, Massachusetts, by Dr. Samuel Gregory [in 1848] with the purpose of offering modern medical training in female-related fields, ... [this school] was the first in the world to provide medical training for women." Features a scanned scrapbook with newspaper articles (1847-1865), reports, and a catalog. Part of the "Women Working, 1800-1930" website from Harvard University. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/organizations-femalemedcollege.html Topics: Health, Women Last updated Oct 23, 2007 HarvardScience: Science and Engineering at Harvard University
Collection of articles "devoted to all matters related to science at the various schools, departments, institutes, and hospitals of Harvard University." Find breaking news and featured images in areas such as mental disorders of Hurricane Katrina survivors, a genetic portrait of lung cancer, and a slideshow of images of the brain in "Brainbow" transgenic mice. Also find articles by researcher or topic. From Harvard University. http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ Topics: Science Last updated Nov 14, 2007 Sargent at Harvard
This is "a searchable database that makes available images and textual information relating to the American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) in the collections of the Harvard University Art Museums and the Harvard University Portrait Collection." Browse all of the records, or search by keyword, subject, medium, location, and other options. Includes a list of other museums that house works by Sargent. From the Harvard University Art Museums. http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sargent/ Topics: Art by Region Last updated Jan 4, 2008 The Sargent Murals at the Boston Public Library
"This web site focuses on the history, interpretation, and restoration of John Singer Sargent's monumental mural cycle, 'Triumph of Religion,' in the McKim building of the Boston Public Library." Features many images, panoramic views, a biography of John Singer Sargent, history of the commission, selected bibliography, and glossary. Produced by the Straus Center for Conservation at the Harvard University Art Museums. http://www.sargentmurals.bpl.org/ Topics: Art, Art by Region Last updated Jan 4, 2008 Dying Speeches & Bloody Murder: Crime Broadsides Collected by the Harvard Law School Library
"Just as programs are sold at sporting events today, broadsides -- styled at the time as 'Last Dying Speeches' or 'Bloody Murders' -- were sold to the audiences that gathered to witness public executions in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. ... The examples digitized here span the years 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for such crimes as arson, assault, counterfeiting, horse stealing, murder, rape, robbery, and treason." From the Harvard Law School Library. http://broadsides.law.harvard.edu/ Topics: Crime Last updated Jan 4, 2008 A Daring Experiment: Harvard and Business Education for Women, 1937-1970
This exhibit tells the story of business education for women at Harvard, which "began in 1937 with a certificate program in personnel administration at Radcliffe College." Accompanied by oral histories from graduates of the of the Harvard Business School and Radcliffe College's certificate program, and research links. From the Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/daring/ Topics: Business, Women Last updated Feb 13, 2008 Studies in Scarlet: Marriage & Sexuality in the U.S. & U.K., 1815-1914
Images of hundreds of documents involving legal proceedings about divorce, domestic violence, homosexuality, abortion, adultery, and related topics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Subjects include Oscar Wilde and Henry Ward Beecher. Search, or browse by subject, name, or genre. From the Harvard Law School Library. http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/home?_collection=scarlet Topics: Families, Society & Social Science Last updated Jan 30, 2008 Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business
Companion to an exhibit that "brings to life the stories of some 40 intriguing women who helped shape the landscape of American business." Use the timeline to view background about women such as Lydia Pinkham, Madam C.J. Walker, Martha Stewart, and Oprah Winfrey. Also includes mentorship stories, games, and classroom material. Organized by the Schlesinger Library of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts. http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/exhibits/enterprisingwomen/ Topics: Business, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 5, 2008 Harvard University Library: A Selection of Web-Accessible Collections
This digital archive gathers thousands of images from the Harvard University libraries. Includes links to online collections such as "Botanical and Cultural Images of Eastern Asia, 1907-1927," photos of Muslims in China in the 1920s and 1930s, Latin American pamphlets from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and "thousands of pages of scanned images of rare and unique musical scores." From Harvard University. http://digitalcollections.harvard.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated May 21, 2008 Character and the Primaries of 2008: What Were the Media Master Narratives About the Candidates During the Primary Season?
This report analyzes changing media coverage of the "dominant personal narrative" (covering character, history, leadership, and appeal) for presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama. Addresses issues such as experience, change, and reliability. Opens directly into a PDF document. From the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/research_publications/reports/Character%20and%20the%20Primaries%20of%202008.pdf Topics: 2008 Presidential Election Last updated Aug 27, 2008 Absentee Voter Guide
"This guide contains all the information college students need to vote by absentee ballot from school." Click on the interactive U.S. map to view absentee voting details for each state, including deadlines, dates, and contacts. Also available as a downloadable document. From the Harvard University Institute of Politics. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Voter-Information-Center/Absentee-Voter-Guide Topics: Politics Last updated Sep 29, 2008 A Treatise on Courtly Love (Excerpts)
Excerpts of a translation of Andreas Capellanus' 12th century work "De Amore." "The work is divided into three books; the first begins in the manner of an academic lecture, with attention to definitions and etymology," covering "What is Love?" and persons suited for love. Part two includes "The Rules of Love," and part three concludes with "an extended misogynistic tirade" (which is not provided). Part of the Geoffrey Chaucer page from Harvard University. http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/andreas/de_amore.html Topics: Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Feb 11, 2009 Twentieth-Century Business Archives: Lehman Brothers Collection
This collection allows researchers to browse the deal books (from 1925-1986) of the financial services firm Lehman Brothers "by one of three points of access: the date of the deal, the company name at the time of the deal, or industry type." Company pages include company histories and links to descriptions of deals associated with that company. Website also includes a history of Lehman Brothers. From Harvard Business School's Baker Library. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/ Topics: Industries Last updated May 11, 2009 Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
This online collection "provides general background information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant 'episodes' of contagious disease. These materials include digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula, and manuscripts -- a total of more than 500,000 pages." Topics covered include the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793 and Spanish influenza in North America in 1918-1919. From the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/index.html Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jan 14, 2009 Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge
This is "a forum for innovation in business practice, offering readers a first look at cutting-edge thinking and the opportunity to both influence and use these concepts before they enter mainstream management practice." It features work from Harvard Business School faculty, including research highlights, podcasts, faculty Q&A's, and more. Browse content by topic (such as entrepreneurship and globalization), industry, geography, faculty, and date. From Harvard Business School. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ Topics: Business Last updated Feb 3, 2009 Harvard Business School: On the Global Economic Crisis
This site highlights research and commentary from Harvard Business School faculty on the global economic crisis. Find videos, articles from the Harvard publications (some material only available for purchase), and links to other news sources. Topics include consumer psychology, the opportunities in the economic downturn, recruiting, Obama's first 100 days, and more. From the Harvard Business School (HBS). http://www.hbs.edu/economic-crisis/ Topics: Finance Last updated May 15, 2009 |
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