The room, its programs, and its exhibitions are supported by the generosity of the Edison and Newman families (Bernard A. Edison AB 1949, MBA 1951; Julian I. Edison AB 1951, MBA 1953; Andrew E. Newman AB 1966, MBA 1968). Located on the first floor of Houghton Library, this room serves as a location for a variety of public programs.
Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Edison & Newman Room
Venue Exhibitions
Venue Events
- “Treading the Borders” Opening Event
- “Passports: Lives in Transit” Closing Event
- Slash & Burn: How Two Houghton Manuscripts Survived a Violent Past
- Passports: Curatorial Talk
- Cambridge Open Archives – Closing Event at Houghton Library
- Six Yugoslavian Passports
- Passports: Lives in Transit
- “Passports: Lives in Transit” Exhibition Opening
- How To Act: Convey Emotion in 3 Easy Steps
- Hofer Lecture: “Radiant with Color & Art”
- Harvard Review Salon Series 2018
- Rethinking Enlightenment: Conference on Forgotten Women Writers of Eighteenth Century France
- Houghton Library-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History
- Virtual Realities: Mapping Fictional Spaces
- Landmarks Curatorial Tour
- CANCELLED: Landmarks Curatorial Tour
- Landmarks Curatorial Tour
- You Are (Not Really) Here: The Art of Mapping Fiction and Film
- Landmarks: Maps as Literary Illustration
- The Artifactual Consciousness: a Nonfiction/Poetry Reading and Discussion
- “Altered States” Exhibition Tour
- “Altered States” Exhibition Tour
- “Altered States” Exhibition Tour
- Books as Portals: Reading and Responding to Historical Collections in the 21st Century
- Reviving and Reimagining The Black Crook
- Effacements in the Repository: Do Physical Objects Have the Right To Exist?
- “Getting High at Harvard: Studying the Ludlow-Santo Domingo (LSD) Library at Houghton Library”
- Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library
- Open House 75 exhibition tour
- Open House 75 exhibition tour
- Open House 75 exhibition tour
- Open House 75: Houghton Library Staff Select
- Open House 75 opening reception
- Woodberry Poetry Room Presents: The Poet’s Voice
- Woodberry Poetry Room Presents: The Poet’s Voice
- Edward Lear’s Happiness
- The John Stevens Shop: Three Hundred Years of Inscriptions in Stone
- Silhouette as Art and Entertainment
- HIST 75H exhibition tour with curator James Capobianco
- HIST 75H exhibition tour with curator James Capobianco
- HIST 75H exhibition tour with curator James Capobianco
- HIST 75H Exhibition Opening Reception and Podcast Launch
- HIST 75H: A Masterclass on Houghton Library