Word: houghtons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Friday, May 12, at 8:30 o'clock a public Concert of Early Music will be presented by the Harvard Music Department in the Exhibition Room of Houghton Library. A program consisting of works by Buxtehude, Corelli, Marcello, and Telemaun will be played by Wolfe, Wolfinsohn, Violin, Iwan d'Archambeau, 'cello, and Erwin Bodky, harpsichord...
...Future, No Action. Trim, 47-year-old Mr. Boeschenstein was drafted late in 1942 from the presidency of rich, war-busy Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., which he and Amory Houghton put together in 1938 to exploit Owens-Illinois and Corning Glass Works' progressive research in glass fibers...
...KENNETH S. HOUGHTON...
...public part of the Houghton Library is centered in the Oval Lobby, the walls of which are occupied by 12 collections, ranging from 181 editions of Persius behind one set of glass doors, to the original Harvard College textbooks and the Charter of 1650 behind another...
There are two floors of stacks below the building, having a capacity of more than 1,000,000 books. The present collection about half fills them, and about a tenth of these are on exhibition. Unlike the dingy labyrinths of Houghton's senior partner, the stacks are bright with fluorescent lighting that penetrates even to the bottom shelf, but only members of the staff are allowed to appreciate them. The light and humidity of the entire building are so regulated as to prolong the life of the manuscripts