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...Harvard's libraries are hazardous to books' health. Houghton Library, Harvard's goldmine of rare books, was originally constructed with its special preservation needs in mind. Built in 1942, Houghton was the first library to have atmospheric controls integrated into the building plan, according to Roger E. Stoddard, curator of rare books. "That's the very best thing you can do," says Stoddard, explaining the importance of a steady temperature and humidity level to the life of a book. "If you allow books to partake of the New England atmosphere, they will be destroyed...
...Stoddard says that much of the collection is on fragile paper (especially the correspondence) which cannot withstand much wear at all. "Our problem for the future," he says, will be to adequately preserve the letters while still making them "accessible to all scholars to examine." At this point, microfilming is the best solution, Stoddard says...
...microfilming can only go so far. Many of the books in Houghton need to be preserved in their original form. "There are certain things that you cannot allow to be worn out because they cannot be replaced," says Stoddard. "Microfilm serves the needs of most readers," he says, but "microfilm won't show you how the book was put together... There is no substitute when it comes to evidence for the book itself...
DARTMOUTH (59)--Corkum 0-0-0; Morwick 2-0-4; Murray 5-2-12; Daigle 7-5-19; Stoddard 0-3-3; Peterson 6-5-17; Fortin 1-2-4; Taylor 0-0-0; Breen 0-0-0; Totals...
Fouled Out-- Collins. Total fouls--Harvard 23, Hartford 16. Rebounds--Harvard 45 (Collins, Joseph, 8), Hartford 47 (Whitten, 15). Assists--Harvard 15 (Keffer 7), Hartford 8 (Whitten, Daigle, Stoddard...