Digital Spotlight: Reading: Harvard Views

READING: HARVARD VIEWS OF READERS, READERSHIP, and READING HISTORY is an online source for exploring the intellectual, cultural, and political history of reading.

Contents: Sharing historical holdings of the Harvard Libraries, this unique collection includes annotated books by authors like John Keats and Herman Melville. Library records show what people like Emerson, Longfellow, and Thoreau were reading. Sections include learning to read, reading collectively, reading on one’s own, and collection highlights.

Classroom Connections: Librarians will find this collection of professional interest. However, it would also be useful to teens and teachers in the area of history and English.

Featured Digital Objects:
Missions to Native North Americans http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/readi…/highlights/highlight3.html
Charging Records of Thoreau http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/readi…/highlights/highlight8.html
Commonplace Book: John Hancock http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/readi…/highlights/highlight9.html

To visit the collection, go to http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/reading/.