A Cambridge Room Exhibition: Postcards of Cambridge

Postcards of Cambridge, an exhibition featuring historic postcards from the Cambridge Public Library Archives, is currently on view at the Cambridge Public Library’s Main building.  The postcards on display reflect diverse aspects of Cambridge life and history dating back to the 19th century, and represent subjects including Harvard University, the Longfellow House, the Washington Elm, Harvard Square, Central Square, Cambridge Common, and many more.

The exhibition is located on the second floor of Cambridge’s Main Library and is available for viewing during the library’s regular hours.

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The CPL’s on Flickr

 

Did you know that the Cambridge Public Library has a Flickr page.  Be sure to check it for time to time for images from the Cambridge Room, especially images of the room itself and the small rotating exhibits on display.

 

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A Cambridge Room Exhibition: The Printed Word – Three Books of Influence from Colonial Cambridge

An etching from Thomas Shepard’s The Parable of the Ten Virgins

The Printed Word:  Three Books of Influence from Colonial Cambridge, a rare book exhibition featuring three books from the Cambridge Room, is currently on view at the Cambridge Public Library’s Main building.  The three books on display – Thomas Shepard’s The Parable of the Ten Virgins (1660), John Tulley’s Almanack (1692), and Judah Monis’ Hebrew Grammar, (1735) – are illustrative of both the types of books printed in colonial Cambridge and the authors who had profound influence on the citizenry of Cambridge.

The exhibition is located on the second floor of Cambridge’s Main Library and is available for viewing  during the library’s regular hours.

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Free Exhibition: The History of Personal Credit at the Baker Library

W.W. Chenery. “Debtor and Creditor.” Boston: M. T. Sheahan, late 19th c. Bleichroeder Print Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections. Harvard Business School 

The Baker Library Historical Collections at Harvard Business School has just curated a free exhibition on the history of personal credit, titled Buy Now, Pay Later.  In light of current economic issues, in particular the problem that many Americans live well beyond their means via credit, this exhibition couldn’t have come at a better time.

The exhibition will run from October 22, 2010 through June 3, 2011 in the North Lobby, Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Harvard Business School.  On Thursday, November 4, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. there will be a gallery talk in the North Lobby.  The exhibition and gallery talk are free and open to the public.

To learn more about the exhibition and view some of the materials that are featured, click here:  http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/credit/.

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Free Exhibition at Wellesley College: Why Margaret Fuller Matters

Until recently, Margaret Fuller, one of Cambridge’s most renowned intellectuals, was left out of the pantheon of Transcendentalists.  A new exhibition at Wellesley College’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life looks to reintroduce Fuller through a series of text and image panels that explore her relationships with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne; her views on women’s rights, education, class, slavery, American Indian rights, religion, and transcendentalism; her world view as a transnationalist; and her unique vision of a just world.

The exhibition runs from October 27 to November 11, 2010 and is free and open to the public.

For more information on Wellesley College’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life:  http://www.wellesley.edu/rellife/.

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