Wednesday, May 20, 2009

News from Harvard's Open Collections Program

"Expeditions and Discoveries: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age" is the newest addition to Harvard's Open Collections Program. The digital collection contains over 250,000 pages scanned from 700 books and serials, plus 50,000 manuscript pages, 1,200 photographs, 200 maps, 21 atlases, and numerous drawings and prints. Among the treasures, materials include field notes and letters about exploration and scientific discovery from 1626 to 1953.

Click here for "Expeditions and Discoveries."

Click here for information about Harvard's Open Collections Program.

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