Treasure


Miniature Worlds

How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life

by Nina Pasquini

Spherical Riches

Harvard's baseball collection consists of 274 balls in a massive case. The balls commemorate games won by College teams between 1865 and 1885...

The President's Grandfather

HARVARD HAS about 125 notable old clocks. Fifty came in 1943 from Grenville L. Winthrop, A.B. 1886, LL.B. '89 (who gave to the Fogg Art Museum...

The Glass Animals

Once seen, not forgotten. so it is with Harvard's wondrous glass flowers. Droves of visitors--120,000 annually--depart marveling at the unique collection…

Crimson in Triumph Flashing

On the lookout for Harvard's official color. A matter of personal taste?