Christopher Reed

Commentary |

Sweet Auburn

Whimsical ruminations on America’s oldest garden cemetery

First of four photographs showing the “Radio Contact” exhibit at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Museums & Collections |

“Radio Contact” at Harvard’s Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments

Radio was the medium that broke the silence.

Hornbills, including the Malaysian state bird, <i>Buceros rhinoceros</i> (right)

Museums & Collections |

“Birds of the World” at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History

A new exhibition of birds of the world

Scene from an 1858 German album

Arts & Culture |

Silhouettes from Harvard’s Houghton Library displayed

All that’s needed are scissors and a steady hand.

A July 23, 1918, map of the Argonne Forest

Museums & Collections |

Harvard Map Collection exhibits maps of the trenches in World War I

A new way to see World War I

Thackeray’s self-portrait from an 1848 edition of <i>Vanity Fair</i>

Books & Literary Life |

Harvard’s Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray

Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray.

The I.L. Ellwood Company used gleaming locomotives to highlight the advantages of its "barb wire" fencing.

Arts & Culture |

Railroads’ impact in the U.S.A.: an online, HBS Baker Library exhibition

What more than 240,000 miles of railroad track can do

Civil War amputee Charles T. Green, photographed by William Bell (circa 1864)

Arts & Culture |

"Battle-Scarred": Harvard exhibit on caring for the Civil War's sick and wounded

What life was like for those who did not die

<i>Colossus monarchicus statua Danielis</i>, by Matthaeus Seutter (1730)

Arts & Culture |

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture debut exhibit: “Time & Time Again”

A personification of time

Fragment of a wall tile from Iran, dating from the thirteenth to fourteenth century

Arts & Culture |

Harvard showcases Calderwood Collection art from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia

Art on display from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia spans a millennium.

A view of early digs in Randall Hall

Arts & Culture |

Harvard University Press centennial in a digital era

At its centennial, Harvard University Press continues publishing books, while vastly expanding its digital products.

Arts & Culture |

Japanese falconry preserved by note-taking

An item in the history of note-taking