Christopher Reed

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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

Treasure | May-June 2016

“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)

Treasure | January-February 2015

“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

Treasure | November-December 2014

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

Treasure | September-October 2014

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>

Treasure | May-June 2014

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.

Treasure | January-February 2014

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)

Treasure | September-October 2013

"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)

Treasure | July-August 2013

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

Treasure | May-June 2013

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

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2013

Harvard University Press centennial in a digital era

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

Treasure | March-April 2013

Japanese falconry preserved by note-taking

An item in the history of note-taking