![]() “Hidden gems,” says Berry, Houghton’s digital collections program manager, whose professional background is in African-American-focused archival work. It includes artifacts ranging from the famous-letters and manuscripts from abolitionist Frederick Douglass, books by W.E.B. The curated collection, called “Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources from Houghton Library,” is the first of its kind from Houghton. Accessible to both scholars and the general public, the website includes interpretive essays-written by Harvard graduate and College students-and contextual guides to help visitors navigate the collection, as well as teaching aids for middle- and high-school classes. This January, the finished product made its public debut, when Houghton unveiled a website and database of more than 1,100 primary sources (with more being added in the coming months), dating the slave trade through the early twentieth century: books, letters, photos, pamphlets, manuscripts, and numerous other artifacts. A year and a half ago, in the early months of the pandemic, Houghton archivist Dorothy Berry began a project to digitize materials from the library’s collection related to African American history and culture.
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