Houghton Library opened in 1942 to provide a dedicated home for Harvard Library’s rapidly growing collections of rare books and manuscripts. Since then, it has become known as a research center and a setting for hands-on learning, exhibitions, and lectures and other public programs.

Houghton is not just a place that keeps books; it is a notable site of human activity that both reflects and contributes to the interconnectivity of Harvard Library as a whole.
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Feb 17, 2023 - hou00201c00003
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City:HavanaCountry:United StatesCreated:1863DocumentationGenre:CorrespondencePerson/Org:Allen, NathanPhysical Format:Institutional papersSAEF:PDS RelationshipState:N/ATheme:FreedmenUID:hou00201c00003
Automatically generated PDS relationship file for dataset: doi:10.7910/DVN/FSTVKA. Generated on: 2022-09-13 14:36:00.336068
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Documentation
Codebook and field definitions for the SAEF Datafiles Inventory
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Codebook and field definitions for the SAEF Dataset Inventory
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DataInventory
Full inventory and selected metadata for SAEF datafiles
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DataInventory
Full inventory and selected metadata for SAEF datasets
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DataDocumentation
Index of SAEF project-specific metadata applied to individual digital objects (datasets)
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Documentation about the SAEF data collection.
Feb 17, 2023
Project Background Houghton Library, Harvard University’s largest rare books and manuscripts repository, is home to hundreds of thousands of materials relating to history across the world. Houghton’s collections related to Black history range from the 18th century through today, but have historically been difficult to discover amongst all the other...
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