Name of repository/collection:
Modern Books and Manuscripts Department (formerly known as Manuscript Department)
Address:
Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact:
Curator
Telephone:
617-495-2449
Fax:
617-495-1376
Email:
Repository website URL:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton
Description of repository / collection image holdings:
Primarily photographs included as a component of family papers, such as the Emerson, Alcott, and Dickinson families, and many others; drawings, primarily English and American; and paintings.
What we have in VIA:
Only daguerreotypes are described in VIA, although some Houghton Modern paintings are included from descriptions in the Harvard Portrait Collection. Additional visual materials can be found in HOLLIS and OASIS.
Reproductions
Reproductions for items from the Modern Books and Manuscripts Department should be ordered through the Public Services Department; see:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/#houghton
Copyright and Permissions:
The material in this collection is owned or held by Houghton Library. Some of the images, text and other content in VIA (collectively, the "Content") is protected by copyright law. In some cases, the copyright is owned by other parties, and Harvard is making the Content available to you under license or under the fair use doctrine.
The Content is provided for your personal, noncommercial teaching and research use. You may not copy, publish, post, distribute, display, perform, or otherwise make available any of the Content protected by copyright, except as may be permitted under fair use or another copyright law exemption. If you wish to make any such use of the Content, you must obtain permission from the copyright holder, which may be Harvard or another party. Please contact the collection curator.
Some of the Content may be subject to other restrictions - for example, those imposed by a license agreement. You must comply with any other restrictions and terms of use that are identified in connection with particular Content.
In accessing VIA, you agree to use the Content only in accordance with copyright law and any other identified restrictions, and you assume all liability for any copyright infringement caused by your use. Some information on copyright law and fair use for members of the Harvard community can be found at:
http://ogc.harvard.edu/copyright_docs/copyright_and_fair_use.php