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Harvard Book Store was established in 1932 by Mark Kramer, father of longtime owner Frank Kramer, and originally sold used textbooks to students. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Family-owned for over seventy-five years, the store was sold in the fall of 2008 to Jeffrey Mayersohn and Linda Seamonson of Wellesley, Massachusetts , and remains an independent business.
The idea of the Harvard Classics was presented in speeches by then President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University. [1] Several years prior to 1909, Eliot gave a speech in which he remarked that a three-foot shelf would be sufficient to hold enough books to give a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion.
For bookstores with at least 4 locations, see list of bookstore chains. Bart's Books in Ojai Booksmith, San Francisco The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles Kramers (bookstore) Harvard Book Store, Cambridge Bluestockings in Manhattan The Mysterious Bookshop, Manhattan
The Ancient of Days in Europe a Prophecy by William Blake, 1795, copy H. Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. [1]
Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. [2] It is a member of the Association of University Presses. [3] Its director since 2017 is George Andreou. [4] The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts near Harvard Square, and in London
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, [2] is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector Harry Elkins Widener, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Social Security is the U.S. government’s biggest program; as of June 30, 2024, about 67.9 million people, or one in five Americans, collected Social Security benefits.This year, we’re seeing a ...
Marjorie Garber (born June 11, 1944) is an American professor at Harvard University [1] and the author of a wide variety of books, most notably ones about William Shakespeare and aspects of popular culture including sexuality.