Architectural plans for the Houghton Library, 1940-1941 (inclusive).

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Houghton Library

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In 1938 Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library (1937-1955), proposed a separate library building for rare books and manuscripts. Through the generosity of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Harvard Class of 1929, Harvard became the first American university to construct a separate research facility for the housing and study of rare books and manuscripts. The Houghton Library, dedicated and opened in 1942, won major architectural awards and became a mo...

Perry, Shaw and Hepburn

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Percy, Shaw and Hepburn.

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Perry, Shaw and Hepburn was the Boston architectural firm that designed Houghton Library, the rare book and manuscript library at Harvard University. The firm won the Harleston Parker medal for architecture in New England in 1942 for its work on this building. From the description of Architectural plans for the Houghton Library, 1940-1941 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505812 ...