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☆ Harvard has a new problem: disposing of a human skin book binding
  + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Harvard's library removed a human skin binding from a book in its collection. The book has been in Harvard's library since 1934. The book is said to be bound with the skin of a deceased psychiatric patient. AdvertisementHarvard's library said the human skin binding on one of its books was finally removed after nearly a century. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: —, Des Organizations: Service, Harvard, Houghton Library, Business
☆ Harvard Says It's Removed Human Skin From Binding of 19th Century Book
  + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Associated Press | March | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
(AP) — Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. Scientific analysis done in 2014 confirmed the binding was made of human skin, the university said. In its statement, Harvard said the library noted several ways in which its stewardship practices failed to meet its ethical standards. The removed skin is now in “secure storage at Harvard Library,” Anne-Marie Eze, Houghton Library associate librarian, said in the question-and-answer session. Harvard said the skin removal was prompted by a library review following a Harvard University report on human remains in its museum collections, released in 2022.
Persons: Des, ”, Arsène Houssaye, Ludovic Bouland, Harvard, Bouland, Thomas Hyry, ” Harvard, ” Anne, Marie Eze Organizations: — Harvard University, Houghton Library, Houghton, Harvard Library, Harvard University, “ Harvard Library, Harvard Museum Locations: CAMBRIDGE, French
☆ Rare Tickets to Ford’s Theatre on the Night Lincoln Was Assassinated Auction for $262,500
  + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Associated Press | Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
BOSTON (AP) — A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — sold at auction for $262,500, according to a Boston-based auction house. The tickets are stamped with the date, “Ford’s Theatre, APR 14, 1865, This Night Only.” They bear the left-side imprint “Ford’s Theatre, Friday, Dress Circle!” and are filled out in pencil with section (“D”) and seat numbers “41″ and “42”, according to RR Auction. The handwritten seating assignments and the circular April 14th-dated stamp match those found on other known authentic tickets, including a used ticket stub in the collection of Harvard University’s Houghton Library, auction officials said. Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesAs Lincoln slumped forward in his seat, Booth jumped onto the stage and fled out a back door. Also sold at Saturday's auction was a Lincoln-signed first edition of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, which fetched nearly $594,000.
Persons: Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth —, “, ” Booth, Lincoln, Booth, Petersen, Douglas Organizations: BOSTON, Theatre, Harvard University’s Houghton Library, Harvard, Washington , D.C, Lincoln Locations: Boston, Washington ,, Virginia, Lincoln
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