BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:HUSI Houghton Library Tour PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1618861_0 SUMMARY:HUSI Houghton Library Tour DESCRIPTION:

HUSI students and instructors are invited to a special viewing of exciting highlights from Houghton Library's Ukrainian and broader Slavic collections.

Houghton Library is home to Harvard's rare books and manuscripts, literary and performing arts archives, and more. Please see below for a comprehensive list of artifacts that HUSI students will have access to on Thursday, July 16.

Students, take note:

Capacity & Timing: The viewing space accommodates 30 people at a time. Admittance is first-come, first-served. If the room is full, you will be admitted as others exit. Please arrive promptly at 3:30 PM.
Belongings: Library staff will direct you to lockers to store your personal items. Cell phones and cameras are permitted and photography is welcome.

This special viewing is made possible thanks to HUSI 2026 student Astara Bastille, Houghton Library Associate Curator Christine Jacobson, and HURI Bibliographer Olha Aleksic.

This is a private event for Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) students, faculty, and staff.

On view:

Fedorov, Ivan, et al. Biblīa, sirěchʹ, Knigy Vetkhago i Novago Zavěta. Napechatasha ... Ioan[n]om Fedorovym synom z Moskvy, 1581. f *RC5.F3195.581b (Ostroh Bible) http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990040906210203941/catalog
Fedorov, I. (1574). A B V . VT *RC5.F3195.574b (Old Church Slavonic primer; first printed book on Ukrainian soil) https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990039611830203941/catalog
Skovoroda, Hryhoriĭ Savych. Razgovor nazyvaemyĬ alfavit : ili bukvarʹ mïra : manuscript, [1781]. MS Russ 22 http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990121205340203941/catalog
Mazepa, Ivan Stepanovych, and Fedir Hryhorii︠e︡vych. Charter : granting monopoly privileges on the sale of liquor and tobacco in the village of Svitylʹne, manuscript, 1695 Oct. 8. 1695. F MS Russ 6.1 https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094153030203941/catalog
Shevchenko, T. (1840). Kobzarʹ. Tip. E. Fishera. RC8.Sh593K.1840 (A) poems.https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990017854040203941/catalog
Kotli︠a︡revsʹkyĭ, Ivan Petrovych, and Virgil. Eneida / Chastʹ I[-III]. Izhdivenīem M. Parpury, 1798. RC8.K8484.798e https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990017905500203941/catalog
Naukove tovarystvo imeny Shevchenka, and Ukraïnsʹko-rusʹka vydavnycha spilka u Lʹvovi. Literaturno-naukovyĭ vistnyk. Tovarystvo, 1898. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990001696840203941/catalog 2021-147
Mazepa, Ivan Stepanovych, 1639-1709. Charter : about Sloboda Mill, manuscript, 1691 Oct. 14.
MS Russ 6. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094098480203941/catalog
Svit molodi : divochyĭ z︠h︡urnal. (1933). [World of Youth: Young Women’s journal] 2025-476 https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99158081428803941/catalog
Vdruhe peremishchena osoba = Second time displaced person. 2024-1180 https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157434614203941/catalog
RC9.M4513.923d2. Mayakovsky, Vladimir, and El Lissitzky. 1923. Dli︠a︡ golosa. Berlin: R.S.F.S.R. Gos. izd-vo.http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990060864370203941/catalog
10 let Uzbekistana SSR. 2023-147 https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156432174003941/catalog
2022-181. Vshtuni, Azat. 1931. Khosum e ṛadio-Alzhirě : satirapoem. Yerevan: Pethrat. http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99155844866503941/catalog
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova Designs for Le Coq d'Or, 1937 (MS Thr 422 5, 9, and 20, ). Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01472/catalog
Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966. Поэма без героя : typescript, circa 1940-1968. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157879445103941/catalog

Questions? Contact HURI Events Coordinator, Kat Ambrus.

Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access should contact us at least two weeks in advance.

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