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October 12, 2006
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Pulp in peril
Harvard College Library's Ordway collection of pulp magazines presents some special preservation issues. The magazines' proliferation, starting in the 1890s, was made possible with the development of very cheap paper made from wood pulp. They were never meant to last, and as their research value grows with time, so does their physical degradation. (Courtesy of Widener Library)
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
The pleasures and perils of pop culture
Preserving Ordway's collection of pulp fiction is a task that's amazing! startling! wonderful! ... and challenging
Tozzer Library fetes quarter-millionth volume with exhibition
Exhibit celebrates literature of anthropology
A heady look at Hendrix and identity
LSE's Gilroy wraps up DuBois lectures
Soyinka deplores decline in free expression
History and Literature Program celebrates 100 years
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