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Treasure Hunting in the Harvard Libraries – virtually for now.

Staff writer for the Harvard Crimson, Oliver L. Riskin-Kutz interviewed the librarians to show him their favorite or most under-appreciated piece from their collections. This was before the pandemic time, but his photo essay is now published on the Crimson, and we can look at the photos and learn about each collection at home. Read more about his photo essay.

While doing a treasure hunting in physical libraries is not possible now, and perhaps for some time, his wonderful photo essay gives us an opportunity to share some of the unique collections from the Harvard Libraries online, and for you to meet the librarians virtually.

Jessica Evans Brady, a research collection librarian from the Fine Arts Library, presented this artists book entitled “Memory and landscape: unveiling the historic truths of Chile, 1973-1990.”

Memory and landscape : unveiling the historic truths of Chile, 1973-1990 = Memoria y paisaje : develando las verdades históricas de Chile, 1973-1990 San Martin, Maria Veronica  Varian title: Memoria y paisaje : develando las verdades históricas de Chile, 1973-1990 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 DVD (4 min. : col., sd. ; 4 3/4 in.)

'Memory and Landscape: Unveiling the Historic Truths of Chile' is a book of resistance that carries forward the protest and history of the disappearance of people in Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The abuses and human rights violations committed, such as forced imprisonment, torture, forced exile and murder, creates a responsibility for the government to do justice for the horrors perpetrated in Chile between 1973 and 1990"—taken from Preface.