Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Exhibits

Stepping Stones for New Americans

April 15, 2013 to September 18, 2013

This exhibit features material from collections in the Schlesinger Library of four Boston-area organizations founded to support immigrant groups, showcasing the diversity of the immigrant experience in the city and the changing socio-political context in which the groups operated.

Siting Julia: Julia Child Centenary Exhibition

September 21, 2012 to March 22, 2013

The Siting Julia: Julia Child Centenary Exhibition from the Schlesinger Library’s Julia Child Papers traces her path through various sites: post–World War II Paris; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and national television.

Image by [Jessica Tanny]

March 26, 2012 to September 7, 2012

Flo Kennedy, Maud Wood Park, Florence Luscomb, and Jeannette Rankin—four women who spent their lives working for democratic change and expanding the rights and freedoms of women and African Americans—are featured in the current exhibit on display until September 2012. From traditional methods of lobbying legislators and holding elected office to grassroots public demonstrations and teach-ins, these women exemplified American civic responsibility.

Women on the Clock: Hard Work and Low Wages. Image by Jessica Tanny.

October 21, 2011 to March 12, 2012

The exhibit opens on Friday, October 21, 2011, and runs through Monday, March 12, 2012, and will be on view in the Schlesinger Library’s first floor exhibit area during regular library hours: Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: The Collaborative Goes Global. Image by Jessica Tanny.

February 25, 2011 to October 12, 2011

The exhibit opens on Friday, February 25, 2011, and runs through Wednesday, October 12, 2011, and will be on view in the Schlesinger Library’s first floor exhibit area during regular library hours: Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Portrait of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, ca. 1909.  Photograph by Lena Connell. From the Charlotte Perkins Gilman papers.

October 14, 2010 to February 17, 2011

The exhibit opens on Thursday, October 14, 2010, and runs through Thursday, February 17, 2011, and will be on view in the Schlesinger Library’s first floor exhibit area during regular library hours: Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

["American Sketches: The Ladies' Window at the New York Post-Office." Illustrated London News, 1875, artist: Henry Linton. From the Clara Goldberg Schiffer Papers.]

March 8, 2010 to October 5, 2010

The exhibit opens on Monday, March 8, 2010, and runs through Tuesday, October 5, 2010, and will be on view in the Schlesinger Library’s first floor exhibit area during regular library hours: Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Photograph of Lillian Schoedler, Angkor Wat, French Indochina (Cambodia), early 1929. From the Lillian Schoedler Papers.

October 2, 2009 to February 26, 2010

The exhibit opens on Friday, October 2, 2009, and runs through Friday, February 26, 2010, and will be on view in the Schlesinger Library’s first floor exhibit area during regular library hours: Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 9, 2009 to October 9, 2009

The exhibit opens on Monday, March 9, 2009, and runs through Friday, October 9, 2009, and will be on view in the Schlesinger Library's first floor exhibit area during regular library hours: Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Girl's Basketball team at the Denison Settlement House on Tyler Street in Boston, MA, c. 1930. From the Denison House Records.

October 17, 2008 to February 26, 2009

The exhibit opens on Friday, October 17, 2008, and runs through February 26, 2009, and will be on view in the Schlesinger Library’s first floor exhibit area during regular library hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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