Harvard Library removes human skin from book binding - NBC …
WebMar 28, 2024 · By Katherine Itoh. Harvard University removed human skin from the binding of "Des Destinées de L'âme" in Houghton Library on Wednesday after a review found ethical concerns with the...
Harvard removes book binding made from dead woman's skin …
WebMar 28, 2024 · Harvard University. Dr. Bouland bound the book with skin he took "without consent" from the body of an unnamed deceased female patient from a French psychiatric hospital where he worked, the announcement said.
Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library
WebMar 27, 2024 · Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library - The New York Times. The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book...
A Book Bound With Human Skin Spent 90 Years in Harvard's …
WebApr 16, 2024 · SMART NEWS. A Book Bound With Human Skin Spent 90 Years in Harvard’s Library. Now, the Binding Has Been Removed. In the late 19th century, a French physician took the skin, without...
Harvard removes human skin from book binding | AP News
WebUpdated 10:06 AM PDT, March 30, 2024. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (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. The decision came after a review found ethical concerns with the book’s origin and history.
Harvard University removes human skin binding from book - BBC
Web28 March 2024. By Noor Nanji,Culture reporter. Harvard University has removed the binding of human skin from a 19th Century book kept in its library. Des Destinées de l'Ame (Destinies of...
Harvard Removes Skin Binding From Book, Apologizes for ‘Past …
WebMar 28, 2024 · By Christopher Hidalgo. By Madeline E. Proctor, Crimson Staff Writer. March 28, 2024. Harvard removed the human skin binding from a book held in Houghton Library and apologized for “past...
A statement on Des destinées de l’âme and its stewardship
WebHarvard Library has removed human skin from the binding of a copy of Arsène Houssaye’s book Des destinées de l’âme (1880s), held at Houghton Library.
Books Bound in Human Skin: An Ethical Quandary at the Library
WebApr 19, 2024 · A single skin-bound book from 19th-century France may seem like a small thing amid the more than 20,000 human remains in Harvard’s collections, including 6,500 from Native Americans, which ...
Q&A with Houghton Library about the book Des ... - Harvard Library
WebBy Tenzin Dickie March 27, 2024. This month, Harvard Library announced that they had removed human skin from the binding of their copy of Des destinées de l’âme, a book first published in 1879 by French author Arsène Houssaye. The decision to remove the human skin from the binding followed a review by Harvard Library of the book’s ...
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