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Collection Highlights

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  • Pair of polarizing lenses held by man standing out of frame

    Polaroid Corporation Collection

    Records from one of the most creative and innovative companies of the 20th century.

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    Schwartz Art Collection

    Displayed throughout campus to inspire students to think creatively.

  • Woman in print dress standing on Stock Exchange floor surrounded by men

    Muriel Siebert Collection

    American businesswoman Muriel F. Siebert (1928-2013) was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first woman to own and direct a brokerage firm that was a member of the NYSE.

  • Drawing of two women in Victorian dress at a piano with Davids Prize Soap label beneath

    Advertising Ephemera

    More than 8,000 trade cards representing the full range of products and businesses advertised through this medium from the 1870s through the 1890s.

Exhibits

Lehman Brothers 1850-2008

The story of one of the country’s oldest investment banks, its reach into nearly every sector of the American economy, and the impact of the firm’s collapse.

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  • Muriel Siebert in a sleeveless coral dress sits at a desk with vintage office equipment, smiling and holding a pencil.

    Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

    Through photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and media coverage, this exhibition explores Muriel Siebert's rise from research analyst in the 1950s to Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and national voice on financial literacy.

  • Black and white depiction of a man in glasses caught midspeech, gesturing with his hands

    From Inquiry to Action: Harvard Business School & the Case Method

    Since the 1920s, HBS has been an innovative leader in the development and refinement of teaching with the case method, helping to shape business education programs and business leaders around the world.

  • A sepia toned illustration of a group of men in long coats and powdered wigs riding or standing before a wooden carousel while statues atop the carousel’s pillars drop papers down upon them. Text reads “DesWaerelds doen en doolen. Is maar een MALLEMOOLEN.”

    The South Sea Bubble, 1720

    Explore one of the most extensive collections in the world relating to the first international stock market crash. An exhibition featuring selections from the collection provides further context for understanding the economic and social dimensions of the Bubble.

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