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.

For nearly a century, the hallowed halls of Harvard University's Houghton Library had a book bound by human skin among the Ivy League's collection of 20 million books — until a recent decision ...

Harvard Library says it has removed a book that's been in its collection for nearly a century that is partially made with human skin that was taken from a deceased hospital patient without consent.

Harvard Library announced that it has removed human skin that was used to bind a book from the 1880s. The copy of Arsène Houssaye’s "Des destinées de l’âme" was found in the Houghton ...

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it had removed "human skin" from the binding of Des destinées de l'âme from its Houghton Library when a review found the book failed to meet "ethical ...

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For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.

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 ...