Episode
Inside the life of a curator (and the myth of white gloves), with John Overholt.
- Published
- Apr 16, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1853
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://shows.acast.com/grammar-girl/episodes/1177
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/episodes/inside-the-life-of-a-curator-and-the-myth-of-white-gloves-with-john-overholt/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/inside-the-life-of-a-curator-and-the-myth-of-white-gloves-with-john-overholt.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
1177. This week, we look at behind-the-scenes of being a curator at Harvard's Houghton Library with John Overholt. We look at why 18th-century paper is surprisingly tough, how John managed the high-stakes transport of a George Washington book, and why curators actually prefer bare hands over white gloves. This bonus discussion originally ran for Grammarpaloozians back in January. Find John Overholt on Mastodon . Houghton Library's website 🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon. 🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) 🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses . 🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter . 🔗 Take our advertising survey . 🔗 Transcript available on QuickandDirtyTips.com . 🔗 Get Grammar Girl books . | HOST: Mignon Fogarty | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network . Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb | Theme music by Catherine Rannus . | Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube . TikTok . Facebook . Threads . Instagram . LinkedIn . Mastodon . Bluesky . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.