Graduate schools, 1942-1955
Scope and Contents note
A few images are accompanied by typewritten press releases or photo caption sheets.
Views of facilities, students, faculty, adminstrators, alumni, guests, and activities at Harvard University graduate schools.
Subjects include:
- Harvard Business School: Aldrich Hall, Kresge Hall, Chase Hall, McCulloch Hall, Mellon Hall, Gallatin Hall, the Fatigue Laboratory in Morgan Hall, Baker Library, the Student’s Club, the dean’s house, the campus in winter, the "swamps" and "dumps" behind the school, housing for veterans, and a "mock-up" classroom constructed to test the design concept; U.S. Navy Supply Corp School instructors and students, Cowie Mess Hall, Potter Auditorium, and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter landing; Dean Donald K. David, administrators, and faculty, including Professor of Government and Director of the School of Overseas Administration Carl J. Friedrich; librarians and staff; alumni activities; Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, businessman A. Lincoln Filene, U.S. Ambassador Winthrop W. Aldrich, and other prominent guests; students on campus, in class, in uniform, in the Placement Office, in dorm rooms and dining halls, registering for classes, and studying in the library; also, foreign students, Business School “retrainees” and Trade Union Fellows, meetings, conferences, Advanced Management Program graduation ceremonies, and other events.
- Harvard Medical School: administrators, faculty, and alumni, including Alumni Day events and activities; students, many in uniform, on campus, relaxing, attending class, operating on corpses, and in the pathology lab with Dr. Arthur Hertig; Medical and Dental School graduation ceremonies at Vanderbilt Hall; also, a tea for faculty wives. Of special note are portraits of the first African-Americans to graduate Harvard Medical School’s Navy V-12 program in 1944, Cyril J. Jones and Bernard W. Robinson; group portraits of the first women admitted to Harvard Medical School in 1945; and a series of humorous photographs of Dr. Curtis Prout used to illustrate an article on the hazards of smoking.
- Harvard Law School: Langdell Hall and the Law School Library, including the Elihu Root Room, Austin Hall, and Gannett House; Dean Erwin N. Griswold, adminstrators, and faculty; members of the Harvard Law Review Board and Law School Forum, Law School Record staff, and other organizations; Ames Moot Court Competition judges and participants; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black; meetings of the Council of the Harvard Law School Association; students in class, studying, and moving into the “new Graduate Center” (also known as the Gropius Complex); also, architectural models, construction, and dedication of the Graduate Center in 1950, the first modern building on Harvard's campus, and a group portrait of The Architects Collaborative, Walter Gropius's architectural firm commissioned by Harvard to design the Graduate Center. Of special note are group portraits of the first women to receive LL.B. degrees from Harvard Law School in 1953.
- Other schools: Graduate School of Education faculty, including William G. Perry, founder and director of the Bureau of Study Counsel, and students teaching in local grade schools; also, Lawrence Hall and the Laboratory of Human Development. Graduate School of Public Health administrators, faculty, staff, and students; committee meetings, receptions, and other events; Huntington Hospital classrooms and laboratories; and Bussey Institution. Graduate School of Design student activities in Hunt Hall and Robinson Hall, including Walter Gropius teaching a class in architecture; and students rebuilding an old house. Graduate School of Public Administration faculty, students, and seminars in Littauer. And Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offices in Farlow House.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1955
Physical Description
(1,473 contact prints mounted on 389 paper binder pages, 1 work print
Access
The contact prints are open for research.
Extent
0.55 cubic feetPhotographers
Most graduate schools photographs were taken by Walter R. Fleischer; other credited credited photographers include Paul Southwick and William Tamberg, Fogg Art Museum photographer, Jim Ufford, and a student photographer, Dimitri d'Arbeloff (Harvard College Class of 1951).
Dimensions
(Images are 10 x 12 cm or smaller mounted on pages 29 x 22 cm or smaller.)
General note
- David, Donald Kirk, 1896-1979
- Harvard Law School.
- Harvard Medical School.
- Harvard School of Public Health.
- Harvard University. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
- Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration.
- Harvard University. Graduate School of Design.
- Harvard University. Graduate School of Education.
- Harvard University. Graduate School of Public Administration.
Creator
- From the Collection: Harvard University. News Office (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
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