1773, Catalogus eorum qui in Collegio-Harvardino, quod est Cantabrigiæ, Nov-Anglorum, ab anno MDCXLII, ad annum MDCCLXXIII, alicujus gradûs laureâ donati sunt., 1773 Digital
Scope and Contents
Consists of the 1773 published broadside cut into strips and pasted into a blank volume. Names are annotated with biographical notes, most often location of residence, and occasionally professional information and death dates. Bound in brown paper cover.
Dates
- Creation: 1773
Researcher Access
The Triennial Catalogues annotated by unidentified authors are open for research.
Extent
.1 cubic feet (6 volumes)Biographical / Historical
The pre-1980 Harvard University Archives shelflist suggests the annotations may be by J. McKean based on the cover page inscription. The name "McKean" is also inscribed on the front of the 1782, 1809, and 1815 Catalogues in the William Winthrop Collection (HUM 26), suggesting a shared provenance, and perhaps annotations by multiple hands. Reverend Dr. Joseph McKean (1776-1818, Harvard AB 1794) was the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric, Oratory and Elocution from 1809 until 1818 and a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. His son, Dr. Joseph William McKean (1800-1839), graduated from the College in 1819. The relationship of the McKeans to Winthrop and the Catalogues is unclear, though Winthrop recommended the younger McKean to Harvard President John Thornton Kirkland for a transcription task in 1822 (College Papers, Volume X, January 5, 1822).
Former call number
Formerly classified as HUG 2145.173, 1773 Triennial Catalogue.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Note with item: "Deposited by M.H.S. June 12, 1950, with Wm Winthrop mss, but probably not made by him. McKean?" "McKean" written on cover.
Repository Details
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