An oration delivered at the request of the PBK society, at Cambridge. By Thomas W. Hooper, 1790, 1790 Digital
Scope and content
This small paper notebook contains a sixteen-page handwritten copy of an oration on "amiable and useful virtues" delivered by Phi Beta Kappa member Thomas W. Hooper on September 1, 1790. Title transcribed from the first page of text. Item bound in blue-and-white floral wallpaper covers.
Formerly classified as HUD 3684.90.7.
Dates
- Creation: 1790
Conditions on Use and Access
Open for research use, with the following exceptions: Phi Beta Kappa records and Harvard University records in this collection are restricted for 50 years from the date of creation. Personnel and student records in this collection are closed for research through 80 years from the date of creation. These records are located in boxes 95-131. Specific restrictions are noted in the inventory.
Extent
36 cubic feet (89 document boxes, 18 volumes, 18 flat boxes, 5 portfolio folders, 2 microfilm boxes, and 1 half record carton)Historical note
Thomas Woodbridge Hooper was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1771. He became a member of Phi Beta Kappa in May 1787 and received an AB from Harvard in 1789 and an AM in 1792. Hooper returned to Newburyport where he was a ship’s captain and later served as a naval officer. Hooper died in 1816 in the West Indies.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Harvard College Library on July 29, 1926, by B. K. Emerson of Amherst, Massachusetts.
Creator
- From the Collection: Phi Beta Kappa. Massachusetts Alpha (Harvard University) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
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