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COLLECTION Identifier: UAI 20.790

Suggestions for Harvard commencement and exhibition parts

Conferences, 1811-1817, 1811-1817 Digital

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A handwritten list of the conference subjects delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1811 and 1817.

Conferences, 1817-1821, 1817-1821 Digital

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A handwritten list of the conference subjects of delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1817 and 1821.

Conferences, 1821-1825, 1821-1825 Digital

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A handwritten list of the conference subjects delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1821 and 1825.

Disputations, 1812-1825, 1812-1825 Digital

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A handwritten list of disputations delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1820 and 1825 and a two-page list of "Philosophical disputations, deliberative discussions, &c." delivered between 1812 and 1820.

Dissertations, essays, & c., 1811-1822, 1811-1822 Digital

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A handwritten list of the subjects of "Dissertations, essays, &c.," delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1811 and 1822.

Dissertations, 1811 and 1823-1825, 1811-1825 Digital

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A handwritten list of the subjects of "Dissertations &c." delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days in 1823 and 1824, and the titles of "Additional Diss. &c." delivered in 1811.

English Orations, 1810-1820, 1810-1820 Digital

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A handwritten list of the English oration subjects delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1810 and 1820.

Forensics and Syllogistic questions, 1789-1791 and 1808, 1789-1808 Digital

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A handwritten list of forensic and syllogistic questions compiled between 1789 and 1791 on two pages, and a half-page list of the questions for June 1800.

Forensics, 1811-1822, 1811-1822 Digital

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A handwritten list of the forensic questions delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1811 and 1822.

Forensics, 1823-1824, 1823-1824 Digital

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A handwritten list of the forensic questions delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1823 and 1824.

Latin orations, 1811-1825, 1811-1825 Digital

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A handwritten list of the Latin oration subjects delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1811 and 1825.

Orations by candidates for the second degree, 1810-1824, 1810-1824 Digital

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A handwritten list of the oration subjects delivered by master's degree candidates on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1810 and 1824.

Question suggested by President Joseph Willard, [1790], [1790] Digital

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One slip of paper containing a handwritten question in the hand of President Joseph Willard. The question is on the verso of a note dated March 2, 1790.

Subjects suggested by Edward Everett, 1823, undated, 1823, Digital

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Four letters in the hand of Edward Everett, the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature from 1815 until 1826, containing suggested subjects and questions for President Kirkland. Three of the documents are undated and one is dated November 5, 1823.

Subjects suggested by John Webster, 1826 July, 1826 July Digital

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A handwritten letter with suggested subjects from John White Webster, a lecturer of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology at the Harvard Medical College from 1824 until 1827, when he was appointed the Erving Professor of Chemistry (1827-1850).

Subjects suggested by John Farrar, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

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A handwritten letter to President John Thornton Kirkland with five suggested subjects from John Farrar, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1807 until 1836.

Subjects suggested by Levi Hedge, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

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A handwritten letter to President Kirkland with three suggested questions from Levi Hedge, a professor of logic and metaphysics from 1810 to 1827, and the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity from 1827 to 1832.

Title transcribed from verso.

Subjects suggested by Andrews Norton, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

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Four documents with suggested questions in the hand of Andrews Norton, Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature from 1813 to 1830. One of the documents is signed by Norton and addressed to President Kirkland.

Title transcribed from verso.

Suggested subjects, [1819], [1819] Digital

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One slip of paper containing handwritten subjects in an unidentified hand. The verso contains a June 16, 1819 note from President Kirkland to the Harvard Librarian.

Forensic questions, [undated ca. 1826], 1826 Digital

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Five slips of paper containing handwritten forensics questions beginning "Whether..." One of the documents identifies "Keith and Goodwin," indicating the question was probably performed by Omen Southworth Keith and Hersey Bradford Goodwin of the Harvard Class of 1826. The verso of that document is inscribed: "The Exhibition at the University will take place on Monday at eleven o'clock, AM.

Commencement subjects, 1828, 1828 Digital

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A handwritten list of some of the subjects included in the Harvard Commencement of 1828.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

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This folder contains thirteen undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 5" x 8" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

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This folder contains ten undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 7" x 8" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

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This folder contains thirteen undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 8" x 10" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Draft of an exhibition program, [1825], [1825] Digital

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Handwritten draft of an exhibition program with the names of the student orators from the Harvard Classes of 1825 and 1826.