Records relating to the philosophical apparatus of the Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and the Records of the Board of Visitors of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History

Scope and Contents The inventories, invoices, letters, and bills of lading in this series document the acquisition and maintenance of the philosophical apparatus by Harvard College from 1765 to 1826. The records supply information about those items purchased by Harvard, including the item's purchase price, and in some cases, names of craftsmen. The records illustrate the growth of the philosophical apparatus at Harvard and its use in classroom instruction and experimentation. The earliest record, ...

Scope and Contents The records document fund raising activities of the Board of Visitors on behalf of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History and Botanic Garden. The records include subscription paper number 6, dated March 25, 1802, circulated to obtain funds for the Professorship and Botanic Garden; and two lists of subscribers arranged alphabetically (ca. 1805). The subscription paper and lists include the names of subscribers and their...

Scope and Contents This subseries contains letters, copies of votes extracted from the meeting minutes of the Board of Visitors, bills of exchange, and reports documenting the administration of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History and the Botanic Garden at Harvard by the Board of Visitors. Topics addressed in this subseries include the setting of William Dandridge Peck's salary, the requirement that Peck deliver a course of lectures on...

Scope and Contents The letters, reports, statutes, and financial records in this subseries document the administration of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History and the Botanic Garden by the Board of Visitors. The earliest records document the votes taken by the Board of Visitors to establish the Natural History professorship and Botanic Garden, the appointment of William Dandridge Peck as Natural History professor, the assent of the ...

Scope and Contents The financial records in this subseries document the payment of interest from two bonds for the sum of $8300, given to the President and Fellows of Harvard College by Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, for the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History and Botanic Garden. The documents include certificates from William Alline (d. 1825), Register of Deeds...