Photographs of the Harvard College Class of 1920 and the Harvard gymnastics team collected by Moses Kopel
Scope and Contents
The collection contains four black and white photographs, including three panoramic photographs, collected by Moses Kopel who attended Harvard College from 1916 to 1918 as a member of the Harvard College Class of 1920.
The photographs include a group portrait of the Harvard College gymnastics team, circa 1916-1918; a panoramic photograph of members of the Harvard College Class of 1920 as freshmen in 1916, taken outside of Gore Hall; a panoramic photograph of the Harvard College Class of 1920 at 30th reunion, Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA, in 1950; and a panoramic photograph of the Harvard College Class of 1920 at 35th reunion, Cambridge, MA, in 1955.
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1955
Creator
- Kopel, Moses, 1898-1972 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
0.5 cubic feet (1 oversized folder )4 photographs
Biogrphical note on Moses Kopel
Moses Kopel (1898-1972), physician, attended Harvard College for two years (1916-1918) as a member of the Class of 1920. He served with the Harvard Unit, Students' Army Training Corps during World War I. Kopel graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1922.
Following completion of his medical studies, Kopel practiced medicine and pathology in New York City at New York City Children's Hospital and Gouverneur Hospital. Kopel served as pathologist of the 49th General Hospital in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. From 1950 to 1968, Kopel was chief of laboratory services at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire. Kopel died on October 15, 1972.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Eleanor B. Rothman, February 2, 2007; accession 17596.
Inventory update
This document last updated 2022 December 15.
Processing Information
Processed by Jennifer Pelose, July 2018.
Titles were chiefly transcribed from the photographs. Titles devised by the archivist appear in square brackets.
Creator
- Kopel, Moses, 1898-1972 (Person)
Subject
- Kopel, Moses, 1898-1972 (Person)
- Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1920 -- Photographs (Organization)
- Harvard University -- Gymnastics -- Photographs (Organization)
- Title
- Kopel, Moses, 1898-1972. Photographs of the Harvard College Class of 1920 and the Harvard gymnastics team collected by Moses Kopel, 1916-1955 : an inventory
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua29018
Repository Details
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