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COLLECTION Identifier: HUM 344

David C. Schlakman personal archive

Overview

This collection was compiled by David C. Schlakman, Harvard AB 1976, during his time as at the College and as a recent Harvard graduate. The collection consists of programs from the Harvard-Yale football games between 1975 and 1982; Leverett House directories for faculty, staff, and students, from 1973 to 1976; and Schlakman’s annotated script of Agatha Christie's play, The Mousetrap, for a 1975 Leverett House Arts Society presentation.

Dates

  • Creation: 1973-1982

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

.17 cubic feet (1 half-document box)

This collection was compiled by David C. Schlakman, Harvard AB 1976, during his time as at the College and as a recent Harvard graduate. It includes six programs from the Harvard-Yale football games between 1975 and 1982; Leverett House directories for faculty, staff, and students, from 1973 to 1976; and Schlakman’s annotated script of Agatha Christie's play, The Mousetrap, for a 1975 Leverett House Arts Society presentation, in which Schlakman played "the Storyteller." The script is accompanied by the program, on which two tiny plastic mice are taped, and a ticket stub, as well as a program insert inviting audience members to vote for their choice of suspect. All but one of the football programs has the ticket stub stapled to the front cover; the stubs are annotated with the final game score. Some programs contain other ephemera, such as a parking receipt, or newspaper articles.

Biographical note on David C. Schlakman

David Carl Schlakman, accountant, was born on January 25, 1954, in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his Harvard AB in 1976; while at Harvard, he was a member of Leverett House. Following graduation, he worked for a large accounting firm in New York City, while attending New York University, where he received his MS in 1977. Schlakman spent most of his career working for companies in New York before moving part-time to New Orleans to run a non-profit organization. He married Michelle Kass in 1978; they had two children, and divorced in 1993. He married again in 2007. As an alumnus, Schlakman worked with the Harvard College Fund, served on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association, and was class agent.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of David C. Schlakman, July 2018; accession 2019.135.

Related Materials

The Harvard University Archives also holds Harvard football programs, 1892-1992 (HUD 10005), the Records of residential life in Leverett House, ca. 1932-2003 (HUD 3519.xx), and General information by and about the Leverett House Arts Society, 1974-1975 (HUD 3519.1000).

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Olivia Mandica-Hart in June 2019. Processing included the creation of this finding aid. Titles were transcribed from the materials; titles enclosed in brackets were devised by the archivist.

Alma ID

99153801166403941

Title
Schlakman, David Carl, 1954- . David C. Schlakman personal archive, 1973-1982 : an inventory
Status
completed
Author
Harvard University Archives
Date
June 14, 2019
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hua13019

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository

Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.

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