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Papers of Josiah Quincy, 1811-1874.

Collection Identifier: UAI 15.882
Overview:

Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) was President of Harvard University from January 29, 1829 to August 27, 1845. He was also a Federalist congressman, Boston mayor, municipal court judge, state representative, and state senator.

Records of the Radcliffe Choral Society, 1957-1970 and 1976-1986

Collection Identifier: HUD 3277.6000
Overview:

One of the oldest women's choirs in the nation and the oldest women's organization at Radcliffe, the Radcliffe Choral Society was founded in 1899. The records document the history, activities, and interests of the Society.

Ragan Henry letters to Joseph LeVow Steinberg

Collection Identifier: HUM 340
Overview:

The Ragan Henry letters to Joseph LeVow Steinberg, dating from 1953 to 1959, provide insight into the life and experiences of a Black Harvard student and cross-racial friendships. Topics discussed within the letters include work, dating, family, recreation, military service, and law school.

Norman Ramsey personal archive, 1919-2010 and undated

Collection Identifier: HUM 189
Overview: Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (1915-2011) was the Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University from 1966 to 1987 (emeritus, 1987). Ramsey’s research focused on high energy physics and his methods of investigation, especially in the field of spectroscopy, led to the development of the atomic clock and laid the foundation for nuclear magnetic resonance, whose applications include the magnetic resonance imaging (M.R.I.) technique now used for medical diagnosis. For this work, Ramsey was...

Books from the personal library of John Rawls, 1915-2002

Collection Identifier: HUM 48.1
Overview:

John Rawls (1921-2002) was one of the most significant political and moral philosophers of the twentieth century and is credited with reviving the social contract tradition in social and moral philosophy. These books selected from Rawls's personal library contain extensive annotations and notes from readings in economics, moral philosophy, and social theory, and offer a view of the works that interested Rawls and may have influenced his own work.

Papers of John Rawls

Collection Identifier: HUM 48
Overview: John Rawls (1921-2002), James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, was one of the most significant political and moral philosophers of the twentieth century and is credited with reviving the social contract tradition in social and moral philosophy. Widely cited by scholars, Rawls's theories on justice and fairness in a modern society greatly influenced the fields of political science, economics, sociology, theology, and the law. The papers encompass lectures and teaching...

Records of the Harvard College Observatory kept by Willard Peabody Gerrish

Collection Identifier: UAV 630.25
Overview: Willard Peabody Gerrish (1866-1951) was an assistant professor of astronomy at the Harvard College Observatory, where he worked under Edward Charles Pickering and, later, Harlow Shapley, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The records contain three volumes of letterbooks, booklets, blueprints, and correspondence dating from 1887 to 1939. The correspondence is between the Harvard College Observatory and other Harvard University departments, companies, and observatories...

Records of the Harvard College Observatory : Research contract files related to the solar observatory at Sacramento Peak in New Mexico

Collection Identifier: UAV 630.280
Overview: The Sacramento Peak Observatory was a United States Air Force research facility dedicated to solar-terrestrial studies, with special contracts to the Harvard College Observatory for examinations of the Sun, solar activity, cosmic radiation, the sources of radio noise, and the upper atmosphere. Reports, correspondence, contracts, proposals, notes, and financial statements document the Harvard College Observatory's contributions to the establishment and operation of the Sacramento Peak...

Papers of William T. Reid, Jr.

Collection Identifier: HUG 4736
Scope and Contents: The Papers of William T. Reid, Jr. primarily consists of correspondence and related papers, photographs, Reid family papers and memorabilia, and notes on athletes, dating from 1878 to 1981. Papers relate to Reid's family, his career at Harvard as a football coach, and his life as a Harvard undergraduate. A scrapbook from 1900 contains clippings covering the baseball season, photographs of Reid in uniform and of the baseball team's southern trip, telegrams and correspondence, curriculum...

Papers of Edwin O. Reischauer

Collection Identifier: HUGFP 73
Overview:

The Papers of Edwin O. Reischauer chiefly consist of Reischauer's personal and professional correspondence from 1961 to 1981, spanning his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1961-1966), his return from Japan, and his period as an instructor at Harvard (1950-1961; 1966-1981). The collection documents Reischauer's interests and activities pertaining to Japanese and East Asian society, government and culture, foreign policy, media and film, and teaching and scholarhsip.

Haru Matsukata Reischauer personal archive

Collection Identifier: HUM 389
Overview:

The Haru Matsukata Reischauer personal archive dates from 1890 to 1998 and consists of Reischauer's research notes for book about her family, Samurai and Silk, and unpublished autobiography; correspondence, subject files, diaries, appointment calendars, clippings and articles pertaining to her; loose family photographs in albums; correspondence, subject files, and photo albums documenting the Reischauers' embassy years in Japan (1961-1966).

Course materials of William F. Reynolds

Collection Identifier: HUC 8954.353
Overview:

William F. Reynolds earned his Harvard AM in 1951 and his PhD in 1954. This collection documents course work completed by Reynolds as a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics at Harvard, and his continued interest in the work of his dissertation advisor, Richard Brauer, after his graduation from Harvard.

Richards family collection of Harvard memorabilia

Collection Identifier: HUM 112
Overview: This collection documents the Harvard undergraduate experience of four members of the Richards family, including Eben Richards (AB 1857), his son Eben Richards (AB 1886), his grandson Eben Richards (AB 1919), and his great-grandson Eben Richards (AB 1952). The collection contains a variety of materials, including an academic cap and gown worn by all four members of the Richards family, lantern slides documenting World War I era Harvard, reunion memorabilia from the Class of 1886, and various...

I.A. Richards correspondence and typescript

Collection Identifier: HUGB R461.xx
Overview:

I.A. Richards (1893-1979), literary critic, poet, and rhetorician, first came to Harvard as a lecturer in English at the Harvard School of Education in 1939. In 1944, he was named University Professor at Harvard College, a position which he held until 1963. The I.A. Richards correspondence and typescript, 1940-1981, chiefly contains Richards' letters dating from his tenure at Harvard as well as a typescript of his 1950 play, A Leak in the Universe.

Papers of Theodore William Richards

Collection Identifier: HUG 1743.xx
Overview: Theodore William Richards (1868-1928), Harvard's first Nobel Laureate and first American recipient of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, received his A.B. from Harvard in 1886 and his A.M. and Ph.D. in 1888. He taught chemistry at Harvard from 1891 to 1928, becoming the Erving Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory in 1912. The Papers of Theodore William Richards document his professional and personal life. Professional papers include correspondence, teaching...

Papers of David Riesman

Collection Identifier: HUGFP 99.xx
Overview: David Riesman (1909-2002), lawyer, sociologist, educator, was the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University. Riesman's research focused on the study of American higher education, including educational strategies and reform, student development and welfare, and the relationship between the university and the larger society. The Papers of David Riesman document the academic and professional career of David Riesman from 1929 to 1988. The bulk of the collection consists...

Photographs of the Harvard University campus and environs taken by William M. Rittase

Collection Identifier: HUV 2332
Overview:

William M. Rittase was an American photographer active in the 1920s and 1930s principally known as an industrial photographer. This collection consists of 87 black and white photographic prints depicting Harvard University buildings in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts and the Charles River and Weeks Footbridge.

Papers of Eugene George Rochow

Collection Identifier: HUGFP 24.xx
Overview:

Eugene George Rochow (1909-2002), inorganic chemist, taught at Harvard University from 1948 until his retirement in 1970. Rochow's papers document his personal life and professional career and include correspondence, published and unpublished manuscripts, Harvard course materials, consulting records, research files, and personal memorabilia.

Papers of Francis M. Rogers

Collection Identifier: HUG 4750.xx
Overview: Francis Millet Rogers (1914-1989), Smith professor of the language and literature of Portugal, taught in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University from 1945 to 1981. Rogers also served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 1949 to 1955 and chaired the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures from 1961 to 1966. The Papers of Francis M. Rogers chifly consist of Rogers's records pertaining to the International Colloquium on...

Papers of Reed C. Rollins : a collection of his writings, 1957-1993

Collection Identifier: HUH 752.5
Overview: Reed Clark Rollins (1911-1998), Director of Gray Herbarium and Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany at Harvard University was one of the most important botanists in the twentieth century. He promoted the use of genetics, anatomy, and cytology to solve taxonomic problems and under his direction, Harvard University became a leader in the study of systematic and evolutionary botany. The collection consists of writings, primarily papers published in academic journals, documenting Rollins'...

Papers of Jakob Rosenberg

Collection Identifier: HUGFP 50.xx
Overview: Jakob Rosenberg (1883-1980), an art historian primarily specializing in the works of Rembrandt, was a Professor of Fine Arts at Harvard University. Rosenberg's research focused on 17th-century prints and Renaissance and Baroque art, and he made significant contributions to the study of master drawings. The Papers of Jakob Rosenberg document the academic and professional career of Rosenberg from 1930 to 1978. A valuable resource for research in art history, much of the collection consists of...

Papers of Josiah Royce

Collection Identifier: HUG 1755
Overview: Josiah Royce (1855-1916), American philosopher, taught at Harvard from 1882 until his death in 1916. Royce was born and raised in California, studied and taught at the University of California Berkeley, and also studied in Germany. This collection contains extensive writings, research notes, and correspondence documenting Royce’s philosophical thought as a student, scholar, and teacher. . The collection also includes research notes and correspondence pertaining to Royce’s work on the history...

Papers of Phillip J. Rulon

Collection Identifier: HUG 4758.xx
Overview: Phillip Justin Rulon (1900-1968), psychologist and educator, worked at Harvard University from 1930 until his retirement in 1966. He began teaching at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education as an instructor in 1930, then became a full professor in 1944. Rulon was also acting dean of the Graduate School of Education from 1943 to 1948. His papers contain correspondence, research notes, data, and reports from consultant projects, including for the United States Air Force, the Harvard Vocational...

Papers of Francis Sales

Collection Identifier: HUG 1763
Overview: This collection contains ten documents related to Francis Sales (1771-1854), a Harvard instructor of French and Spanish from 1816 to 1854. The records pertain to Sales work as a translator, his honorary master's degree from Harvard in 1835, communication with French astronomer and government leader Francois Argo (1786-1853) in 1849, Sales's resignation from Harvard in 1852 and 1854, and letters of condolence to Sales's daughter, Mary, from the Harvard Corporation and Senator Charles Sumner...

Dudley Allen Sargent measurement cards from schools and organizations other than Harvard, 1880-1920

Collection Identifier: HUG 1768.60
Overview:

The Dudley Allen Sargent measurement cards from schools and organizations other than Harvard, 1880-1920, contains the anthropometric measurements of thousands of research subjects used in Sargent's research.