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Bruce Willard Forbes letters to his parents
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 266
Overview:
Bruce Willard Forbes (1921-2016) attended the University of Michigan, receiving his AB in French in 1942; in 1943, Forbes earned his MA from Harvard University. Forbes later entered the ministry and spent the next five decades as a priest at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City. The collection contains seventy-six letters written by Forbes while he was a Harvard graduate student between January 29 and August 21, 1943. The letters document Forbes’ experiences as a student on the Harvard...
Records of the Harvard Bicentenary Celebration
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAI 20.836.xx
Overview:
The records document some of the activities related to the Harvard Bicentenary Celebration held on September 8, 1836. Materials include extracts listing the votes of the Corporation about the 1836 celebration, a plan for the evening illumination of Holworthy Hall, a volume of autographs signed by Harvard graduates and guests, blank tickets for the “Dinner of the Alumni” held during the celebration and letters from Harvard alumni confirming their attendance at the dinner.
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- Creator
- Forbes, Bruce Willard, 1921-2016 1
- Harvard University. Corporation 1
- Subject
- Admission tickets. 1
- Architectual drawings. 1
- Autographs -- Collections. 1
- College students -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. 1
- College students -- United States -- Attitudes. 1
- Food habits -- Massachusetts. 1
- Graduate students. 1
- Harvard University -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
- Harvard University -- Buildings. 1
- Harvard University -- Centennial celebration, etc. 1
- Harvard University -- Curricula. 1
- Harvard University -- Expenses. 1
- Harvard University -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Harvard University -- Student Life. 1
- Harvard University -- Students -- Clothing. 1
- Harvard University -- Students -- Correspondence. 1
- Harvard students' letters. 1
- Holworthy Hall (Cambridge, Mass) 1
- Home economics. 1
- Letters (correspondence) 1
- Personal correspondence. 1
- Printing plates. 1
- Voyages and travels. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Forbes, Bruce Willard, 1921-2016 1
- Greene, Jerome Davis, 1874-1959. 1
- Harvard University 1
- Harvard University. Corporation 1
- Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864 1
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