Scope and Contents: The collection contains two photographs documenting Edward Waldo Forbes’s experience as a student at Harvard. It includes an 1893 photograph from Forbes’s sophomore year in a theater performance, labeled “DKE Play,” likely from Delta Kappa Epsilon. The back side of the mount has a handwritten list of the play’s cast, labeled "Dramatis Personae," with the names of each actor.The other photograph is from the Harvard College Class of 1895 graduation, featuring Forbes and other...

Overview:

Edward Waldo Forbes (1873-1969) was director of the Fogg Art Museum and lecturer in art history at Harvard University, an accomplished artist, and a world traveler. These papers document the personal and professional life of Edward Waldo Forbes and the lives of members of the Forbes family.