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Collection of Edward Holyoke materials
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 312
Overview:
Edward Holyoke (1689-1769) was the ninth president of Harvard College, serving for thirty-two years from 1737 to 1769. This artificial collection, dated 1721-circa 1780s, consists of an astronomy notebook and sermons written by Holyoke, a drinking tube fashioned from his watch case, a letter to Holyoke from his friend Benjamin Dearborn, and a letter to a proprietor of the Second Church of Marblehead, Massachusetts, from Overseer William Dudley related to Holyoke’s election as president of...
Bruce Willard Forbes letters to his parents
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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...
Letters to Lemuel Shaw
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUD 200.505
Overview:
This collection contains letters to Lemuel Shaw, dated 1798-1857, from five other members of the Harvard College class of 1800: Timothy Boutelle, Timothy Flint, Abiel Holbrook, William Sawyer, and Daniel Kimball. A folder enclosed with the correspondence indicates Shaw was on a committee to collect biographical information on the class of 1800, and these letters, which date from their college days until late adulthood, may have been used to compile a class book.
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director Joseph Winlock
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 630.10
Overview:
Joseph Winlock (1826-1875) was an astronomer and mathematician who served as the third director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1866 until his death on June 11, 1875. The records document Joseph Winlock's tenure as director, and primarily consist of Winlock's incoming and outgoing correspondence files. The letters relate to Observatory publications, relationships with other scientific institutions, and discussions of astronomical and meteorological information. The records also...
Records of the Harvard College Observatory Time Service
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Harvard University Archives
Sub-Fonds Identifier: UAV 630.377
Overview:
In 1872, under Director Joseph Winlock, the Harvard College Observatory established the world’s first public time service, which it provided as a commercial service until 1892. The Observatory sold its time service to railroads and businesses by sending hourly signals over Boston’s fire alarm system and distributing time across the region via Western Union telegraph lines; this work eventually resulted in the establishment of the country's first time zone. The Records of the Harvard College...
Records of the Harvard Bicentenary Celebration
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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.
Frank A. Loda personal archive
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 286
Abstract:
Frank Aloysius Loda, Jr., (born 1934), physician and professor, received his AB (1956) from Harvard University and his MD (1960) from Vanderbilt University (four years in medical school and one year as an intern in pediatrics). The collection contains approximately 550 letters and postcards from Loda to his family in Texarkana, Arkansas. The letters and postcards document Loda’s experiences as an undergraduate student at Harvard University from 1952 to 1956, and his post-graduate studies...
Benjamin Peirce personal archive
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUG 1680
Overview:
Benjamin Peirce (1778-1831), a Harvard historian and librarian, was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He earned his AB from Harvard in 1801, and was a merchant and state legislator prior to his appointment as college librarian in 1826. This collection contains personal correspondence, student papers, political writings, and manuscripts, notes, and letters relating to Peirce's work on the history of Harvard University, dated 1787-1832.
Lawrence G. Smith personal archive
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 260
Overview:
The Lawrence G. Smith personal archive documents his academic and social experiences as a Harvard undergraduate, a graduate student, his career as a bank officer, and as a Harvard alumnus from 1955 to 2021. Records include Smith's personal correspondence, diaries, and Harvard College Class of 1959 reunion memorabilia. Lawrence George Smith was a senior bank Vice-President. He received his Harvard AB in 1959, his AM in 1964, and his PhD in the history of American civilization from Harvard in...
Eileen Southern personal archive
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 253
Overview:
Eileen Jackson Southern (1920-2002) was the first African-American woman to be appointed as a tenured full professor at Harvard University, where she taught from 1975 to 1987. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and publications that chronicle her time as a Harvard College professor and as Chair of the Afro-American Department, as well as her tenure at the City University of New York, and retirement.
Edward W. Wagner personal archive
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 243
Overview:
Edward Willett Wagner (1924-2001) was Professor of Korean Studies at Harvard for thirty-five years and was a pioneer in the study of Korean history in the United States. A specialist in pre-modern Korean history, Wagner's research centered on the study of the elite structure of Korea’s Yi (Chosŏn) dynasty. The Edward W. Wagner personal archive documents Wagner’s academic and professional career as a teacher, writer, and historian and highlights his role as an authority on the history and...
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- Dudley, William, 1686-1743 1
- Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 1
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- Harvard University. Corporation 1
- Harvard University. Department of Afro-American Studies 1
- Holbrook, Abiel, 1775-1838 1
- Holyoke, Edward, 1689-1769 1
- Kimball, Daniel, 1778-1862 1
- Leicester Academy -- History -- 19th century 1
- Loda, Frank Aloysius, Jr., 1934- 1
- Osgood, Edward Holyoke 1
- Pickering, Edward C., (Edward Charles), 1846-1919. 1
- Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864 1
- Sawyer, William, 1774-1860 1
- Smith, Lawrence G., 1938- 1
- Southern, Eileen 1
- Tulane Hospital. 1
- United States Coast Survey 1
- United States Naval Observatory 1
- Vanderbilt University -- Hospital. 1
- Waldo, Leonard, 1853- 1
- Winlock, Joseph, 1826-1875 1
- Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894. 1
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