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Printed votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on statute banning innkeepers from giving credit to students, 1830 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42Identifier: UAII 5.7
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The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Letter to Rev. James Walker from Edward Everett, 1832 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Edward Everett (President of Harvard, 1846-1849) discussed his departure and other news, in this letter to Reverend James Walker (President of Harvard, 1853-1860).
Vote and letter of the Board of Overseers granting an honorary degree be conferred on President Andrew Jackson, 1833 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 44Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Reveals the Board's agreement with the Corporation to present President Andrew Jackson with the degree of LL.D. in 1833.
Votes, resolutions, and letter of the Board of Overseers, 1834 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 45Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the decision that the Board must be involved when the Corporation hires professors.
List of members and votes of the Board of Overseers, 1850 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 46Identifier: UAII 5.7
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The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Letter from Nathanial B. Shurtleff to the Corporation and votes of the Board of Overseers, 1860 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 47Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Nathanial B. Shurtleff was the Secretary of the Board of Overseers. Letter is possibly also from Samuel S. Shaw.
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on confirming proctors, professors, and tutors, 1861 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 48Identifier: UAII 5.7, UAII 5.7 Box 1, Folder 48
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The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on the resignation of Treasurer Amos A. Lawrence, 1862 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Resolutions of the Board of Overseers and appointment of Nathan B. Shurtleff to Committee to visit the Lawrence Scientific School, 1863 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Resolutions also mention salary of Assistant Observer.
Votes, resolutions, and printed meeting announcements of the Board of Overseers on the connection of Harvard College with the Commonwealth, 1864 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 51Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the consideration of dissolving the connection between Harvard College and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Also includes recorded votes documenting tuition being raised.
Votes, resolutions, amendments, and printed meeting announcements of the Board of Overseers, 1865 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 52Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Includes amendments to sections regarding holidays, book loans, examination requirements, and new, tougher requirements to obtaining a medical degree. President Charles Eliot started his reformation of the medical school around this time. Records of votes also document the question of establishing a geology school.
Printed meeting announcements of the Board of Overseers, 1866 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes, resolutions, and printed meeting minutes of the Board of Overseers, 1867 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the decision to procure funds for a new library, the conferment of professors, and value of Harvard assets.
Votes and printed meeting announcements of the Board of Overseers, 1868 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Illustrates the election of five new members of the Board of Overseers, establishment of special honors, Harvard Medical School reforms, and resignation of President Thomas Hill.
Votes of the Board of Overseers on the election of new members to the Board, 1868 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 56Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes, resolutions, and meeting announcements of the Board of Overseers, 1869 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 57Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the hiring of Professor of Obstetrics, resignations, and the appointment of Ralph Waldo Emerson to be on the committee to notify Charles William Eliot of his election as president of Harvard. Also of note are resolutions regarding required religious observances for students.
Votes, resolutions, and meeting announcements of the Board of Overseers, 1870 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Illustrates the need for discipline at the College, and a requirement for Dean of College Faculty to attend meetings. Additional statutes were enacted to define the duties of the president, and require that the president live in Cambridge. Concern about the strength of the curriculum is also documented.
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers, 1871 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 59Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Demonstrates reform of the Medical School by President Charles Eliot, including new requirements for graduation. The new requirements included passing at least five out of the nine departments, and a satisfactory dissertation. There is mention of repealing the statutes for the Medical School, which were adopted by the President and Fellows on March 20, 1868. Also documented is the disagreement with the Corporation's recommendation to establish a professor of diseases of women, creation of a...
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on educating women in medicine, 1872 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 60Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the question of educating women at Harvard. The Board found it "expedient" to have examinations for women in regards to medicine at the university.
Volume of votes of the Board of Overseers and nominations, 1872-1874 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 61Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Consists of primarily appointments of tutors, lecturers, and professors, and records scholarships given to students, including a southern student. Also contains printed nominations for the Board of Overseers, which include Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1873.
Transcription from Harvard College Records, College Book I, 1700 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Transcribed copy of admission from Harvard College Records, College Book I. It describes duties, privileges, and authority of the organization. The copy was likely made in order to be referred to at a meeting of the Board of Overseers.
Vote of Board of the Overseers for confirmation of professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, 1727 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2Identifier: UAII 5.7
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The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Note of the Board of Overseers signed by Benjamin Rolfe, 1728 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3Identifier: UAII 5.7
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The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Vote of the Board of Overseers on monitoring estate, 1731 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Vote of the Board of Overseers on funds of Mary Saltonstall, 1732 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...