Cambridge (Mass.)

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Group photograph of men in identical robes and paper crowns. Some are holding signs that appear to be humorous in intent.

Overview: The Benjamin Waterhouse papers, 1738-1955 (inclusive), 1778-1837 (bulk), contain correspondence to Waterhouse from Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Edward Jenner, Sylvanus Fansher, Peter Oliver, and others, frequently about smallpox vaccination; copies of Waterhouse's outgoing correspondence; manuscripts containing notes for lectures he delivered at Harvard Medical School and other places; his writings on medicine and botany; and some correspondence and manuscripts...

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Group photograph of men wearing white trousers and pale, matching jackets. Some in the back row are holding signs that appear to be humorous in intent.

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...

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Diary of Maria Denny Fay detailing travel and related expenditures in upstate New York and Canada.

Overview: Caleb Gannett (1745-1818), Harvard College Steward from 1779 to 1818, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He received an AB from Harvard in 1763 and an AM in 1766. Gannett was a member of the Pembroke Church and studied theology with Ebenezer Gay (1696-1787; Harvard AB 1714). The collection consists of seven manuscript notebooks, dated circa 1758 to 1785. There are two letter books; three mathematical and astronomical notebooks, mostly compiled while Gannett was a student at Harvard...

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This appears to be a candid rather than a carefully posed photograph. Streets and cars are visible in the background. There may be a bike race depicted.

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Men and boys. Most in sportswear, some carrying straw boater hats. Key identifying people depicted is printed through at foreground and upper background of image.

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Men and boys. Most in sportswear, some carrying straw boater hats. Key identifying people depicted is printed through at foreground and upper background of image.

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Members of the class posed in front of a building, possibly Dillon Field House.

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Men and women. Some men wearing hats with "1909" on them and matching ties. Many women carrying "1909" tote bags. Dillion Fieldhouse in background.

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Men, women, and children seated on a hillside. Some holding balloons. Two men in uniforms in upper left of crowd. Bystanders on porch in background include wait staff and a policeman.

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Men, women, and children seated on a hillside. Some holding balloons. Two men in uniforms in upper left of crowd. Bystanders on porch in background include wait staff and a policeman.

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Group photograph of men wearing suits.

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This collection contains correspondence to the Harvard College librarian asking for book borrowing privileges, primarily from faculty and other individuals with a connection to the college, dated 1775 to circa 1826, and a 20th century dealer catalog entry for a 1764 letter related to donated volumes. The records include the borrower's name, the titles of the books borrowed, the date of loans, and in some cases, the return of books.

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The Harvard University Library annual report is a set of publications issued annually by Harvard University since 1878. The reports include updates on library facilities, the acquisition of new materials, circulation statistics, and library expenditures. Many reports are reprinted from the reports of the President of Harvard University, but include donor and personnel information not included in the President's report.

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The panoramic photographs chiefly depict Harvard students or alumni in large organizational groups formally posed.

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Correspondence, speeches, etc., of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, educator and founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina.

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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.

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Collection of memorabilia documenting the history of Radcliffe College.

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The panoramic views chiefly depict the Harvard environment, places where the Harvard community studies, teaches, works, researches, or lives.

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The panoramic views chiefly depict the Harvard environment, places where the Harvard community studies, teaches, works, researches, or lives.

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View of the Charles River. Each photograph is numbered, possibly with negative numbers.

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View of Charles River and Harvard buildings. Each photograph is numbered, possibly with negative numbers.

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The panoramic views chiefly depict the Harvard environment, places where the Harvard community studies, teaches, works, researches, or lives.