Harvard University -- Alumni and alumnae

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...

Scope and Content: This series consists of materials pertaining to the twenty-fifth (1936) and fiftieth (1961) reunions of the Class of 1911, and a Harvard commencement ceremony program for 1946. The series includes eight pages from a photograph album (26 photographs) representing scenes and activities from the Class of 1911's twenty-fifth reunion. The photographs include images of Alton Miller, Miller's wife Mary in front of Hollis Hall; and photographs of ...

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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.

Overview: This collection contains films made by Harvard alumnus Helen Hill (1970 – 2007) as well as films relating to her life. The collection consists of 16mm projection prints and preservation masters of 10 of her short films, which were preserved for the Harvard Film Archive by Colorlab in Rockville, MD; Super 8mm footage from Home Movie Day, which she attended in New Orleans in 2006, which has been preserved to 16mm internegative as well as transferred to Betacam-SP, Betacam Digital, and DVD;...

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Student artwork and research notes of Perry Townsend Rathbone (Class of 1933).

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David G. Winter (born 1939) is a Professor of Psychology (emeritus) at the University of Michigan. David C. McClelland (1917-1998), was a psychology professor at Harvard University (1956-1987) and known for his wide-ranging research on personality and motivation. The collection consists chiefly of biographical materials from the 1920s to 2012 about David C. McClelland compiled by David G. Winter, a former student, colleague, and research associate of McClelland.