John Read papers, 1853-1915.

Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

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The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra is a collegiate symphony orchestra comprised of Harvard students and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in March 1808 as the Pierian Sodality, the Orchestra is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. The band contains over 100 members and is the largest orchestra at Harvard University. The group plays four season concerts every year at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, regularly participates in the annual Arts First arts festival at Harvard, and somet...

Institute of 1770 (Harvard University)

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A public speaking club founded on September 6, 1770 and known simply as the Speaking Club. Joined with Mercurian Club in 1773. The name changed to the Patriotic Association in 1801. In 1825, after uniting with the Hermetic Society and another society, it took the name Institute of 1770. In 1848, the I.O.H. merged with the Institute. The final merger was with the Hasty Pudding Club in 1924....

Harvard University. Board of Overseers

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The Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting was established in the spring of 1977 to recognize and encourage book collecting by undergraduates at Harvard. It is sponsored by the Members of the Board of Overseer's Committee to Visit the Harvard University Library. From the description of General information about the Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting. 1977- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511952 The Board of Overseers i...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

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Shaw was born in Boston to abolitionists Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw, who were well-known Unitarian philanthropists and intellectuals of Scottish descent. The Shaws had the benefit of a large inheritance left by Shaw's merchant grandfather and namesake Robert Gould Shaw (1775–1853). Shaw had four sisters—Anna, Josephine (Effie), Susanna, and Ellen (Nellie). When Shaw was five years old, the family moved to a large estate in West Roxbury, adjacent to Brook Farm. During his te...

William Read, Jr

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Harvard Glee Club

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The Harvard Glee Club, America’s oldest college chorus, was founded in March 1858. Its repertoire includes sacred and secular pieces, folk songs from around the world, college songs, and popular show tunes. Traveling all over the United States and abroad, the Glee Club has performed for major choral organizations including The American Choral Directors Association, the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, the Italian Radio Orchestra, the New York Philharmonics, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ---...

Republican Party (Mass.)

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Cercle Français

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Naval Order of the United States. Massachusetts Commandery

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Sarah Atkins Read Westcott

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Harvard College (1780- )

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Special students were those who took courses in Harvard College but were not degree candidates; they had not gone through the standard admissions process completed by AB degree candidates. From the description of Records of special students, 1876-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064523 It is unclear whether F.C. Fabel ever attended Harvard College. F.C. Fabel may be Frederick Charles Fabel, who received an AB from the University of Rochester in 1893. ...

Saint Botolph Club (Boston, Mass.)

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Art club; Boston, Mass. From the description of Saint Botolph Club exhibition catalogs, 1892-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502919 Gentlemen's club; Boston, Mass. Established in 1880 "for the promotion of social intercourse among authors and artists, and other gentlemen connected with or interested in literature and art." From the description of Saint Botolph Club records, 1879-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557204 ...

Hasty Pudding Club

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The Hasty Pudding Theatricals is a student theater group at Harvard University that has been performing since 1844. The first productions were adapted shows of professional theater but by the 1860s students were writing the shows themselves. From the description of Hasty Pudding Club Theatricals vocal scores, 1892-1954. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 777411550 From the description of Hasty Pudding Club Theatricals souvenir programs, 1899-2003. (Harvard University)...

Kurtz, William, 1833-1904

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Grand Army of the Republic, Edward W. Kinsley, Post No. 113, Dept. Massachusetts.

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Harold Wilson Read Jr.

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Charles C. Read

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Read, John, 1840-1915.

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John Read (H.C. 1862) was a Union Civil War naval officer, prisoner-of-war in the Texas prison camps (Camp Groce), Massachusetts State Senator and Representative, and partner in the family firm of William Read & Sons. He lived the majority of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts and served on many local boards and commissons. From the description of John Read papers, 1853-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612708588 John Read was born in Cambrid...

Smith-Miller Inc.

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Dexter, C. Amory.

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Hasty Pudding

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R. M. L. Hunter

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Royal Mariners Infantry

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Lawrence Scientific School

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The Lawrence Scientific School was established in 1847. In 1890, it became a unit of the newly-established Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In 1906, the Lawrence Scientific School was replaced by the Graduate School of Applied Science. From the description of Records of the Lawrence Scientific School, 1846-1907 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972676 Founded in 1886, the Lawrence Scientific School Association aimed to advance the cause of education in sc...

Eliza P. Sumner

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William Read

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Robert Ould

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Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919

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Higginson was a Boston banker and philantropist; he donated Soldiers Field and Harvard Union to Harvard University. From the description of Papers relating to the gift of Soldiers Field, Harvard University, 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82295797 Higginson was a Boston banker and philanthropist. Higginson attended Harvard (1851-1852), but left because of poor eyesight. In 1856 he went to Vienna intending to make music his life work, but he returned to Boston...

Whipple, J.A.

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Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926

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John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860-July 12, 1926) was an American politician in the Republican Party. He served as a United States Representative for Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, as a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and as Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925. Weeks was born and raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire. He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1881, and served two years in the United States Navy. Weeks made a fortune in banking during the...

William Read & Sons Co.

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Read, Sallie

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Civil Service Reform Association (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Harvard College Board of Overseers.

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Grand Army of the Republic of Cambridge

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May Clement Parker.

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Saunders, George E.

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Harold Wilson Read

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Read, William, 1872-

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United States. Auditor for Navy Dept.

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Read, William E., 1916-

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Micon, William B.

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Library Hall Association of Cambridge

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Sheldon, J.A.

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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Massachusetts

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The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States was established in Philadelphia on 1865 April 15 as an organization of officers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. Among its stated purposes was "to cherish the memories and associations of the war" and to "strengthen the ties of fraternal fellowship and sympathy formed by companionship-in-arms." The Commandery of the State of Massachusetts was instituted on 1868 March 4. Activities included social gatherings; the presentati...

Camp Groce

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National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.)

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The National Civil Service Reform League was established in 1881 to encourage efficiency in federal, state, and local government. The league, which was founded before the Civil Service Commission, concentrated on personnel problems and policies of the federal government. From the description of National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.) records, 1880-1967. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 61354239 ...

William Bartlet Lambert

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

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Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Read, Annie

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National Sailors' Homes

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Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans

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John Read

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William Plumer

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Republican National Convention

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Boston Seaman's Friend Society

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Reed, Charles Wellington, 1841-1926

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C. W. Reed was an artist and Union soldier serving with a Massachusetts artillery unit. From the description of Sketches of Civil War scenes [microform], 1864. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 62709223 Artist and soldier. From the description of Charles Wellington Reed papers, 1776-1926 (bulk 1862-1865). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981197 Charles W. Reed, Artist & 9th Mass Artillerist. From the description of Le...

J. Bertram Read

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Hall, James, -1889

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Notman Photo Co.

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Massachusetts Nautical Training School, and

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Gilbertson

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Read, John E. (John Erskine), 1888-1973

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Epithet: Collector of Customs at Cowes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x000127 Epithet: of Add MS 36048 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x00012d Epithet: High Sheriff of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x000128 Ep...

Read, Charles Coolidge, 1843-1918

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Boyden, J. Wesley.

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Harvard Memorial Society.

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The Roll of Honor referred to here consists of the names of Harvard men who lost their lives during World War I or who died from injuries they sustained during military service during that war. Their portrait photographs and accompanying labels were assembed by the Harvard Memorial Society. The Society probably worked with the help of Harvard's War Records Office. The photographs were displayed at Harvard from ca. 1920 to the mid-1990's. From the description of Roll of Honor photogra...

Robert Read

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Grand Army of the Republic. Charles Beck, Post No. 56 (Boston, Mass.)

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City of Boston

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Luman Boyden

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Marceau

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Read family

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Elise Welch Read

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Bent & Bush

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