Records of the Dean of Harvard College, 1889-1995

Peace Corps (U.S.)

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The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and have served in 139 countries. From the guide to the Brown University Peace Corps files, 1965-1967, (John Hay Library Special Collections) The Pea...

Bender, Wilbur Joseph, recipient.

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Bender taught history at Harvard and was dean of admissions and financial aid in Harvard College. From the description of Papers of Wilbur Joseph Bender, ca. 1938-1973 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972961 ...

Williamson, Samuel R.

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James Baxter Hunt Jr. served as Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1977 to 1985 and from 1993 to 2001. In 1984, he ran as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate but lost to Republican incumbent Jesse Helms. The North Carolina Senate race was characterized as one of the most important in the country at the time, and was one of the most brutal and personal of Hunt's career. Samuel R. Williamson served as Hunt's unpaid campaign director for defense and foreign policy issues d...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Delmar Leighton

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Byron Satterlee Hurlbut

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Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937

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H. P. Lovecraft is widely considered the twentieth century's most important writer of supernatural horror fiction. Forging a unique niche within the horror genre, he created what became known as "weird tales," stories containing a distinctive blend of dreamlike imagery, Gothic terror, and elaborate concocted mythology. During his lifetime Lovecraft published work almost exclusively in pulp magazines, and only after his death in 1937 did he receive a wide readership and critical ana...

Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855-1934

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Briggs (Harvard, A.B., 1875) taught English and served as Dean of Harvard College and Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Overseer. From the description of Papers of Le Baron Russell Briggs, 1907-1929 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972766 Educator. Harvard: A.B. 1875, A.M. 1882, LL.D. 1900. Assistant professor of English at Harvard, 1885-1890; professor of English, 1890; Dean of Harvard College, 1891-1902; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 190...

Rand, Benjamin, 1856-1934

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Benjamin Rand (1856-1934) graduated from Harvard in 1879, taught philosophy and served as librarian of the Philosophical Library at Harvard from 1906 to 1933....

Tuskeegee

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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...

Harvard College (1780- ). Office of the Dean

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Assistant Deans of Harvard College include the following: E.H. Wells (1905-1907), William R. Castle (1907-1913), Howard F. Cline, Schofield Andrews, Jr., ? Kinasewich, Archie C. Epps, Bruce Collier, Judith B. Walzer, Marlyn Lewis. From the description of Records of the Assistant Deans of Harvard College, 1907-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76974310 Assistant Deans of Harvard College include the following: E.H. Wells (1905-1907), William R. Castle...

President Theodore Roosevelt

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Greenough, Chester Noyes, 1874-1938

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Chester Noyes Greenough was born in Massachusetts of an old New England family and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Harvard. He was head of the English Dept. at the University of Illinois, 1907-1910, then returned to Harvard as Professor and later as Dean. He wrote on English composition and literature. From the description of Chester N. and Ruth H. Greenough letters to Mr. Gomme, and broadside, 1936-1938. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 636...

John Updike

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Yeomans, Henry Aaron

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Hanford, A. Chester (Alfred Chester), 1891-1975

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Alfred Chester Hanford (1891-1975) earned a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1923; he served on Harvard's faculty 1916-1957 including service as Dean of Harvard College 1927-1947. He was a Professor of Government. From the description of Papers of Alfred Chester Hanford, 1920-1954. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063782 ...