Papers of Eliphalet Pearson, 1768-1819

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Papers of Eliphalet Pearson, 1768-1819

Papers of Eliphalet Pearson, 1768-1819

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Eliphalet Pearson (1752-1826) was a graduate of the Harvard Class of 1773, the second Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard from 1786 until 1806, a member of the Harvard Corporation from 1800 to 1806, and the College's interim President from 1804 to 1806. The papers of Eliphalet Pearson contain materials he created over more than a half century as a student, educator, and administrator. The collection contains Pearson's student work, an account book kept of his daughter Mary's estate, annotated and interleaved almanacs, research notes and reports compiled as a Harvard administrator, a notebook of student essay prompts, a notebook of student disorders, and miscellaneous correspondence, reading notes, and book lists. The collection offers a resource for studying undergraduate education at Harvard, and the administrative issues facing the College in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

.79 cubic feet; (2 volumes, 1 legal document box, and one flat box)

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