To the President of Harvard University in 2000 [letter], February 7, 1951.

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To the President of Harvard University in 2000 [letter], February 7, 1951.

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This letter is part of a package consisting of two items. The first is a typewritten letter signed by James Bryant Conant, President of Harvard University, to Harvard's first president of the 21st century. The second is an accompanying black-and-white photograph of the Harvard University Corporation.

1 letter (2 p.) + 1 photograph (b&w) + original envelope

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University. Corporation.

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Harvard College's primary governing board, the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (known as the Harvard Corporation), was established by the Massachusetts General Court in 1650. The charter conferred on the Corporation the duties of managing the College, including appointing and removing administrators, faculty, and staff, creating orders and by-laws for the College, and managing finances, properties, and donations. The first recorded meeting of the Corporation was held on December 10, 16...

Faust, Drew,

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Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...