Class album : class of 1858.

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Class album : class of 1858.

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Contains formal portrait photographs of selected students, faculty members, and views of the Harvard campus. Final photograph is that of a middle-aged African-American man, identified only as "Sylvester." Some photographs are amended with a handwritten note of the death of the sitter; noted near the portrait of of William F. Lee is the fact that he is the son of General Robert E. Lee. A few documents are inserted between pages of the album.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 2006

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The early 19th century was a time of student unrest at Harvard. Perhaps in reaction to the disturbances and protest of previous classes, Faculty Records vol. IX tell that President Kirkland announced early on in the Class of 1822's college years that no students were to have any meeting for the purpose of eating or drinking in college. Although the Class of 1822 is a serene one as compared with its generation, many of the students of the Class of 1822 received public admonishments as a result of...

Sylvester, James Joseph, 1814-1897

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While living in Gunnison, Sylvester was called to fight in the Black Hawk Indian War. From the description of History of my life during the Indian Wars, 1909. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122639869 Mathematician and university professor. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1842-1936]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122318590 ...

Tobey, Gerard Curtis, 1836-1911.

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