Harvard University Baseball Collection, 1867-1980, 2004.

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Harvard University Baseball Collection, 1867-1980, 2004.

This collection consists chiefly of ephemera, information about baseball at Harvard, and equipment. The earliest original artifacts are tickets in the 1867 folder. The information about baseball is chiefly in the form of newspaper and magazine articles and unpublished essays; these cover baseball history at Harvard starting in 1858.

ca. 3.1 cubic feet (11 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7086550

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...

Reid, Bill, 1878-

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William T. Reid (1878-1976) graduated from Harvard in 1901 and was a baseball and football coach at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William T. Reid, Jr., 1863-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973160 From the description of Stories of football strategy : inside history of how some big games have been won and lost / by William T. Reid, Jr. 1909. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511244 Sweater belonged to William Thom...