General information by and about the Harvard Union for American Neutrality, February-April 1917.

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General information by and about the Harvard Union for American Neutrality, February-April 1917.

Contains newsclippings, flyers, and statements. Two posters are included in the collection: one, with black lettering, reads "The Harvard Union for American Neutrality believes that ... ;" the other, with yellow lettering, reads, "The Harvard Union for American Nincompoops believes that ... "

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SNAC Resource ID: 7086614

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 Union for American Neutrality.

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The Harvard Union for American Neutrality was an association of undergraduate student pacifists at Harvard. Created in February 1917, the Union dissolved in April 1917, upon the entry of the United States into the war. The Union posted the placard with black lettering in the vicinity of Harvard Square during the enrollment for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Harvard in February 1917; the placard with yellow lettering was hung in response by an unidentified individual or group of individu...