Records of the Baker's Dozen, 1903, circa 1950.

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 University. Dramatic club

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Baker's Dozen (Harvard University)

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The Baker's Dozen was an undergraduate student organization dedicated to the technical analysis and writing of plays. Founded in 1902, the group was supervised by George Pierce Baker, and the group was named after him. (Contrary to the name's implications, the group had 24 members.) The group disbanded in 1904. Baker also led two other dramatic clubs at Havard: the Mermaid Club and the 47 Workshop. From the description of Records of the Baker's Dozen, 1903, circa 1950. (Harvard Unive...

47 Workshop.

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Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935

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George Pierce Baker was an American drama educator. He graduated from Harvard University in 1887 and from 1888 to 1924 was a faculty member in the English Department. While at Harvard, he played a key role in starting the Harvard Theatre Collection at Harvard University Library; he created the Harvard Dramatic Club; and he founded Workshop 47 to provide a forum for the performance of plays developed for his English 47 class. Baker was unable to convince Harvard to offer a degree in playwrighting...

Blanchard, Arthur Franklin, 1883-

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