Scrapbook and photograph album of Lawrence Burns Webster, 1902-1906.

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Scrapbook and photograph album of Lawrence Burns Webster, 1902-1906.

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A photograph album, "Harvard Pictures," holds 117 b&w prints, each with a caption. The photographs depict Webster's student life at Harvard, including snapshots of the Yard and Harvard buildings, dormitory rooms, friends, members of the Triangle Club, a Kappa Sigma excursion to Hyannisport, Commencement and Class Day in 1906, John the Orangeman, the Greek Play in the Stadium in June 1906, and other social and athletic events. The scrapbook contains news clippings, menus, invitations, postcards, notices, ticket stubs, correspondence, photographs, and programs. The memorabilia in it relates to Webster's courses, membership in the Electrical Club, Engineering Society, Shooting Club, Triangle Club, participation on the gymnastic team, attendance at athletic events and plays, Commencement and Class Day 1906, and many other activities. The scrapbook contains a few loose items at the front of the volume. The bulk of the material in the scrapbook dates from 1904-1906.

2 v. ; 15-36 cm.

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