Records of the Admissions Office, 1869-1979 (inclusive).

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...

Williston, Catharine.

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Radcliffe College. Admissions Office.

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Admission to Radcliffe College was originally determined by the Harvard Examinations for Women that were graded by a committee of Harvard professors. These exams were replaced in 1916 by those of the College Entrance Examination Board. The Committee on Admissions (renamed the Admissions Office in 1944) continued until 1975, when the Harvard/Radcliffe Office of Admissions and Financial Aids was established. An equal access policy was instituted and the limit on the number of women admitted to Har...

Radcliffe College. Committee on Admissions.

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Briggs, Elizabeth, 1863-1937.

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Educator. Graduated from Radcliffe in 1887 (A.B.), graduate student 1887-1888, 1889-1890. Founded the Radcliffe Club of New York, served as president and historian of Radcliffe College Alumnae Association, and as Alumnae Associate. From the description of Papers of Elizabeth Briggs, 1883-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006503 ...

Woman's Education Association (Boston, Mass.)

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The Woman's Education Association, founded in Boston, Mass, in 1872, and disbanded in 1927, was the catalyst for many educational innovations for women. It instituted the Harvard Examinations for Women (1872), arranged with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer summer chemistry courses for women (1873), encouraged Harvard to offer botany courses (1879), raised money for Radcliffe College (1894), and helped found the summer laboratory (later the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Society to encourage studies at home

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Radcliffe College. Class of 1966

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Loring, Katharine P., 1849-1943

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Founder and teacher in the Society to Encourage Studies at Home, Boston, Mass. From the description of Letters, 1892. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007391 ...

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...