The John Harvard Family collection, 1577, 1622 and 1828-2001.

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The John Harvard Family collection, 1577, 1622 and 1828-2001.

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This collection presents what little information is available about John Harvard's life, family, and the world of the seventeenth century in which he lived. The documents in this collection recall John Harvard's brief life, the importance of his bequest to Harvard University, and the many honors and memorials bestowed upon Harvard after his death by generations of Harvard alumni. This collection also contains genealogical information about the Harvard family.

ca. 3 cubic feet (6 document boxes, 6 portfolio boxes)

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7139215

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, Peter John de Jersey, 1916-

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Harvard, Lionel de Jersey, 1893-1918.

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Harvard, John, 1607-1638

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Harvard family

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John Harvard (1607-1638) was an English clergyman who settled in the American colonies, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1637. John Harvard left half his estate and library to the newly founded college at Newtown (which later became Cambridge, Massachusetts). The Massachusetts General Court named the college in his honor in 1639. The college became Harvard University in 1780. Other members of the Harvard family who had a Harvard University connection were Lionel de Jersey Harvard (1893-1918) an...