Papers, 1883-1926 (inclusive), 1900-1926 (bulk).

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...

Swain, George Fillmore, 1857-1931

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Civil engineer, professor. Born San Francisco. S.B., M.I.T. (1877). Professor in charge of Department of Civil Engineering, M.I.T. (1887-1909). Gordon McKay Professor of Civil Engineering, Harvard (1909-1929). Consulting engineer, author. From the description of Papers, 1883-1926 (inclusive), 1900-1926 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269581087 Civil engineer, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1900-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Francis, James B. (James Bicheno), 1815-1892

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Engineer. From the description of James B. Francis correspondence, 1851-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450330 ...

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...

Boston and Maine Railroad

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