Harry A. Garfield Board of Trustees records, 1908-1934.

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Harry A. Garfield Board of Trustees records, 1908-1934.

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The general Correspondence subseries contains material regarding Board of Trustee meetings, committee business, and requests for Garfield. Some correspondence contains discussion of the war effort and personal issues. Major correspondents include Henry Lefavour, Francis Lynde Stetson, Clark Williams, and Frederic T. Wood. The Alfred Clark Chapin subseries deals primarily with the building of Grace (now Chapin) Hall, donation of his rare books, and the opening of the Chapin Library. Much of the Bentley W. Warren subseries relates to issues before the Buildings & Grounds Committee--including construction of Grace Hall (1910), an addition to Lasell Gymnasium (1926), and the Physical Plant (1931)--and includes architects' proposals, blueprints, progress reports, etc. Additional correspondents include Alfred C. Chapin, Treasurer Willard Hoyt, and architects Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson. The Meetings and Committees subseries, comprising material relating to board and committee meetings, contains meeting announcements, agendas, minutes, statistics, etc.

8.5 linear ft. (6 boxes)

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Williams College. Committee on Grounds, Buildings & Improvements.

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Williams College

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Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942

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Son of James A. Garfield, 20th President of United States. Practiced law with Garfield, Garfield & Howe, served as President of Williams College, 1908-1934. Involved with numerous civic commitments; received many honorariums. From the description of H. A. Garfield letters to Byron J. Rees [manuscript], 1914 Jun 22 and 1919 Dec 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 316338458 Lawyer, educator, public official, and son of President James A. Garfield. ...

Lasell Gymnasium (Williamstown, Mass.)

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Williams, Clark, 1870-1946

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Williams College. Committee on Instruction.

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Williams College. Office of the President.

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Alfred Clark Chapin served as Williams Trustee, 1917-1935. Bentley Warren, a Boston attorney, served as Williams Trustees, 1902-1947, and was chairman of the Committee on Grounds, Buildings & Improvements. The Executive Committee of the Trustees reviewed faculty and trustee appointments, candidates for tenure, and admission requirements. The Committee on Finance approved college investments, budgets, endowments and gifts. The Committee on Grounds, Buildings and Improvements addressed propert...

Wood, Frederick T., 1874-1955.

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Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson

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In 1887 Cram joined with Charles Wentworth to open an architectural office (Cram and Wentworth) in Boston. In 1891 Bertram G. Goodhue joined them. Shortly thereafter Wentworth died and the firm became Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, which it remained until 1910 when Goodhue left to form his own firm in New York. Cram & Ferguson kept that name even when younger partners joined in 1925 and after Ferguson died in 1926. From the description of Men's dormitory, Richmond College[Richard,...

Chapin, Alfred Clark, 1848-1936.

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Alfred Clark Chapin (1848-1936), born South Hadley, Mass., died Montreal. Graduate of Williams College in1869. Prominent lawyer, mayor of Brooklyn, and congressman. Byron Johnson Rees (1877-1920), author of The Heart-Cry of Jesus. From the description of Letter to Mr. President, 1920 February 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 60494278 ...

Warren, Bentley Wirt, 1864-1947.

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Hoyt, Willard E., 1870-1948.

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Williams College. Committee on Finance.

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Chapin Library

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Williams College. Executive Committee.

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Stetson, Francis Lynde, 1846-1920.

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Lefavour, Henry, 1862-1946

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Williams College. Board of Trustees.

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