Harvard College Class of 1855 photograph album II, ca. 1855.

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Harvard College Class of 1855 photograph album II, ca. 1855.

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One album of photographs of members of the Harvard College Class of 1855. Subjects include Phillips Brooks and Robert Treat Paine, among many others. All of the photographs appear to have been taken while the subjects were students at Harvard, ca. 1855. Some of the images are identified with the subject's autograph. Some photos appear to have been removed from the album at an earlier date. None of the photographers are identified.

101 photographs in 1 album.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7653436

Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

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Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 2006

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Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893

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