General information by and about the Friends of the Harvard Forest, ca. 1938.

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 Forest (Research facility) (1907-)

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The 4,000 acres of the Harvard Forest, in Petersham, Mass., is part of the unceded home territory of the Nipmuc Nation. Following the tragic genocide and forced removal of Indigenous people, the area was colonized by European settlers and incorporated as a town in the 18th century. The original 2,000 acres of the Harvard Forest were donated to Harvard University by James Brooks for the purposes of establishing a field-based classroom for Harvard's new School of Forestry. At its founding...

Friends of the Harvard Forest.

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