Diplomas, Universities and colleges. 1758-1897.

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...

Connecticut Historical Society

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Bowdoin College

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Robbins, Thomas, 1777-1856

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Connecticut clergyman, educational reformer, and anitquarian, who served various Congregational pastorates in Connecticut and Massachusetts, as well as missionary tours of Vermont, New York, and the Western Reserve of Ohio. From the description of Speech draft, ca. 1830. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53020629 Robbins was born in Norfolk, Connecticut, the son of the Reverend Ammi Ruhamah Robbins. He graduated from both Yale College and Williams College and st...

Wightman, Thomas.

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Middlebury College

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G.W. Boynton & Co.

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Andover Theological Seminary

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Burr, Aaron, 1716-1757

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Clergyman and college president. From the description of Deed for sale of land in Fairfield township, Conn., 1738. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452376 Aaron Burr was born on January 4, 1716, to Daniel and Elizabeth Burr in Upper Meadows, Connecticut. He excelled in languages and sciences at Yale College, from which he graduated in 1735. He stayed at Yale for an additional year to study theology, supported by the Berkeley Foundation, during which he became in...

Wellesley College

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Harvard College (1780- )

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Special students were those who took courses in Harvard College but were not degree candidates; they had not gone through the standard admissions process completed by AB degree candidates. From the description of Records of special students, 1876-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064523 It is unclear whether F.C. Fabel ever attended Harvard College. F.C. Fabel may be Frederick Charles Fabel, who received an AB from the University of Rochester in 1893. ...

Middleton, Strobridge & Co.

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United States Naval Academy

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Taffinder was born on March 18, 1884, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906, attained the rank of Vice Admiral, retired from the Navy in 1947, and died in 1965. From the description of Diploma, June 14, 1906. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 704931343 Founded in 1845, the United States Naval Academy trains students in a four-year Officer Development Program, preparing them for assignments as midshipmen after graduation. The courses focus on moral...

Xenia Female Colege.

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Williams College

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Crofut, Florence Sidette Marcy, 1875-1974.

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