Records of the Treasurer of Harvard University, 1669-2008.

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Records of the Treasurer of Harvard University, 1669-2008.

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The Records of the Treasurer of Harvard University document the management and oversight of Harvard's finances including income, expenses, and assets. The records provide an extensive view of Harvard's financial condition as affected by the overall economic climate in the United States, and in particular, highlight the colonial American economic landscape. The collection consists of fifteen series illuminating the progression of Harvard's financial recordkeeping from handwritten fund notes of the mid-seventeenth century to electronically issued reports. The records trace Harvard's transition from a small publicly-funded college to one of the world's largest private universities. The two most complete record series are the Reports and University Accounts, which document the University's core financial activities from 1669 to the present. The most extensive series in the collection, Real Estate, contains photographs, leases, mortgages, and related correspondence resulting from the University's properties in thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and Bermuda. The other series in the collection are less comprehensive. The Records of the Treasurer of Harvard University begin with the tenure of John Richards. Limited records in the form of annual reports are available since 1984.

127.42 cubic feet (124 legal document boxes, 49 flat boxes, 16 document boxes, 11 card boxes, 220 volumes, 2 half document boxes, 1 legal half document box, 202 folders, 4 record cartons, and 1 reel)

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Harvard University Archives.

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Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Eliot, Samuel Atkins, 1798-1862

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Hooper, Edward William, 1839-1901

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Hooper was treasurer of Harvard College (1876-1898). During the Civil War, he served as additional aide-de-camp on the staff of General Rufus Saxton, Department of the South, and on the staff of General John Adams Dix, Department of the East. From the description of Letters, 1862-1892 (inclusive), 1862-1865 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367510 From the guide to the Edward William Hooper letters, 1862-1892 (inclusive), 1862-1865 (bulk)., (Houghton Libra...

Danforth, Thomas, 1622-1699

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Danforth is best known as one of the judges in the Salem, Mass. witch trials. He was a deputy governor of Massachusetts. From the description of [Document] 1660 Aug. 3 / Th. Danforth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 213329967 Thomas Danforth was an early resident of New England, a wealthy farmer who held several offices in colonial government and at Harvard College. Born in Suffolk County, England, he emigrated to America with his family in about 1635, where he was rais...

Cabot, Paul Codman, 1898-1994

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Shattuck, Henry Lee, 1879-1971

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Attorney, trustee, author. Harvard, A.B. 1901, LL.B. 1904, LL.D., Williams College 1936, Nat. U. of Ireland 1950, Harvard U. 1952, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1955. Attorney in Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Harvard Coll., 1929-1938. Member, Mass. House of Repres., 1920-1930; Boston City Council, 1934-1941. Member, U.S. Loyalty Review Bd.; Chairman, Interim Mixed Parole and Clemency Board. From the description of Papers, 1947-1954. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 23...

Richards, John Edward, 1952-

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Kept by two wealthy men, an uncle and his nephew, John Richards who lived near Forty Hill and Enfield, Middlesex Co., [now London] Eng. The uncle died in 1729. From the description of Account book, 1717-1729. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 19931817 John Richards was a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, 1895-96. From the description of Works administration: lectures before the student of the Leland Stanford Junior U...

Bennett, George Fletcher

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Pelham, Herbert, landowner

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MacDougall, Roderick.

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White, John W.

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General store operator in Middletown (Frederick Co.), Md. From the description of Ledger and exercise books, 1858-1870. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38754404 John White was a Victorian Naval Contingent. From the description of Diary [manuscript]. 1900. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223012347 ...

Brattle, Thomas, 1658-1713

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Merchant. From the description of Thomas Brattle papers, 1681-1708. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451303 Distinguished merchant of Boston. From the description of ANS : Boston, to Samuel Gray, 1788 Oct. 20. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37766601 ...

Storer, Ebenezer

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Ebenezer Storer graduated from Harvard in 1747 and received master's degrees from Harvard and Yale in 1750. He served as treasurer of Harvard from 1777-1807. From the description of Diplomas, 1750. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 406084827 Ebenezer Storer, Treasurer of Harvard College, was born on January 27, 1729/30 to Captain Ebenezer and Mary (Edwards) Storer in Boston. He received his Harvard AB in 1747 and his AM in 1750; that same year, he receiv...

Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Amos Adams Lawrence was a Boston merchant, textile manufacturer, and philanthropist. From the description of Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1857-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387678 Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Letter of Amos Adams Lawrence, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014885 ...

Brattle, William, 1662-1717

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Standard text at Harvard until the 1770s. From the description of Compendium logicae secundum principia D. Renati Des:cartes catechisticé propositum / per Dom. Brattle, in usum pupillorum ; A compendium of logick according to the modern phylosophers extracted from Le-grand and others their systems / by Mr. Brattle, in usum pupillorum : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843242 Brattle (A. B. 1680) was a Boston minister. From the descr...

Nowell, Samuel, 1634-1688

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Andrews, William T. (William Turrell)

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Secretary of the Athenaeum. From the description of Letter, 1843 June 19, Boston, to George R. Lewis, New Haven. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 15174170 ...

Francis, Ebenezer, 1775-1858

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Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950

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Claflin, William H. (William Henry), 1893-

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Ward, Thomas W. (Thomas Wren), 1786-1858

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