Papers of Arthur Sweetser, 1936, 1968, and undated.

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Papers of Arthur Sweetser, 1936, 1968, and undated.

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Report prepared for publication in the Harvard College Class of 1911's twenty-fifth anniversary report, published in 1936. The report is accompanied by an undated constitution for "The Gang," an informal club of which Sweetser was a member, formed by husbands of members of the "Monday Club," as well as by several obituary notices.

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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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Sweetser, Arthur, 1888-1968

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Arthur Sweetser was born on July 16, 1888, in Boston, Mass., to M. Foster Sweetser and Edith Ashton Balch. Prepared at the Boston Latin School, he received his Harvard AB in 1911 and his AM in 1912. After graduation, Sweetser worked as a newspaper reporter. He married Ruth Gregory on Jun 19, 1915; together they had five children. During World War I, he served in the American Air Force. After the war, Sweetser began working for the League of Nations in Geneva. Resigned after the beginning of Worl...