Carter Burden Harvard College notebooks, 1956-1960.

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Carter Burden Harvard College notebooks, 1956-1960.

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Carter Burden (1941-1996) was a progressive New York City Councilman, publisher, and media magnate. The Carter Burden Harvard College notebooks consist of 12 volumes of class notes taken by Burden as an undergraduate, primarily in Philosophy lectures.

.42 linear foot (1 box)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...

Burden, Carter

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Carter Burden (1941-1996) was a progressive New York City Councilman, publisher, and media magnate. He was the son of photographer Shirley Carter Burden. While at Harvard, he majored in English, wrote his senior thesis on Henry Miller, and graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in 1963. Starting in 1969 he served three terms on the New York City Council. While in office, he served as chairman of the committee on health, lobbied for changes in laws about lead-...