Henry Edwards Scott papers relating to theater at Harvard University, circa 1878-1925

Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

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The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra is a collegiate symphony orchestra comprised of Harvard students and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in March 1808 as the Pierian Sodality, the Orchestra is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. The band contains over 100 members and is the largest orchestra at Harvard University. The group plays four season concerts every year at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, regularly participates in the annual Arts First arts festival at Harvard, and somet...

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 University. Pi Eta Society.

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Scott, Henry Edwards, 1900-

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Henry Edwards Scott Jr. was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 22, 1900 and died October 24, 1990 in Chilmark, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1922 with a degree in Engineering, and did graduate work in fine arts at Harvard from 1922-1924. From 1924-1926, Scott worked as a tutor for the Fine Arts Department, later becoming head tutor in Venetian Painting at Harvard. He eloped with Margaret (Peggy) Gustin in 1926, and went on to teach at many institutions, including...