Papers of Wendell Robert Carr, 1960-1969.

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Papers of Wendell Robert Carr, 1960-1969.

The collection documents Carr's graduate study at Harvard University in 1960-1962 as well as his teaching activities at the University in 1967-1968. The collection chiefly consists of course notes, syllabi, examinations, and student papers for courses in history, humanities, government, church history, and English taken by Carr while pursuing a master's degree. The courses were taught by Bernard Bailyn, Crane Brinton, Giles Constable, Donald Fleming, Frank Freidel, Myron Gilmore, Oscar Handlin, H. Stuart Hughes, Howard Mumford Jones, William L. Langer, Perry Miller, Reinhold Neibuhr, Heiko Oberman, Charles H. Taylor, and Paul Tillich. The collection also includes annotated reading assignments for Social Sciences 3 used by Carr while teaching the course in 1967-1968. In addition, the collection documents Carr's professional writing activities, including two of his printed articles.

1.2 cubic feet (3 document boxes, 1 half document box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8096926

Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Reinhold Niebuhr and his wife, Ursula Niebuhr. From the description of Letters, 1935-1982, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155873776 Theologian, philosopher, and author. From the description of Papers of Reinhold Niebuhr, 1907-1994 (bulk 1930-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063622 Theologian. From the description of Reminiscences of Reinhold Niebuhr...

Brinton, Crane, 1898-1968

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Brinton graduated from Harvard in 1919 and taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of C. Crane Brinton, 1926-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972987 The Pennsylvania Four Minute Men was organized to provide men for theaters and other rallies to make short speeches on various designated topics concerning the war. They also participated in the Liberty Loan campaigns. From the description of Collection, 1917-1919. (Hist...

Fleming, Donald, 1923-2008

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Gilmore, Myron Piper, 1910-....

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Gilmore (1910-1978) taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Myron Piper Gilmore, 1952-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973313 ...

Bailyn, Bernard

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of Bernard Bailyn : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343030 ...

Carr, Wendell, Robert

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Wendell Robert Carr, professor and lawyer, attended Texas Christian University from 1956-1960. He received his Harvard A.M. in 1962 and his Ph.D. in 1967. While at Harvard, Carr served as a Teaching Fellow in History from 1964-1966, as Instructor in History from 1966-1969, and as Assistant Professor of History from 1969-1972. From 1971-1972 he also held the position of Research Fellow in West European Studies. After leaving Harvard, Carr taught history for several years at the University of Wisc...

Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-1980

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Jones was a Professor of English at Harvard, having joined the department in 1936; he retired in 1962 as Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities. He was known as the "historian of American culture." From the description of Correspondence with Robert E. L. Strider, 1949-1980 (inclusive), 1962-1979 (bulk) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064254 Writer and educator at Harvard University. From the description of Howard Mumford Jones Papers, 1915...

Handlin, Oscar, 1915-2011

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Handlin taught history at Harvard and was Director of the Harvard University Library from 1979 to 1984. From the description of Papers of Oscar Handlin, 1958-1984 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973327 Handlin earned his Harvard AM in 1935 and his PhD in 1940. He taught history at Harvard and was Director of the Harvard University Library from 1979 to 1984. From the description of The evolution of national character in America, 1861-1875 ...

Freidel, Frank, 1916-1993

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Freidel :koral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122620236 Professor of history, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus); b. 1916. From the description of Papers, 1939-1950. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28416891 Freidel taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Frank Freidel...

Hughes, H. Stuart (Henry Stuart), 1916-1999

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Henry Stuart Hughes was born in New York City on May 7, 1916, to Marjory Stuart and Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. His grandfather was former Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Charles Evans Hughes. H. Stuart Hughes attended Amherst College (B.A. 1937) and Harvard University (Ph.D., History 1940). During World War II, Hughes served in the Office of Strategic Services in many theaters of the war, including Algeria, France, Italy, England, and Germany, and ascended to the rank o...

Taylor, Charles H. (Charles Holt), 1899-

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Taylor graduated from Harvard in 1922 and taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles H. Taylor, 1942. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973198 Evangelist and author. From the description of Papers, 1913-1966. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34015073 ...

Miller, Perry, 1905-1963

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Miller taught American history and literature at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Perry G.E. Miller, 1942-1965 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063252 ...

Langer, William L. (William Leonard), 1896-1977

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William L. Langer was born in Boston in March 1896. His early education concentrated on foreign languages, but he studied history, in which he ultimately obtained his MA and Ph. D. from Harvard. He joined the faculty there in 1927, obtaining a reputation in the field of diplomatic history. In a leave status from Harvard, he served as Deputy Chief, then Chief, of the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II, and was appointed an assistant to the S...

Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965

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Constable, Giles

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Constable (1929- ) taught medieval history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Giles Constable, 1969-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973241 Giles Constable was professor of history at Harvard University and master of North House, Radcliffe College. From the description of Papers, 1978. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009154 ...

Oberman, Heiko Augustinus

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