Records of early Harvard buildings, 1710-1969.

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Records of early Harvard buildings, 1710-1969.

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The Records of early Harvard buildings consist of floor plans, drawings, receipts, estimates, and correspondence resulting from the construction and maintenance of Harvard College buildings in the Old Yard during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The records also include several drawings and floor plans of Massachusetts Hall, the oldest surviving building at Harvard, as well as correspondence, notes, and sketches from the construction of University Hall, designed by architect Charles Bulfinch. In addition to providing an overview of the expansion of Harvard Yard, the records also reveal the costs and labor involved in constructing and maintaining educational buildings in colonial New England.

1.5 cubic feet (2 flat boxes,1 legal document box, 1 bound volume, and 5 oversized folders)

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Harvard University Archives.

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