Diplomas, ca. 1800-1963.

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Diplomas, ca. 1800-1963.

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Letters and receipts regarding diplomas (UAIII 15.17.10): letters, postage receipts, bills of lading, and notes regarding the mail delivery of diplomas to students, 1910-1916 (.03 cubic feet, 1 pamphlet binder). Diploma receipt cards (UAIII 15.17.11): diploma receipt cards signed by students after receiving their diplomas at commencement, 1958 June (.30 cubic feet, 1 card file). Diplomas of Edward Lorenzo Holmes (A.B. 1849) and Almadus Wilkinson (A.B. 1871) (UAIII 15.18): Holmes' diploma survived the Chicago Fire of 1871 and is in several pieces, 1849, 1871 (.37 cubic feet, 1 framed diploma, 1 flat box). Nineteenth and twentieth century diplomas (UAIII 15.18PF): arranged chronologically; diplomas followed by blank examples, 1803-1963 (47.25 cubic feet, 581 diplomas in 189 portfolio folders and 2 ceremonial containers). Diploma of Arthur M. Schlesinger (UAIII 15.18.2PF): contains Schlesinger's Doctor of Letters diploma, 1963 (.13 cubic feet, 1 ceremonial case). Diploma cases (UAIII 15.18.5): Crimson leather diploma cases with the Harvard University shield embossed in a gold leaf on cap, ca. 1900-1933 (1.92 cubic feet, 3 tubes). Diplomas not called for (UAIII 15.19PF): diplomas not delivered to students and returned to the College. The diplomas are written in Latin. The majority of the diplomas have been signed by President James B. Conant; several signed by President A. Lawrence Lowell, 1933-1953 (2 cubic feet, 90 diplomas in 4 portfolio folders). War certificates not called for (UAIII 15.19.5PF): certificates for students who left college early to serve in the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Army during World War II, 1943-1945 (.25 cubic feet, 8 certificates in one portfolio folder). Diploma plates (UAIII 15.20F): engraved copper and tin plates used to print diplomas. Some of the plates include paper samples. Box 1: plates for Doctor of Science, architecture, and general diplomas; Box 2: plates for Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Doctor of Arts (honorary), Master of Science, Tercentenary honorary degrees; Box 3: plates for Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Master in Business Administration, Bachelor of Laws, physical education, engineering, Certificate of appointment of instructors, Certificate of attendance for University students, elective courses (Arts and Sciences Award), Summer School of Physical Education; Box 4: plates for Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts (with honors), Bachelor of Arts cum laude in general studies, Magna Cum Summa, ca. 1800-1959 (1.8 cubic feet, 25 plates in 4 flat boxes). Harvard Degrees and Diplomas, 1640-1908 (UAIII 15.21): contains the notes of Morris Hicky Morgan, Professor of Classical Philology (1899-1910), on the classification of Harvard degrees. These records were compiled from the records of the Harvard Corporation, Board of Overseers (extracts of votes taken and meeting minutes), the files of the President's papers, early catalogues, Harvard College Books, loose manuscripts from the Harvard College Library, letters written to Morgan about diplomas, and from information recorded on original diplomas. Morgan's notes provide information about the history of Harvard diplomas, the manner in which diplomas were conferred, and the numerous diplomas established by the College. Documents are pasted into these volumes, with Morgan's handwritten descriptions or titles of the documents recorded on each page, (.42 cubic feet, 2 volumes).

54.47 cubic feet (194 portfolio folders, 5 flat boxes, 3 ceremonial containers, 2 volumes, 1 pamphlet binder, 1 card file, 1 framed diploma, 3 tubes)

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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