Letter from Elliott Perkins to David R. Wood, 1974 September 15.

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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...

Wood, David R.

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Perkins, Elliott, 1901-1985.

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Elliott Perkins (1901-1985) earned his Harvard A.B. in 1923 and Harvard Ph.D. in 1936. He was a Tutor at Lowell House at its opening in 1930 and served as Master of the House from 1940 to 1963. Perkins also taught courses on English history from 1937 to 1969. After leaving his Mastership at Lowell House, Perkins served at Harvard as advisor to high school teachers, as chairman of the Committee on Teaching as a Career, as Head Tutor in History, and as chairman of the Board of Examiners in History...