Records of Corporation committees and boards created between 1654 and 1869, 1654-1869 (inclusive).

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Records of Corporation committees and boards created between 1654 and 1869, 1654-1869 (inclusive).

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Records of the Committees and boards of the Harvard Corporation include mainly reports, some minutes and correspondence of individual committees and boards, and lists of members of committees. The Harvard Archives has records, to varying degrees, for Corporation committees and boards which have been divided into the following periods: 1654-1869; 1870-1909; 1910-1933; 1934-1953; 1954-1971; and 1972- . After 1869 the divisions coincide with the terms of Harvard University presidents. For committees and boards established after 1869, see additional records entered under: Harvard University. Corporation. Records of Corporation committees and boards. COMMITTEES CREATED BETWEEN 1654 AND 1869: Committee about Harvard College, 1654 (UAI.20.654); Committee on revision of Judah Monis' Hebrew Grammar, 1734 (UAI.10.15); Committee for laying out an highway through Roger's farm in Waltham, 1762 (UAI.10.20.x); Committee appointed to consider some regulations to be made in making out the quarter bills, 177- (UAI.10.30.x); Committee appointed to examine the Steward's accounts, 1800 (UAI.10.35.x); Committee appointed to consider enlarging the chemical room, 1807 (UAI.10.45.x); Committee on the alteration of Law V, Chapter III, 1809 (UAI.10.50.x); Committee appointed to consider the expediency of the Corporation subscribing to the Hebrew Bible, 1812 (UAI.10.55.x); Committee on administration of the College, 1825 (UAI.10.65); Committee...to take into consideration the 28th article of the laws, respecting the emoluments of the President and of all the Professors and the instructors, 1825 (UAI.10.75); Committee...to inquire into the income and expenses of the College, 1826 (UAI.10.85); Report of the President...submitting...a general plan of studies..., 1830 (UAI.10.87); Committee on the Dexter Foundation, ca.1830 (UAI.10.88); Committee on the rights and duties of the President and Fellows...in relation to the...Overseers, 1856 (UAI.10.90.x); Committee on the award of the Boyden prize in mathematics, 1857 (UAI.10.95); Committee of finances, 1860 (UAI.10.97). Trustees of the fund for assisting students, 1860-1867 (UAI.10.150); Committee on Standing Committees, 1866 (UAI.10.152); Committee on Exhibitions, 1866 (UAI.10.154); Committee on studies, 1866 (UAI.10.156); Committee on Junior and Senior Studies, 1866 (UAI.10.158); Committee on admitting women to the Medical School, 1867 (UAI.10.160); Committee on studies and discipline, 1867 (UAI.10.162); Committee on the Medical School (concerning Dental School), 1864 (UAI.10.164); Committee on commencement, 1867 (UAI.10.166); Committee on Terms and Vacations, 1867 (UAI.10.168); Committee on College burying grounds, 1868 (UAI.10.170).

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