Records of Corporation committees and boards created between 1870 and 1909, 1870-1909 (inclusive).

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Records of Corporation committees and boards created between 1870 and 1909, 1870-1909 (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 Archives hasrecords, to varying degrees, for Corporation committees and boards which have been divided into the following periods: 1654-1689; 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 before 1870 and after 1909, see additional records entered under: Harvard University. Corporation. Records of Corporation committees and boards. COMMITTEES CREATED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1909: (During the term of President Charles W. Eliot): Committee on the regulation of Athletic sports,1882-1951 (UAI.10.175.x); Committee on Academic costume, 1897 (UAI.10.210);Committee on Offices and Learned Societies to be admitted to Quinquennial Catalogue, 1900 (UAI.10.230); Committee to study the future needs of the College Library, 1902 (UAI.10.250); Committee...on improving the conditions in the library at the University, 1903 (UAI.10.252); Committee on commencement parts, ca. 1904 (UAI.10.255); Report on the methods of Admission, 1905(UAI.10.260); Committee to consider the better appointment of lecture and recitation rooms, ca. 1906 (UAI.10.275); Joint Committee on the organization of the University, 1907 (UAI.10.285).

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Harvard University. Corporation.

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Harvard College's primary governing board, the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (known as the Harvard Corporation), was established by the Massachusetts General Court in 1650. The charter conferred on the Corporation the duties of managing the College, including appointing and removing administrators, faculty, and staff, creating orders and by-laws for the College, and managing finances, properties, and donations. The first recorded meeting of the Corporation was held on December 10, 16...

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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...