Records of Corporation committees and boards created between 1910 and 1933, 1910-1933 (inclusive).

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Records of Corporation committees and boards created between 1910 and 1933, 1910-1933 (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 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 before 1910 and after 1933, see additional records entered under: Harvard University. Corporation. Records of Corporation committees and boards. COMMITTEES CREATED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1933 (During the term of President A. Lawrence Lowell): Committee on the Library, 1910 (UAI.10.300); Committee on the teaching of engineering, 1918 (UAI.10.375); Committee to select representatives for non-Harvard ceremonies, 1919 (UAI.10.380.5); Committee to consider the increase of tuition fees, 1921 (UAI.10.400.x); Committee on an engineering school in China, 1921- (UAI.10.410.x); Committee...(on) principles and methods for more effective sifting of candidates for admission to the University, 1922-1923 (UAI.10.420); Committee to consider...sifting of candidates for admission, 1923 (UAI.10.10.430); Committee to extend national service of Harvard, 1924- (UAI.10.450); Committee on traffic, 1924-1925 (UAI.10.455); Committee on the Humanities Fund, ca.1928- (UAI.10.460.x); Committee to consider certain questions of undergraduate employment, etc., 1932 (UAI.10.470); Committee to consider free tuition, 1933 (UAI.10.472); Committee on seals, arms and diplomas, 1933- (UAI.10.475.x).

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