Miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1977 (inclusive).

Harvard University

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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...

Harvard University. Phillips Brooks House Association

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The Phillips Brooks House was completed in 1900 and dedicated in memory of Bishop Brooks, to be used "for the religious, charitable and social interests of the University". The House is the headquarters of the Phillips Brooks House Association, the Harvard-Radcliffe community action organization. The Association is open to all members of the Harvard and Radcliffe community who wish to participate in voluntary social service. Its several committees operate under the supervision of a Cabinet compo...

Appleton Chapel (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Sperry, Willard Learoyd, 1882-1954

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Congregational minister, dean of Harvard Divinity School. B.A. Olivet College, 1903; B.A. Oxford, 1907; M.A. Yale, 1909. Ordained a Congregational minister, 1908, serving churches in Fall River and Boston, Mass. (1908-1922). Dean, Harvard Divinity School (1922-1953), Plummer Professor of Christian Morals (1928-1953). See sketch in Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement Five. From the description of Papers, 1902-1955 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). Wo...

Harvard University. Board of Ministry.

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The Board of Preachers was established in 1881, and was charged to work with the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in the conduct of religious services in the University. The Memorial Church was dedicated in 1932 and incorporates an Appleton Chapel, the name given to a former building erected on the same site in 1855. In 1974, the title of the person in charge of Memorial Church was changed from Preacher to the University to that of Minister in Memorial Church. In the following year (1975) t...

Harvard University. Board of Preachers.

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Memorial Church (Harvard University)

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Buttrick, George Arthur, 1892-1980

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George Arthur Buttrick (1892-1980) was Minister of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City (1927-1954) and Preacher to the University and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University (1954-1960). He was also active on social and political issues, including anti-war and civil rights, and the debates between progressive and conservative Protestants, particularly within the Presbyterian Church. From the description of Papers of George Arthur Buttrick, ca. 1909...

Price, Charles P., 1920-1999

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