Records of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1958-

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Records of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1958-

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This record group documents the construction, development and operation of the Center. It includes the records of Arthur O. Trottenburg, Vice-Chairman of Committee on Practice of the Visual Arts. Photographs of the demolition of Farlow House to make way for the Carpenter Center are included.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Trottenburg, Arthur O.

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Farlow House (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Carpenter center for the visual arts

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The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts opened in 1963 in a building designed by Le Corbusier. The Center offers a concentration on visual and environmental studies. From the description of Records of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1958- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972705 The Carpenter Center is located between the Faculty Club and the Fogg Art Museum on Quincy Street. Construction was financed by Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter '05 and by the Program ...