Harvard University Archives Visual Collections - Locations File, Chronological, ca.1650- (inclusive), 1752- (bulk).

Harvard College Observatory

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In 1839, the Harvard Corporation appointed William Cranch Bond the first Astronomical Observer to the University, thereby taking the first step in establishing the Harvard College Observatory, after which the first telescope was installed in 1847. Scholars and students had studied astronomy at Harvard since the seventeenth century, but it wasn’t until a large comet sparked public interest in 1843 that donors began donating funds to build an observatory. During the tenure of the Harvar...

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...

Paine, Robert Treat, 1731-1814

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Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731 – May 11, 1814) was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He served as the state's first attorney general, and served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court. Paine was also a founding member of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and had always opposed slavery. ...

Davis, A. J. (Albert John), 1951-

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Head of Presbyterian Mission School in Sitka after Sheld on Jackson left. From the description of Letters from A.J. Davis to his daughter, Mary E. in Harrisburg, PA, 1885-1902. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42066058 ...

Warren, George K. (George Kendall)

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Rittase, William M., 1894-1968

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William M. Rittase (January 16, 1887-October 28, 1968) was an American photographer active in Philadelphia during the 1920s and 1930s. He was known for his industrial photography commissioned for articles and advertisements and his photographs appeared frequently in Fortune magazine and other periodicals in the 1930s. His work was included in Lincoln Kirstein’s 1930 Harvard Society for Contemporary Art exhibition among numerous other exhibitions. Rittase was affiliated with the Camera Pictoriali...

Dunwell, Steve

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Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863

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Rummell, Richard, 1848-1924

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Around 1900, Littig & Company commissioned artist Richard Rummell (1848-1924) to create watercolors of some of the nation's most prestigious colleges. The prints were panorama views, appearing to be done from an altitude of about 300 feet. While it is possible that the artist used a tethered balloon, it is more likely that he used some process of isometric drawing to convey the illusion of altitude. From these watercolors, engravings were made on copper plates, and a limited number of copies...

Story, Joseph, 1779-1845

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Jurist, politician, and professor of law Joseph Story (1779-1845) was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on September 18, 1779. He received an AB from Harvard in 1798, an AM in 1801, and an LLD in 1821; he also received law degrees from Brown University and Dartmouth College. In 1802, Story married Mary Lynde Oliver. After Mary's death in 1805, Story married Sarah Waldo Wetmore in 1808. Story practiced law in Salem, Mass. and served as a representative in the state legislature before b...

Callender, Joseph, 1751-1821

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Bail, Hamilton Vaughn.

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Griffin, Samuel, 1746-1810

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Samuel Griffin was a lawyer, soldier and politician originally from Richmond County, Virginia. He served as a colonel in the Revolution and was wounded at the battle at Harlem Heights on October 12, 1776. He served as mayor of Williamsburg, 1779-1780 and as a member of the House of Delegates from 1787-1788. He served in Congress from 1789 to 1795. He died in New York in 1810. John Ambler was the son of Edward Ambler of Jamestown, Virginia. In 1782 he inherited Jamestown Island and many other est...

Prang and Meyer.

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Smith, Joseph Lindon, 1863-1950

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Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) is a painter and lecturer, Dublin, N.H. From the description of Joseph Lindon Smith papers, 1647-1965, bulk 1873-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613314146 American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Dr. Baldwin, 1903 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860359 Painter, lecturer, Dublin, N.H. Born 1863. Died 1950. Born in Pawtucket, R.I., Smith studied ar...

Notman, William

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Weber, Paul J.

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Paul J. Weber, a well-known architectural photographer, was born ca. 1880 in Germany. He was married to Florence A. Weber, and the couple had two daughters. Weber worked in the Boston area during the first half of the twentieth century. From the description of Photographs of Harvard University buildings and grounds taken by Paul J. Weber, 1929-1931. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 713375172 Paul J. Weber was a noted architectural photographer working i...

Pach Brothers, New York.

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Raskin, Joseph

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Fisher, Jonathan

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Green, Joshua

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Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886

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Architect Henry Hobson Richardson was born and raised in Louisiana. He attended Harvard College (class of 1859) and was the second American to enroll in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Upon his return in 1866, he opened a small office in New York City in partnership with Charles Gambrill. In 1872 he received the design commission for Trinity Church in Boston and in 1874 he moved his home and office to Brookline to handle his growing practice in New England. The following years were to be the ...

Massachusetts Medical College (Boston)

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Kidder, James, 1793-1837

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Quincy, Eliza Susan

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Washburn, Bradford, 1910-2007

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Explorer, scientist, and mountaineer Bradford Washburn pioneered the West Buttress route to the summit of Mount McKinley. He is the definitive cartographer of Mount McKinley and Mount Everest. From the description of Bradford and Barbara Washburn papers, 1920- (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 154128965 Bradford Washburn is an explorer, geographer, and former director of the Museum of Science in Boston. From the description of Letter, 1995. (...

Wood, Richard Carver

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Photographer and architect Richard Carver Wood was educated at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also worked on several documentaries, including Nancy Hamilton’s documentary on Helen Keller, The Unconquered (1954). From the guide to the Photographs of Harvard faculty and buildings, 1936, (Harvard University Archives) Richard Carver Wood was a photographer and architect in New York, N.Y. and Cambridge, Mass. From the de...

Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975

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Moses Pond (1787-1873): lawyer; Connecticut State representative (1837-1855); and selectman of Wolcott, Connecticut. From the guide to the Samuel Chamberlain postcard and photograph collection documenting Yale University, circa 1940, (Manuscripts and Archives) Samuel and Narcissa Chamberlain were noted authorities in the field of gastronomy. In 1974 they donated their collection of over 800 cookbooks from France, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States to the Arthur and ...

Bell, D.

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John Harvard House (Stratford-on-Avon, England)

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Abbot, John F., pseud.

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King, Moses, 1853-1909

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Moses King received his Harvard A.B. in 1881. An editor and publisher, he published guidebooks to Harvard and Boston, as well as the Harvard register. From the description of Correspondence of Moses King, circa 1877-1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 542647528 ...

Shurtleff, Harold Robert, 1883-1938

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Director of Research, Colonial Williamsburg. From the description of Memorandum on Colony of Virginia bank notes, 1773-1775 [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647956573 ...

Orr, Louise

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