Records of the Regent, ca.1850-1929 (inclusive).

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Records of the Regent, ca.1850-1929 (inclusive).

Includes sample blank forms, such as plan of examination for admission to the freshman class; letters relating to the Rose Bowl football game, 1920; and annotated Official Guide to Harvard University, 1929. The following individuals served as Regent: C.C. Felton (1849-57); J. Lovering (1857-70); C.M. Stearns (1905-10); E.H. Wells, Acting (1911-12); and M. Luce (1919-35). For more detailed information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

1 v. and 3 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181967

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...

Stearns, Charles W. (Charles Woodward), 1818-1887

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Physician; B.A., Yale, 1837; M.D., Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1840; became a surgeon in the U.S. Army and served in Florida and New York Harbor in 1841-1842; spent two years in Europe; upon his return he practiced in Springfield, Mass. and N.Y.C.; enlisted as surgeon during the Civil War, mustered out in 1863; relinquished the practice of medicine after the war. From the description of Charles Woodward Stearns papers, 1840-1888 (inclusive), 1870-1888 (bulk). (U...

Luce, Matthew

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Harvard University. Regent (1891-1935)

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Wells, Edgar Huidekoper, 1875-1938,

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Edgar Huidekoper Wells, '97, was a long-time friend of the Harvard College Library and an active and loyal alumnus. He held various positions at Harvard, including instructor in English (1902-1906); curator of modern English literature in the library (1903-1913); and assistant dean (1905-1907). In the first World War he served first in the American Red Cross and then as an army officer attached to the U.S. Embassy in London. After the war he was instrumental in establishing the Lionel DeJersey H...

Lovering, Joseph, 1813-1892

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Lovering graduated from Harvard in 1833 and taught mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Joseph Lovering, 1889. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972823 ...

Harvard University. Regent.

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Felton, C. C. 1807-1862.

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