Papers of John Langdon Sibley, 1831-1885.

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Papers of John Langdon Sibley, 1831-1885.

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Includes correspondence, mostly professional, diaries, journals, manuscripts, historical notes, and clippings. Included is Sibley's private journal, 1846-1865 and 1866-1882; Collectanea Biographica Harvardiana, Volumes 1-31, containing alumni biographies with additions by Sibley; manuscripts of biographical sketches, 1873-1885, and other research material about Harvard graduates; lectures about Montgomery and Arnold's expeditions to Quebec; and accounts of Sibley's American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.

28 linear ft. of mss.

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885

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John Langdon Sibley (1804-1885) served as Harvard's Assistant Librarian from 1825 to 1826 and 1841 to 1856, Librarian from 1856 to 1877, and Librarian, Emeritus from 1877 to 1885. He was the editor of the Harvard Triennial Catalogue from 1839 to 1875 and of the Harvard Quinquennial Catalogue from 1875-1885. A noted biographer, Sibley is best known for his "Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University", an extensive collection of biographical material on Harvard graduates. Sibley was ...