Papers of Mason Hammond, 1922-1968.

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Papers of Mason Hammond, 1922-1968.

Includes correspondence, composition books relating to Greek and Latin courses, and other papers. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.

4 containers of mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182133

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University. Department of the Classics (1890)

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The Classics Department was formally established in 1890-1891 when departments first were recognized as organizational units within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, although the department had been in existence for some time. It was placed in the Division of Ancient Languages with the Department of Indo-Iranian Languages (later, Indic Philology). The Division of Ancient Languages last appears in the Catalogue in 1949-1950....

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...

Hammond, Mason, 1903-2002

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Hammond earned his Harvard AB in 1925. From the description of Notes in History 23, 1922-1923. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075504 From the description of Final honors examination in Latin 7, May 7, 1925. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075614 Hammond graduated from Harvard in 1925 and taught Latin at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Mason Hammond, 1922-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973...