Papers of Hyder E. Rollins, 192?-1958 (inclusive).

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Papers of Hyder E. Rollins, 192?-1958 (inclusive).

Contains correspondence, including letters, 1941-1944, from former Harvard students enlisted in U.S. Armed Forces; scrapbook; and other papers.

3 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182240

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...

Rollins, Hyder Edward, 1889-1958

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Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) was born in Abilene, Texas. In 1910 he received a B.A. from Southwestern University, an M.A. from the University of Texas in 1912, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1917. In 1919 he went to Europe on a Harvard Sheldon Traveling Fellowship and in 1920 he was appointed assistant professor at New York University, becoming a full professor four years later. In 1926 he returned to Harvard, later succeeding George Lyman Kittredge as the Gurney Professor of English...