Papers of William Bentinck-Smith, 1936-1993 (inclusive).

Harvard University. President's Office

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The president of Harvard University is the chief administrator of Harvard University and the ex officio chairman of the Harvard Corporation. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to the president the day-to-day running of the university....

Harvard college library

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The Harvard College Library used ledgers to record the loans of books from the library's collection during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The presence of what appear to be call-slips from 1823 to 1826 and the lack of ledgers for this period is unaccounted for in the literature cited in the bibliography. Late in the nineteenth century, librarians recognized that the ledger system could not provide the flexibility needed to control large collections. At the Harvard College L...

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...

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Bentinck-Smith, William, 1914-1993

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Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the description of William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975 (inclusive), 1945-1955 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612196262 William Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the guide to the William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Univer...

Pitkin, Walter B., 1878-1953

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Psychologist and writer from Michigan. Pitkin did graduate work at the Sorbonne, University of Berlin, etc. and several of these letters are from this period. On the Faculty at Columbia as lecturer in psychology, 1905-1909, professor of journalism, 1912-1943, on the editorial staff of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and New York Tribune and other papers, he was also the author of a number of books. From the description of Correspondence, 1897-1959. (Columbia Uni...

Harvard Alumnae Association

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Morison, Samuel Eliot

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Morison graduated from Harvard in 1908 and taught American history at Harvard. From the description of Course material for History 161b, the discovery of America, 1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512193 Morison earned his Harvard AB in 1908, his Harvard AM in 1909, and his Harvard PhD in 1912. He taught history at Harvard. From the description of Notes in English 28, second half year, 1904-1905. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074686...

Harvard University. Development Office

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Ogueri, Eze

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Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001

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Nathan Marsh Pusey (1907-2001) was the twenty-fourth president of Harvard University from 1953 to 1971. He was also president of Lawrence College (1944-1953), president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1971-1975), and president of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (1978-1983). Pusey's tenure as president was defined by new building construction, greater fundraising, and struggles with student protestors. From the description of Papers of Nathan Marsh Pusey, 1...

Coolidge, Archibald Cary, 1866-1928

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Archibald Cary Coolidge (1866-1928) was an American educator. He was a Professor of History at Harvard College and the first Director of the Harvard University Library from 1910 until his death. Coolidge was also a scholar in international affairs. Elizabeth Bateman Partington was the wife of Frederick Eugene Partington (Brown '79) and was Coolidge's grandmother. From the description of Archibald Cary Coolidge letters to Elizabeth Bateman Partington, 1885-1924. (Harvard University). ...

Bentinck-Smith, William, 1914-1993

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Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the description of William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975 (inclusive), 1945-1955 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612196262 William Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the guide to the William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Univer...