Papers of Delmar Leighton, ca. 1924-1965 (inclusive), 1940-1965 (bulk).

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Papers of Delmar Leighton, ca. 1924-1965 (inclusive), 1940-1965 (bulk).

Material concerns speaking and fund-raising engagements. Many of the groups who were the audiences for the speeches were alumni or regional Harvard Clubs or religious groups. Consists of correspondence, texts of speeches, and clippings as well as resource files on religion in the university.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182329

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...

Leighton, Delmar, 1897-1966.

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Leighton graduated from Harvard in 1919, taught economics, and served as Associate Dean and Dean of Harvard College and as Master of Dudley House at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Delmar Leighton, ca. 1924-1965 (inclusive), 1940-1965 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973254 ...

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