Letters to William R. Tyler, 1940-1960.

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...

Tyler, William Royall.

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Dumbarton Oaks.

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Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss donated their home Dumbarton Oaks and its library and collections to Harvard University in 1940 to serve as a research center in Byzantine studies. In 1969, upon the death of Mildred Bliss, her Garden Library collection of rare and modern materials was willed to Harvard, to become a part of the over-all institution of Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. From the description of Garden Library collection, ca. 1500-1900 (inclusive...

Perkins, Elliott, 1901-1985.

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Elliott Perkins (1901-1985) earned his Harvard A.B. in 1923 and Harvard Ph.D. in 1936. He was a Tutor at Lowell House at its opening in 1930 and served as Master of the House from 1940 to 1963. Perkins also taught courses on English history from 1937 to 1969. After leaving his Mastership at Lowell House, Perkins served at Harvard as advisor to high school teachers, as chairman of the Committee on Teaching as a Career, as Head Tutor in History, and as chairman of the Board of Examiners in History...