Papers of Oscar Handlin, 1958-1984.

Harvard University Press

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Harvard University Press was established by the Harvard Corporation as a separate department of the University on January 13, 1913. It acted as both a printing and academic publishing organization until 1942, when the University Printing Office was re-established as a separate unit and Harvard University Press became responsible for only publishing activities. The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in London, England. Every book published by the HUP must undergo review by an...

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...

Harvard University. Department of History (1891-)

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The Harvard University Department of History is home to some of the world's leading and most renowned scholars in history. The department focuses on multiple areas within history including social life, the economy, culture, thought, and politics. Students of history study individuals, groups, communities, and nations from every imaginable perspective. The department also runs the History of Science program, which deals with important questions about the rise and impact of science, medicine, and ...

Brandeis University

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Private research university with liberal arts focus; located in Waltham, Mass. From the description of Brandeis University correspondence, 1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 733080419 From the description of Brandeis University records, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 733069438 Collection materials date from 1923-2009, with the bulk of the collection being published during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. These rich resources detail the politics, economics, ...

Boston Broadcasters, Inc.

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United States. Board of Foreign Scholarships

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Brooklyn College. Theatre Research Data Center

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Curator's Office was renamed Bursar's Office. From the description of Curator's reports, 1934-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451274 The Ditmas House was a Dutch style wooden frame house built in 1827 and occupied by the Ditmas family. A century later, Charles Ditmas, the founder of Kings County Historical Society, helped to make way for Brooklyn's Ditmas farmhouse to become the site for part of the Brooklyn College campus. In 1935, the Ditmas House passed into the c...

Boorstin, Daniel J., 1956

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Librarian of Congress, author, educator, and historian. From the description of Daniel J. Boorstin papers, 1882-1995 (bulk 1944-1994). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070411 Biographical Note 1914, Oct. 1 Born, Atlanta, Ga. 1934 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

WCVB-TV (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

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Handlin, Oscar, 1915-2011

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Handlin taught history at Harvard and was Director of the Harvard University Library from 1979 to 1984. From the description of Papers of Oscar Handlin, 1958-1984 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973327 Handlin earned his Harvard AM in 1935 and his PhD in 1940. He taught history at Harvard and was Director of the Harvard University Library from 1979 to 1984. From the description of The evolution of national character in America, 1861-1875 ...