Records about Ira N. Hollis plaque, 1949 May 19.
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Harvard University. Corporation.
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Harvard College's primary governing board, the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (known as the Harvard Corporation), was established by the Massachusetts General Court in 1650. The charter conferred on the Corporation the duties of managing the College, including appointing and removing administrators, faculty, and staff, creating orders and by-laws for the College, and managing finances, properties, and donations. The first recorded meeting of the Corporation was held on December 10, 16...
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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...
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Hollis, Ira N. (Ira Nelson), 1856-1930
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Hollis received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1899, taught engineering and served as Overseer at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Ira Nelson Hollis, 1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972791 ...