Absence records, 1849-1952 (inclusive).

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Absence records, 1849-1952 (inclusive).

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Contains records pertaining to absences from recitations. Some of the volumes contain information about class rank. Records for 1827/8 were known as "bill of absences," and from 1849/50 as "day-page books." After 1921/2,absences were kept on record sheets filed at end of term in student folders. During the period when rank was kept by the "aggregates" method (aggregates through 1875/6; aggregates and percentages from 1876/7-1885/6), the term "aggregates" appear on the day-pages. They were then probably copied onto the rank scales. In 1886/7, when the letter system began, only the mid-year ranks were recorded. After 1875/6, records were kept in several volumes annually, either by class or in alphabetical divisions.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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