General files, 1935-1984 (inclusive).

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General files, 1935-1984 (inclusive).

Includes general files relating to University buildings, to various academic departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and to institutions allied with the Faculty. Includes records of the following deans: P. H. Buck, McGeorge Bundy, J. T. Dunlop, F. L. Ford, N. M. Pusey, H. Rosovsky, A. M. Spence.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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. Provost of the University (1945-1953)

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The office of the Provost of the University was created in 1945 and discontinued in 1953 when Paul H. Buck, the only person to hold the position, resigned his administrative posts. The Provost, who also served as ex-officio Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, had under his general charge most of the University's museums, libraries and other research institutions. From the description of Records of the Assistants to the Provost, 1946-1952 (inclusive). (Harvard University). World...

Ford, Franklin L. (Franklin Lewis), 1920-2003

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Ford earned his Harvard AM in 1948 and his PhD in 1950. From the description of Bolingbroke : Platonist or pamphleteer? / Franklin L. Ford. December 13, 1946. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512622 ...

Rosovsky, Henry

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Ferguson, William Scott, 1875-1954

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Ferguson taught history at Harvard and served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Papers of William Scott Ferguson, 1934-1942 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973028 ...

Dunlop, John T. (John Thomas), 1914-2003

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John Thomas Dunlop was born in Placerville, California, in 1914, and raised in the Philippines where his parents served as missionaries. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1935 and a Ph.D. in 1939, from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1938, becoming associate professor of economics in 1945 and full professor in 1950. He chaired the Economics Department from 1961 to 1966. He was appointed Lamont University Professor in 1971. Dunlop was director of the Cost o...

Spence, Michael, 1943-....

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Birkhoff, George David, 1884-1944

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Birkhoff (1884-1944) graduated from Harvard in 1905 and taught mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George David Birkhoff, 1902-1946 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 249203829 ...

Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001

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Nathan Marsh Pusey (1907-2001) was the twenty-fourth president of Harvard University from 1953 to 1971. He was also president of Lawrence College (1944-1953), president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1971-1975), and president of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (1978-1983). Pusey's tenure as president was defined by new building construction, greater fundraising, and struggles with student protestors. From the description of Papers of Nathan Marsh Pusey, 1...

Buck, Paul Herman, 1899-1978

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Buck (Harvard, Ph.D., 1924) taught history at Harvard, served as Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Provost of the University, and Director of the Harvard Library. From the description of Papers of Paul Herman Buck, 1913-1975 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973290 Author, educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Herman Buck : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569413...