Records of the Museum, 1866-1982 (inclusive).

Harvard Bursar

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In the early years of Harvard College, the Steward was responsible for financial transactions with the students and faculty and the commons, and from the beginning assumed large responsibilities in the internal financial management of Harvard College. In contrast with the Treasurer, who oversaw finances and property outside Harvard Yard, the Steward was the domestic bursar, caterer, and major-domo. The Steward kept all College accounts, received income from the Treasurer and collected payments d...

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...

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

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The Peabody Museum, founded in 1866 by George Peabody, has sent over 800 expeditions to all parts of the world. These expeditions, together with gifts and purchases, have resulted in the amassing of a comprehensive collection of ethnological, archaeological and somatological materials. From the description of Records of the Museum, 1851-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972599 Built in 1876, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest museums devoted ...

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915

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Frederic Ward Putnam (1839-1915) was one of the earliest anthropologists in the United States. He founded anthropology programs, and worked to establish museum collections in anthropology. He directed some of the first field expeditions in the Americas, including sites in Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, New Jersey, and California. Putnam was born April 16, 1839 in Salem, Massachusetts to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Putnam III. In 1864, Putnam married Adelaide Martha Edmands; they h...

George Peabody Fund.

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Library

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The Peabody Museum maintained a library which moved in 1974 into the new Alfred Marston Tozzer Library building. About 1979, the Tozzer Library came under the administrative charge of the Harvard College Library. From the description of Records of the Library, 1884-1984 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76975295 ...