Records, 1897-1914 (inclusive).

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Records, 1897-1914 (inclusive).

Includes minutes and related records of the Division and School of Engineering (including that of the Lawrence Scientific School). Also engineering student grades and student records; and student registration andrecord cards. For more detailed information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184145

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. Graduate School of Applied Science. Division of Engineering.

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The Graduate School of Applied Science was established in 1906, to replace the Lawrence Scientific School. It was under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and offered engineering, architecture, forestry, physics, chemistry, zoology and geology courses. The Graduate Schools of Applied Science, a faculty separate from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, superseded the Graduate School of Applied Science in 1912. From the description of Records, 1897-1914 (inclusive). (Harvard University). W...

Harvard University. Graduate School of Applied Science

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The Graduate School of Applied Science was established in 1906; in 1912 it was superseded by the Graduate Schools of Applied Science, a faculty separate from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Graduate Schools included the Schools of Engineering, Mining, Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Forestry, and Applied Biology (the Bussey Institution). As a result of the cooperative agreement with M.I.T. in 1914, the Faculty of the Graduate Schools of Applied Science was dissolved, the instructi...

Lawrence Scientific School

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The Lawrence Scientific School was established in 1847. In 1890, it became a unit of the newly-established Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In 1906, the Lawrence Scientific School was replaced by the Graduate School of Applied Science. From the description of Records of the Lawrence Scientific School, 1846-1907 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972676 Founded in 1886, the Lawrence Scientific School Association aimed to advance the cause of education in sc...