Miscellaneous records about various Harvard buildings

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Miscellaneous records about various Harvard buildings

1913-1964

Contains correspondence and other records relating to construction, additions, etc. to various buildings, including the Peabody Museum, High Tension Laboratory, Medical School's animal house, Graduate School of Education, married student housing and Widener Library. Also information card file for buildings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184158

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...

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