Maps relating to Bussey land, 1902.

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...

Fox, Henry Haywood.

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Bussey Institution

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Bussey Institution was established by Harvard in 1869 as a school of agriculture and horticulture on land donated by Benjamin Bussey. Institute building and greenhouses were designed by Peabody & Stearns; construction began in 1871. Abolished as a school in 1931, Bussey became a center for research in genetics. After the land of the Institution was turned over to the Commonwealth of Mass., the Bussey Professorship of Biology was established. From the description of Drawings, 1925...