Correspondence and other records, 1950-1985 (inclusive).

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Correspondence and other records, 1950-1985 (inclusive).

Contains primarily correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the functioning and policy of the Department, as well as faculty projects and committee activities. Materials include records of the Department chairs (James S. Ackerman, Sydney Freedberg, Seymour Slive); proposals and projects by both faculty and students; curriculum descriptions; recommendations, appointments and publications of faculty and students. Special topics include Villi I Tatti (Florence, Italy), Fogg Museum collection, Fine Arts Library, memorial funds and professorships.

4.55 cubic feet in 13 containers

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184482

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...

Freedberg, S. J. 1914-

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Slive, Seymour, 1920-....

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Harvard University. Dept. of Fine Arts.

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Villa I Tatti (Florence, Italy)

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Ackerman, James Stokes

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James S. Ackerman (1919- ) was appointed professor of fine arts at Harvard University in 1960 and was chairman of the Fine Arts Department 1963-1968. From the description of Papers of James S. Ackerman, 1963-1975 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976132 Art historian; Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born 1919. From the description of James S. Ackerman interview, 1991 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220210018 James Ackerman (1919- ...