Records of the Assistant to the President: records relating to the Divinity School, 1949-1955 (inclusive).

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Records of the Assistant to the President: records relating to the Divinity School, 1949-1955 (inclusive).

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Contains records for the Harvard Divinity School, 1949-1955, concerning fund raising and related matters. Includes correspondence to President James B. Conant, 1949-1952, in response to his request for advice regarding the possibility of establishing a New Center of Religious Learning at Harvard, and raising funds for the project. Also contains records and correspondence regarding fund raising for the Harvard Divinity School Endowment Fund. Includes the correspondence among the officers of the Endowment Fund, prospects lists, campaign plan, committee meeting records, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Also includes the Report of the Commission to Study and Make Recommendations with Respect to the Harvard Divinity School, and records of the Harvard Corporation on the reorganization of the Harvard Divinity School. Also includes the correspondence of Eugene Kraetzer, Recording Secretary, regarding pledges and payment to the Harvard Divinity School Endowment Fund. These are records relating to the responsibilities and interests of the Assistant to the President, James R. Reynolds.

1.68 cubic feet in 4 Hollinger boxes and 1 flat folio box

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