Harvard College Class of 1864 Class album, 1864.

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...

Clary, Francis P. (Francis Prince)

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Francis P. Clary was a laboratory assistant, janitor, and man-of-all-work at the Boylston Hall laboratory, Harvard University, in the 1860s. In "Worthies Who Helped Harvard Along" (The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, vol. 23, no. 89, September 1914), F. W. Hackett '61 wrote: "Let us step into Boylston, and note where the unflinching Clary stands, amid all the congregation of salts and acids. The arcana of solutions and precipitates (some of which work and some don't), the furious bubblings, and the...

Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906

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Paine (1839-1906) was an American composer, organist, educator at Harvard University, and held the first chair of music in an American university. He was a charter member of the American Guild of Organists. From the guide to the Additional musical compositions, 1859-1939 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Paine received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1869 and taught music at Harvard. From the description of Papers of...

Alden, Leonard C. (Leonard Case), 1839-1863

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Noble, George W. C. (George Washington Copp), 1836-1919

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Lincoln, Solomon, 1804-1881

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Solomon Lincoln (1804-1881) was a lawyer, representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1829 and 1841, state senator in 1830-1831, and president of the Webster Bank in Boston, 1869-1876. From the description of Hingham (Mass.) Records1637-1931; bulk: 1860-1890 (Massachusetts Historical Society) ...

Jennison, James, 1821-1876

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James Jennison (1821-1876) was employed at Harvard University as a tutor in history, instructor in elocution, and registrar. He earned an A.M. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1852 and was the Divinity School's librarian from 1871-1876....

Hewlett, Aaron Molyneaux, -1871

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Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett (d. 1871) was instructor and curator of the College gymnasium from 1859 to ca. 1871. It is believed that Hewlett was the first African-American on the staff at Harvard. Sibley's private journal (HUG1791.xx) records Mr. Hewlett's death on December 6, 1871 (vol. 2, p. 928). From the description of General information about Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett and Madam Molyneaux Hewlett, 1861- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77068864 ...

Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1864

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After a few years of Harvard undergraduate life that included an inflexible curriculum and leisure pursuits such as the new game of base-ball and social clubs, this class faced the Civil War. One class member was Robert Todd Lincoln, son of United States President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Class book, 1863-1924. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509902 This volume is part of a series of Harvard class albums, which may be considered the nineteenth-ce...