Scrapbook of undergraduate life belonging to Ralph R. Kent, 1897-1901.

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Scrapbook of undergraduate life belonging to Ralph R. Kent, 1897-1901.

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Scrapbook documents the social life of the compiler and his attendance at both Harvard-sponsored and external events. It contains ephemera and memorabilia such as tickets and programs for concerts, theatrical performances, and academic and social occasions, clippings related to football, baseball, and Harvard University, and cyanotypes of students, Harvard yard, and Harvard Square.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Ralph Revere Kent earned his Harvard AB 1900. He became a teacher and landscape gardener. In his 50th anniversary report, he announced that he was withdrawing from attendance at all College-sponsored events in protest of Harvard's part in the development of the atomic bomb. From the description of Scrapbook of undergraduate life belonging to Ralph R. Kent, 1897-1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064417 ...

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