Dedication ceremonies of the David and Arnold Hoffman Laboratory of Experimental Geology, Harvard University, December 14, 1963.

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Dedication ceremonies of the David and Arnold Hoffman Laboratory of Experimental Geology, Harvard University, December 14, 1963.

This scrapbook documents the dedication ceremony of the Hoffman Laboratory. It contains a dedication program, text of speeches, and photographs.

1 scrapbook in box : photos. ; 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8186550

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...

David and Arnold Hoffman Laboratory of Experimental Geology (Cambridge, Mass.)

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The Hoffman Laboratory of Experimental Geology was opened in 1963. The building is named for David A. Hoffman, Harvard AB 1917, who lost his life in World War I and Arnold Hoffman, Harvard AB 1925, whose career was in mining. Principal donors were Robert Hoffman, Harvard AB 1919, and Arnold Hoffman, identified above. From the description of Dedication ceremonies of the David and Arnold Hoffman Laboratory of Experimental Geology, Harvard University, December 14, 1963. (Harvard Univers...