Records of the Student Liberal Club of Harvard University, 1922-1935.

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Records of the Student Liberal Club of Harvard University, 1922-1935.

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These records document the activities of the Student Liberal Club of Harvard University. Material includes the Club's constitution, administrative records such as financial reports and correspondence arranging for speakers, and ephemera such as news clippings and announcements. Scrapbook contents include the above as well as a few photographs of members and copies of the Proletariat and the Gad-fly. The guest book contains signatures of many notables who spoke to the gatherings, among them are signatures of Maxfield Parrish, Margaret Sanger, and W.E.B. DuBois.

6 folders and 2 v.

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Student Liberal Club of Harvard University.

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The Harvard Liberal Club of Boston, an organization of graduates of Harvard, was interested in having an undergraduate counterpart. Thus, the Student Liberal Club of Harvard University was formed in 1919. In 1920, the group acquired a headquarters at 22 Winthrop Street. The group held dinner meetings and larger university gatherings with speakers. In 1921, the group took the lead in forming the Inter-collegiate Liberal League. From the description of Records of the Student Liberal Cl...