Records of the Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries, 1901-1973.

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Records of the Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries, 1901-1973.

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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...

Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries.

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Harvard College Class Secretaries maintain the records of their classmates as alumni, collecting photographs and prose for class reports and keeping track of directory information for members of their class. The Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries was established in 1901; principal in its establishment was Arthur J. Garceau, secretary of the Class of 1891, who was also secretary of the association from its establishment until 1938. From the description of Records of the ...