Papers of Charles Louis Kuhn, 1927-1986.

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Papers of Charles Louis Kuhn, 1927-1986.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77065955

This collection consists of papers relating to Kuhn's professional life and personal letters written to his wife, 1929-1945, the bulk of which date from the time of his military service. Also includes honors and awards.

1 box and 5 folders.

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8186833

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...

Kuhn, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1901-

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Charles Louis Kuhn (1901-1985) earned his Harvard Ph.D. 1929. He taught at Harvard from 1931-1968. From 1930-1968 he was Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum (which was the Germanic Museum from 1901-1950); he served as chair of the Dept. of Fine Arts from 1949-1953. Kuhn's World War II military service involved an assignment to rescue art in Europe. From the description of Papers of Charles Louis Kuhn, 1927-1986. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77065955 Charles S....

Harvard University. Germanic Museum

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Merritt was chairman of the department of music at the museum. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863418 ...

Busch-Reisinger Museum

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The Busch-Reisinger Museum was founded in 1903 as the Germanic Museum, by Kuno Francke, Professor of German Literature at Harvard. Francke obtained funding from the Busch and Reisinger families to build the present structure, which opened in 1921. In 1930 The Germanic Museum became part of the Fine Arts Department, under the direction of Professor Charles Kuhn. It was renamed the Busch-Reisinger Museum in 1950. From the description of Records of the Busch-Reisinger Museum 1900-1984 (...