General information about the Lowell House bells.
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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...
Lowell House (Cambridge, Mass.)
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The bells in the tower of Lowell House are from the Donailov Monestary in Russia. The largest weighs thirteen and one-half tons and is nine feet in diameter. They were a gift of a Mr. Crane, a former ambassador to the U.S.S.R. He saved them from being melted down for scrap metal during the interval between the World Wars. It was later found that one of the bells was not a member of the original set and would not be harmonious with the other bells so it was moved to the Baker Library at the Busin...
