General information by and about the Mission Park Housing project.

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General information by and about the Mission Park Housing project.

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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...

Mission Park (Housing project : Boston, Mass.)

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Construction of MATEP was not without controversy. Community activists raised objections over the forced relocation of neighborhood residents. Harvard, working with the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, participated in the development of the Mission Park Housing Project, which provided housing for people forced to move out of Harvard-owned residential properties as a result of MATEP construction. From the description of General information by and about the Mission Park Housing pr...