General information about gifts to Harvard from Gordon McKay.

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...

Harvard University. Gordon McKay Endowment Fund.

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Harvard Engineering School

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McKay, Gordon, 1821-1903.

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Inventor and manufacturer. Developed machinery to apply the principles of the sewing machine to the manufacture of boots and shoes. See biography in Dictionary of American Biography. From the description of Investment papers, 1887-1928 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894244 McKay received an honorary degree (A.M.) from Harvard in 1896 and was a Harvard benefactor. From the description of Papers of Gordon McKay, 1878-1904 (inclusive)...