Papers of William Morris Davis, ca. 1878-ca. 1930 (inclusive).

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Papers of William Morris Davis, ca. 1878-ca. 1930 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77069254

Consists of family correspondence, biographical material, reprints, diplomas and medals. Family correspondence consists of letters from Morris to his parents written while he was a student at Harvard, 1870, and letters from Morris to his son Edward and daughter-in-law Dorothy, 1932-1933.

2 boxes of mss.

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8187547

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...

Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934

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Epithet: American geographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x0001d0 William Morris Davis (1850-1934) earned his Harvard S.B. in 1869. He taught geology and geography at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Morris Davis, ca. 1878-ca. 1930 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069254 Frank Spooner Churchill served as the resident physician on this exc...