Papers, 1923-1992.

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Papers, 1923-1992.

Contains voluminous correspondence, technical material, professional organizational material, class and lecture notes, and subject files. Much emphasis on Greenstein's research on the discovery of peculiar stars and the study of their composition from their spectra; and on Harvard and Caltech.

120 boxes, 50 linear feet + supplement: 0.5 lin. ft and 3 pieces of astronomical apparatus.

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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...

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