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Letters to his parents

1931-1956

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00971

A collection of 255 letters written by Robert Anderson to his parents, James Hewston Anderson and Myra Grigg Anderson, 1931, 1935-1956. Most of the letters describe Anderson's academic and extra-curricular activities while an undergraduate at Harvard University, 1935-1939, especially in Dunster House productions, the Harvard Dramatic Club and the Harvard Glee Club.

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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...

Harvard Glee Club

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The Harvard Glee Club, America’s oldest college chorus, was founded in March 1858. Its repertoire includes sacred and secular pieces, folk songs from around the world, college songs, and popular show tunes. Traveling all over the United States and abroad, the Glee Club has performed for major choral organizations including The American Choral Directors Association, the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, the Italian Radio Orchestra, the New York Philharmonics, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ---...

Dunster House (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Anderson, James Hewston,

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Anderson, Myra Grigg,

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Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009

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Robert Woodruff Anderson was born in New York City on April 28, 1917, the son of Myra and James Anderson. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy (1931-35), and at Harvard University, where he received both his A.B. (magna cum laude) in 1939 and his M.A. in 1940. He became a prolific playwright, remembered chiefly for All Summer Long and Tea and Sympathy. From the description of Letters to his parents, 1931-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79392211 Robert W...

Harvard Dramatic Club.

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