Tag: Harvard History

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  Shopping for Gems and Snaps

  In years past, the course, Introduction to Congress, had a reputation as one of the easiest at Harvard College. Some of the 279 students who took it in the spring…

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  Sifting Freshmen

  As we again welcome freshmen this week for the 376th time, I thought you might enjoy two views of the process from a 1900 Harvard Lampoon in our collections. The…

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  Recent Acquisitions and News – July 2012

  Hello Everyone! Well I don’t need to tell you how warm it’s been in Cambridge, because chances are you’ve been as warm or warmer. Still, despite the heat and the…

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  Six Buildings

  Ladies and Gentlemen: As you know, we have been working madly away on a joint project with the HAA, Six Buildings That Shaped Harvard History. Well, our work is finally…

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  Recent Acquisitions & News

  Hello everyone! Well spring has certainly sprung in Cambridge, and while our weather wildly swings between days in the 80’s and nights in the teens, I thought I would take…

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  Harvard at 375… Make That 300

  Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but those of you not at Harvard this past Friday for the opening ceremonies of the 375th may have been in a happy majority.…