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In 1726, he also endowed the Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy with the same amount. Hollis also convinced his younger brothers, John and Nathaniel, to contribute substantially to Harvard and thus helped establish a legacy of civil and religious liberty across the Massachusetts Bay Colony decades before the American Revolution.
By 1973, Harvard Library had authored or published over 430 volumes in print in addition to nine periodicals and seven annual publications. Among these is a monthly newsletter, The Harvard Librarian and a quarterly journal, Harvard Library Bulletin, which was established in 1947, dormant from 1960 until 1967, and published regularly since. [23]
Royal Anthropological Institute [13] Anthropological Literature: Anthropology: Subscription Maintained by Harvard University. Non-Harvard access provided by OCLC [14] Arachne: Archaeology, art history: German language Free German Archaeological Institute & the University of Cologne [15] Arnetminer: Computer science
In 1904, Harvard anthropology professor Roland B. Dixon (1875-1934) was appointed as the first librarian of the Peabody Museum Library (Schmidt 1982 [1]). The administrative accomplishments of Dixon, along with the wider scope of research and expeditions and expanding student body, led to substantial growth of the Peabody Museum and Library ...
"Explore collection guides, finding aids, and inventories to locate unique materials in Harvard's special collections and archives". HOLLIS for Archival Discovery. Harvard Library. "Around the Neighborhood: From Medicine to Music: #8 The Fenway". The Beehive (blog). Massachusetts Historical Society. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13
South of Harvard Yard on Holyoke Street, Apley Court has the most spacious rooms among the freshman dorms; accommodations include marble bathrooms. Formerly part of Adams House , it is the only one of the Gold Coast apartment buildings – luxurious private apartments built south of the Yard in the late 1890s – to now be a freshman dormitory.
The Hasty Pudding Club, often referred to simply as the Pudding, is a social club at Harvard University, and one of three sub-organizations that comprise the Hasty Pudding - Institute of 1770. [1] The current clubhouse was designed by Peabody and Stearns and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1978.
It was announced in June 1971 and was named after Nathan Pusey, the president of Harvard from 1953 to 1971. The library is the world's first library to be built with a halon-gas fire-extinguishing system. [1] The building contains the Harvard University Archives.