Selected Documents from the Papers of Harvard Presidents, 1654-1885
The only known photograph of five Harvard presidents.
Left to right, Josiah Quincy (1829-1845), Edward Everett (1846-1849), Jared Sparks (1849-1853), James Walker (1853-1860), and Cornelius Conway Felton (1860-1862). Photographer unknown.
(HUP-SF Presidents 1861: 15a)
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The Harvard University Archives collects the papers of tenured faculty and senior
administrators, including presidents. The documents in this exhibition
reflect the personal and professional interests of eighteen Harvard
presidents. They highlight an ongoing Archives project to describe all
presidents’ papers in HOLLIS,
accompanied by detailed on-line inventories.
Click here to view selected documents from the exhibition.
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