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Frederick O. Vaille and Henry Alden Clark first compiled The Harvard Book in 1875 as a souvenir for fellow members of the Harvard College classes of 1874 and 1875. A comprehensive history of campus life to 1875, the book describes Harvard's academic mission, customs, building, organizations, and prominent faculty and alumni. It contains numerous historical portraits and illustrations of the University in earlier times. The two-volume, 800-page book was popular enough to warrant a second edition in 1878. Keyword Search

A Century to Celebrate: Radcliffe College, 1879-1979, is a comprehensive survey of Radcliffe's history from its beginnings as the "Harvard Annex," through its early steps toward full merger with Harvard, to its centennial year. Organized topically and plentifully illustrated with photographs, it documents institutional history, student life and experience, and notable alumnae.Keyword Search

Bail, Hamilton Vaughan. Views of Harvard: A Pictorial Record to 1860. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949.

Faust, Drew Gilpin. Mingling Promiscuously: A History of Men and Women at Harvard, 2005.. (A Lecture Delivered to the Harvard Class of 2005.)

Mandel, Andrew. Once They Wrote Poetry, Now It's the Laundry List: Radcliffe College and Coeducational Contradictions in Postwar America, 2000.. (An undergraduate honors thesis in History and Literature, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.)

Quincy, Josiah. The History of Harvard University.. Cambridge: J. Owen, 1840.

Quincy, Josiah. The History of Harvard University.. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee, and Co., 1860. [Google books]

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