At a stated meeting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College in Boston, December 27th, 1851,
The committee appointed to examine into the condition of the Records and other College Papers, and to suggest some method for their safe keeping and preservation, report,
That they have attended to this duty and found that the place heretofore set apart for the papers in one of the towers of Gore Hall is so much subject to dampness from the walls, as to render it unfit for that purpose. The Committee recommend, that, in one of the alcoves, or rooms on the upper floor of Gore Hall, a case or cases be made, suitable for the reception and safe-keeping of the papers, and that all the College records, and other manuscripts relating to the history of the University and the proceedings of the several Boards deemed worthy of preservation be deposited therein, methodically classified and arranged, except such as may be retained in the safe attached to the President's Office; and that all these papers be held in the special charge of the President.
Voted - That the Report be accepted, and that the President be requested to cause the cases to be made, and the papers to be deposited therein. |
