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Index: Consolidated

Harvard College

59

Buildings

11

Hollis Hall

DCA01

AFC07

DQA01

DQA02

7

Harvard Hall

DCA01

AFC07

DQA02

5

Holworthy Hall

DCA01

6

Massachusetts Hall

EJA01

DQA02

DCA01

3

Botanical Garden

DCA01

EJA01

4

Old Harvard Hall

EJA01

4

Wadsworth House

DQA02

DCA03

2

Commons Hall

DCA01

DCA02

1

Bussey Gardens

DCA02

1

Holden Chapel

AFC07

1

Holden Hall

DCA01

1

Lehman Hall

EJA01

2

New Harvard Hall

EJA01

2

Northeast view of halls, by Alvan Fisher

DCA01

3

University Hall

DCA01

DCA03

1

“College Houses” (dormitories)

DCA01

1

Adams House

DCA06

1

Fogg Museum

DCA01

1

Memorial Hall Delta

DCA01

1

Stoughton Hall

DCA01

1

Winthrop House

EJA01

74

clubs

18

meetings of A.B. Club

DQA02

17

meetings of Tea Club

DQA02

15

factionalism in

DCA01

12

Tea Club dancing society (later called Tuesday Club?)

DQA02

5

described

DCA01

2

musical club plays

DQA02

2

penalized

DCA01

2

play-reading club

EJA01

1

Speaking Club

DQA02

See also: Anacreontics
See also: Harvard Washington Corps
See also: Knights of the Order of the Pudding Stick
See also: Lyceum Club
See also: Medical Faculty
See also: Pierian Sodality
See also: Porcellian Club
See also: Society of the Knights of the Order of the Square Table
75

commencements

7

commencement (1783)

AFC05

5

in 1824

DCA01

4

commencement (1784)

AFC05

4

commencement day

EJA01

3

commencement (1782)

AFC04

3

commencement (1785)

AFC06

3

seniors at

DCA01

2

in 1827

DCA02

1

commencement day (1766)

AFC01

1

in 1825

DCA02

1

juniors at

DCA01

1

commencement dinners

DCA01

DJA01

DJA02

AFC07

DQA02

PJA01

DCA03

DCA04

DCA05

DCA06

DCA07

18

courses of study, degrees, examinations

6

freshmen

DCA01

6

sophomores

DCA01

2

junior examination

DCA01

1

junior curriculum

DCA01

1

master of arts degree

DCA02

1

senior curriculum

DCA01

1

senior lecture privileges

DCA01

35

faculty, officers, and students

6

“Great Rebellion” of 1823

DCA01

DCA02

4

JA2 expelled

DCA01

3

college dress

DCA01

3

reorganization in 1824

DCA01

3

student expulsions

DCA01

2

Josiah Quincy as president

DCA01

DCA02

2

Quarter Day

DCA01

1

G. Sullivan on college

DCA01

2

JQA as Boylston professor

DCA01

1

Kirkland's resignation

DCA02

1

T. J. Hellen dismissed

DCA02

3

Ticknor and Everett as professors at

DCA01

DCA02

1

change in state support

DCA01

1

class of 1825 meets

DCA02

1

ruling on Cunningham

DCA01

1

Kirkland's administration and purpose of college

DCA01

14

public exhibitions

7

Fall 1824

DCA01

3

April 1824

DCA01

3

Spring 1825

DCA01

1

described

DCA01

5

Class of 1786

1

ceremony on leaving college

DQA02

1

choosing of valedictorian

DQA02

1

commencement

DQA02

1

commencement parts

DQA02

1

members and professions

DQA02

26

Class of 1787

7

desire for private commencement

DQA02

5

conflict over valedictory oration

DQA02

3

behavior of

DQA02

3

commencement

DQA02

2

members and degree recipients

DQA02

1

Phi Beta Kappa members

DQA02

1

commencement parts

DQA02

1

money given to poor students

DQA02

1

present for tutor

DQA02

1

recitations

DQA02

1

theses collectors

DQA02

2

Class of 1788

1

commencement

DQA02

1

members

DQA02

67

mentioned

AFC03

AFC04

AFC01

AFC02

AFC05

AFC06

EJA01

DJA01

DJA02

DJA03

PJA01

PJA02

PJA03

PJA04

PJA08

PJA09

DQA01

DQA02

DCA07

DCA08

DCA03

DCA04

DCA05

DCA06

LJA02

38

vacations of

AFC07

23

Phi Beta Kappa

DQA02

DCA07

DCA08

23

TBA's admission to

AFC07

20

JQA's admission to

AFC07

18

student drunkenness and misconduct

DQA02

16

JQA on students and faculty at

AFC07

14

CFA serves on examining committee and comments on students

DCA07

DCA08

13

meetings of Handel Sodality

DQA02

10

exercises and exhibitions

DQA02

10

student absenteeism and lack of application

DQA02

9

Archives cited

EJA01

9

exhibitions at

AFC07

9

members of JA's class (1755)

EJA01

9

customs

DQA02

8

CFA on

DCA05

DCA07

DCA08

8

tutors at

AFC07

8

mode and quality of recitations

DQA02

8

JA begins earliest diary at

EJA01

8

JQA's expected enrollment at

AFC05

AFC06

7

JQA's graduation from

AFC07

7

library

DQA01

DQA02

DCA05

DCA07

DCA08

7

Marti-Mercurian Band (military company)

DQA02

8

scientific instruments

DQA02

8

JQA on life at

AFC07

6

JQA's accommodations at

AFC07

6

uniforms at

AFC07

6

conflict between classes

DQA02

6

lack of respect for faculty

DQA02

6

laws and fines

DQA02

6

vacations

DQA01

DQA02

5

Adams brothers at

AFC07

5

Board of Overseers

AFC07

DQA02

5

CA's admission to

AFC05

AFC06

5

Dudleian Lecture

DQA02

PJA01

DCA04

5

Overseers' meetings (1834)

DCA05

6

admission requirements of

AFC07

5

transactions with Boylston executors

DCA03

5

student routine

DQA02

4

Bowdoin Prize

DCA06

4

CA's accommodations at

AFC06

4

CFA on studies at

DCA07

DCA08

4

JQA's studies for admission to

AFC06

4

gifts and benefactions to

DJA02

DJA03

4

overseers' meetings

DCA03

DCA04

4

presidency of

PJA10

4

theses and disputations

EJA01

4

vacations at

AFC06

3

JA's reflections on

PJA01

4

JQA's preparation for

AFC07

3

William Cranch at

AFC07

3

and Mass. Constitution of 1780

PJA08

3

and appointment of Benjamin Waterhouse

AFC05

3

closed due to weather

AFC07

3

housing at

AFC07

3

moved from Cambridge

PJA03

3

presidents of

AFC07

3

rebellion of 1834

DCA05

3

schedule of classes at

AFC07

4

admissions

DQA02

3

disciplining of students

DQA02

2

Corporation

EJA01

2

Divinity School

DCA05

DCA06

3

Hollis professorship

EJA01

2

JA compares to European schools

AFC07

3

JA's class of 1755

DJA01

DJA03

3

Winthrop's lectures on science

EJA01

2

admits JQA

AFC05

2

and honorary degree to Andrew Jackson

DCA05

2

anniversary of

AFC07

2

benefactor of

PJA02

2

books sent to

PJA09

2

called “Cambridge University”

DCA08

2

class size

AFC06

2

drinking at

AFC07

2

militia at

AFC07

2

natural philosophy in curriculum

EJA01

2

new steward of

PJA09

2

religious observances at

AFC07

2

senior class Circular (1834)

DCA05

2

students seek private commencement

AFC07

2

summer vacation

EJA01

2

treasurers of

PJA10

2

tuition and cost of

AFC07

2

tutors of

DJA01

DJA03

2

winter vacation

EJA01

2

curriculum changes

DQA02

See also: Burr, Jonathan
See also: Hale, John
See also: James, Eleazar
See also: Jennison, Dr. Timothy Lindall
See also: Pearson, Eliphalet
See also: Read, Nathan
See also: Wigglesworth, Rev. Edward
See also: Williams, Samuel
3

theses

DQA02

1

AA on children at

AFC07

1

AA2 on customs at

AFC07

1

Alford professorship

DCA06

2

Arnold Arboretum

DCA06

1

Boylston family benefactions

AFC04

1

Bussey legacy

DCA04

1

Court de Gébelin's gift to library

AFC04

1

Detur Prize won by JA

PJA01

1

F. C. Gray's article on

DCA06

1

General Court meets at

PJA01

1

Hollis as benefactor of

PJA10

1

Hollis benefactions

AFC04

1

JA on

AFC07

1

JA's entrance to

DJA03

1

JA's living quarters as a student

EJA01

1

JA's master's degree from

DJA01

1

JA's use of college library

EJA01

1

JQA as Boylston professor

DCA03

1

JQA remains at during vacation

AFC07

1

JQA's entrance to

DJA03

1

John Joseph Waldo admitted to

AFC07

1

Langdon, president of

DJA01

1

Law School

LJA02

1

Letters

1

From JA (1780)

PJA09

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    • (cal.)
1

Theological School

DCA04

1

Thomas Brand Hollis' support of

AFC07

1

Thomas Hollis' support of

AFC07

1

W. N. Boylston's bequest of JA and JQA portraits

DCA03

1

Waterhouse on use of tobacco at

DJA01

1

Winthrop's lecture on earthquakes at

DJA01

1

administration of

AFC07

1

admissions procedure

DCA04

1

alumni attitude toward

DCA05

1

and Benjamin Waterhouse

DCA05

2

and Charles River Bridge

AFC07

1

and European universities

AFC04

1

astronomy at

DCA06

1

awards honorary degrees (1785)

AFC06

1

bicentennial celebration

DCA07

1

burning of “Greasey Tables” in commons

EJA01

1

catalog of

PJA01

1

catalogues of library in 18th century

EJA01

1

celebration of battle of Bunker Hill (1786)

AFC01

1

class of 1825 memorial

DCA05

1

faculty hearing on misconduct of Tyler, Sewall, and King

EJA01

1

fee from Charles River Bridge company

AFC06

1

financial records of

PJA04

1

gambling at

AFC07

1

gives dinner in honor of La Luzerne

EJA01

1

gives honorary degree to Washington

PJA04

1

honorary degrees (1781)

AFC04

1

introduces new books into curriculum

AFC07

1

librarian of

AFC07

1

local meaning for “watch with”

EJA01

1

meeting of overseers

DJA01

1

morning prayers said in Holden Chapel

EJA01

1

museum at

AFC06

1

poem on

PJA01

1

possible attendance of Boylston Adams at

AFC07

1

prepares ministers of religion

EJA01

1

president and fellows of

DJA01

1

public support of

DJA02

1

scholars on Hollis foundation

EJA01

1

show book of

PJA02

1

smallpox epidemic

EJA01

1

solicitation of funds in Europe discouraged

AFC04

1

southern delegation visits

DJA01

1

student disturbances (1768)

AFC01

1

students attend Sunday services in First Church

EJA01

1

students complain of public duties of Professor John Winthrop

AFC02

1

students of praised for poetry

AFC07

1

tutor for class of 1755

PJA01

2

view of

PJA01

1

visited by La Luzerne

AFC03

1

votes JA an honorary L.L.D.

AFC05

1

waives JQA's admission fees

AFC06

1

will not loan Gravesande's Mathematical Elements

AFC07

1

“Butter Rebellion”

DJA01

1

“rebellion elm” in the Yard (1768)

AFC01

1

“sitting solstices” or oral examinations

EJA01

1

facilities

DQA01

1

food poisoning among students

DQA02

1

heating crisis

DQA02

1

militia exemptions for students

DQA02

1

opening date for 1786 spring term

DQA01

1

public lectures distinguished from private ones

DQA02

1

relations with John Hancock

DQA02

1

GWA and JA2 at

DCA03

1

JA at

LJA01

1

Jared Sparks and

DCA04

1

Rev. William Smith's expenses at

AFC01

1

Winthrop's telescope given to

EJA01

1

and the Adams family

AFC01

1

books from

LJA01

1

given portrait of JA

AFC05

1

pays Winthrop's expenses to observe transit of Venus

EJA01

1

JQA's reaction to

DQA01

PJA05

PJA11

PJA12

PJA13

See also: Cambridge, Mass.
See also: CFA—Harvard
See also: JA—Books, Reading, and Education
See also: JQA—Education
See also: Winthrop, Prof. John