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Harvard family. The John Harvard family collection, 1577, 1622, and 1828-2007 : an inventory

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Repository: Harvard University Archives
Call No.: HUG 1447
Creator: Harvard family.
Title: The John Harvard family collection, 1577, 1622, and 1828-2007.
Quantity: 3 cubic feet (6 document boxes, 6 portfolio boxes)
Abstract: John Harvard (1607-1638) was an English clergyman who settled in the American colonies, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1637. Upon his death in 1638, Harvard left half of his estate and personal library to the newly founded college at Newtown which later became Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts General Court named the college in his honor in 1639. The College became Harvard University in 1780. This collection consists of letters, photographs, legal documents (facsimiles and originals), news clippings, poetry, pamphlets, and postcards presenting what little information is available about John Harvard's life and family as well as the many honors and memorials bestowed upon Harvard after his death by generations of Harvard alumni.
Note: This document last updated 2013 April 29.

Items in The John Harvard family collection were acquired through donation or purchase. Whenever possible the archivist noted the terms of acquisition in the descriptions and item list. A comprehensive list is also located at the end of the finding aid.

Conditions on Use and Access:

The John Harvard family collection is open for research. Availability of materials that are fragile or otherwise require special handling may limited. Consult reference staff for details.

Related Material in the Harvard University Archives

Images of the John Harvard statue and some Harvard family members are listed the inventory of the Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. Images of the John Harvard memorials are listed in the inventory of the Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Subjects. Some images have been digitized and are visible through these inventories and through VIA, Harvard's online image catalog.

Records of the Harvard Memorial Society (HUD 3567)

Biographical files (HUG 300) for Lionel de Jersey Harvard and Peter John de Jersey Harvard

One folder in the Records of the Harvard University Library contains genealogical information about the Harvard family from 1828 to the beginning of the twentieth century. (Call number: UAIII.50.8.10.2; series: W. C. Lane General Correspondence, 1897-1928; folder: The Harvard Family.)

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Preferred citation for publication:

Harvard family. The John Harvard family collection, 1577, 1622, and 1828-2007. HUG 1447, Harvard University Archives.

Processing Information:

The John Harvard family collection was first classified and described in the Harvard University Archives shelflist prior to 1980. In April 2007, Dominic P. Grandinetti re-processed the material. Re-processing included integrating several small collections, re-housing materials in the appropriate containers, establishment of a series hierarchy, and the creation of this inventory. The archivist placed the documents into acid-free folders, re-housed the materials into archival document boxes, and examined the folder contents to establish the date of the material.

A detailed list of integrated and repatriated items resulting from the processing of this collection is available at the end of this finding aid.

Additional preservation and description of the John Harvard family collection was supported, in part, by the Arcadia-funded project Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

Arrangement

The John Harvard family collection is arranged in four series:

I. Biographical materials, 1845-2001 and undated

II. Harvard family deeds and legal documents, 1577, 1622, ca. 1930

III. Writings about John Harvard and his family, 1828-1991 and undated

IV. Memorials and commemorations, 1828-1952, 2007 and undated

Chronology

John Harvard and Harvard College

1607 November

John Harvard is born near the Surrey end of London Bridge, and baptized, November 29, 1607, at St. Saviour's Church (now Southwark Cathedral)

1627 December 19

John Harvard enters Emmanuel College

1631-1632

Receives Bachelor of Arts degree

1635 July

Receives Master of Arts

1636 April 19

Marries Ann Sadler (b. 1614) at South Malling; she is the sister of the Reverend John Sadler, Vicar of Ringmer

1636 October 28

The General Court of Massachusetts Bay allocates £400 toward a school or college

1637

Some time after May 26, Harvard and his wife sail to New England

1637 August 1

Harvard is admitted an inhabitant at Charlestown, Massachusetts

1637 November 2

Harvard is made a freeman of the Colony

1637 November 6

Harvard and his wife are admitted to the First Church of Charlestown

1637 November 20

The Massachusetts General Court appoints a committee to establish a college in Newtown

1637

Harvard becomes a teaching elder of the Charlestown church

1638 April 26

Harvard is appointed to a town committee to consider the governing laws of Massachusetts Bay

1638 May 2

Newtown is renamed Cambridge

1638 September 14

John Harvard dies of consumption at Charlestown, leaving a bequest of £779 17s. 2d. and a library of 400 volumes to the college in Cambridge

1639 March 13

The Massachusetts General Court orders that the college shall be called Harvard College

Biographical Essay

Introduction
John Harvard (1607-1638) was a colonial clergyman who settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1637. Upon his death in 1638, Harvard left half his estate and personal library to the newly founded college at Newtown (later Cambridge, Massachusetts). The Massachusetts General Court named the college (now Harvard University) in his honor in 1639. Few details about John Harvard's life seem to have survived. Much of what is known about John Harvard originates from the studies of genealogist Henry F. Waters (A.B. 1855) who unearthed Harvard's birth and parentage from the study of British legal documents in 1885.
Early life and career
John Harvard was born into a Puritan English family in 1607 (baptized November 29, 1607) in Southwark, England. His father, Robert Harvard (d. 1625), was a butcher who owned his own shop and several pieces of property, including the Queen's Head Tavern. Active in church affairs, Robert Harvard held many posts at the Saint Saviour's Church including Vestryman, Warden, Overseer of the Poor, and Governor of the Saint Saviour's Grammar School. Robert Harvard married Barbara Destyn on June 26, 1600, but the marriage was short-lived; Barbara Harvard died of the plague in September 1603. On April 8, 1605, Robert Harvard was remarried to Katherine Rogers (1584-1635) of Stratford-on-Avon, the thirteenth child of Thomas Rogers, a cattle dealer and alderman. As a child, John Harvard lived in the Surrey End of London Bridge, and, attended Saint Saviour's Grammar School. At the age of twenty, and with the help of Nicholas Morton, the Rector of Saint Saviour's Church, John Harvard entered Emmanuel College (B.A. 1632 and M.A. 1634) on December 19, 1627. Although Harvard received religious training, there is no known record of him becoming an ordained minister. Except for two Harvard signatures on a subscription book related to Harvard's taking his degree, it is believed that Emmanuel College has no other record of Harvard at the school.
New England
On April 19, 1636, John Harvard married Ann Sadler (b. 1614), the daughter of the Reverend John Sadler, Vicar of Ringmer. By this time, most of Harvard's family had died of the plague, his father and most of his brothers and sisters in 1625 and Katherine Harvard in 1635. When Harvard's remaining brother, Thomas, died in 1637, John Harvard inherited the entire Harvard family estate. John and Ann Harvard joined the many thousands of Puritans migrating to the New World.Harvard was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown, Massachusetts on August 1, 1637. Harvard established himself quickly in the New World. He built a new home, was appointed to one of several town committees, and became a teaching elder of the First Church of Charlestown.
Harvard College
Despite the popular belief that John Harvard founded Harvard College, the school was established by the Massachusetts General Court in 1636 before Harvard's arrival to New England. The school was already in operation with a new building planned some weeks or months before Harvard's death of consumption, probably tuberculosis, at Charlestown on September 14, 1638. It is thought that on his death bed, Harvard being too sick to write a will, he bequeathed half his estate (£779 17s. 2d.) and his entire library of classical and theological books to the school. These books became the College's first library collection. On March 13, 1639, in recognition of Harvard's bequest and to honor his memory, the Massachusetts General Court agreed that the school being built in Cambridge would be known as Harvard College. Harvard's bequest, which up to that point exceeded all other gifts to the College, was used to build the first college building on campus (known later as Harvard Hall). After his death, some of his contemporaries described him as a pious and godly man - a lover of learning and favorably disposed to helping his fellows in the New World.

References:

Morison, Samuel Eliot. "Jottings on John Harvard," Harvard Alumni Bulletin 32, (1929-1930) : 574-579.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Founding of Harvard College. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935.

Harvard Family Members

Parents and Siblings

Father: Robert Harvard (d. 1625)

Father's first wife: Barbara (Destyn) Harvard (d. 1603)

Mother: Katherine (Rogers) Harvard (1584-1625)

Sister : Marye (1601-1625)

Sister: Anne (1613-1625)

Sister: Katherine (1612-1625)

Brother: Robert (1602, d. infant)

Brother: Robert (1606-1625)

Brother: Thomas (1609-1637)

Brother: William (1610-1625)

Brother: Peter (1615-1625)

Spouses

Ann (Sadler) Harvard, John Harvard's wife, re-married in 1639[?]. Her second husband was Reverend Thomas Allen of Charlestown.

Katherine (Rogers) Harvard married John Elletson, cooper on January 19, 1626. He died in June 1626. She married again to Richard Yearwood, grocer, May, 1627. He died ca. October 1, 1632.

Thomas Harvard, a clothmaker of St. Olave's Parish, Southwark, England, married Elizabeth King.

Deaths

Robert Harvard, Barbara, Marye, Robert, Katherine, and Peter all died of plague.

It may be that William and Anne also died of the plague.

Scope of the Collection

The John Harvard family collection was assembled and arranged from a variety of sources. This collection presents what little information is available about John Harvard's life, family, and the world of the seventeenth century in which he lived. Letters, photographs, legal documents (facsimiles and originals), reprints, articles, news clippings, poetry, pamphlets, postcards, flyers, blueprints, circulars, lists, agreements, sketches, labels, a notebook, a video recording and a digital recording recall John Harvard's brief life, the importance of his bequest to Harvard University, and the many honors and memorials bestowed upon Harvard after his death by generations of Harvard alumni. The collection also contains sixteenth and seventeen century deeds for property that the Harvard family owned in England and genealogical information about the Harvard family.

Series Descriptions and Item List

Series: I. Biographical materials, 1845-2001 and undated 0.3 cubic foot (1 document box)
Scope and Content: This series includes biographical and genealogical items documenting the history of John Harvard and his family. Records include genealogical documents, John Harvard, a motion picture recounting his life; and family correspondence. This series also contains an undated photogaph of John Harvard's quarters at Emmanuel College, and photographs of Harvard's descendents.

Processing Information: The biographical material was gathered together and arranged alphabetically by subject, topic, or genre by the archivist.
- Genealogical information, [1951-1975]
  - [Harvard genealogy, 1951] Box 1
    Acquisition Information: Estate of Mrs. Lewis K. Conant, 1971.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.93
  - [Harvard genealogy, 1952-1975] Box 1
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.93
- John Harvard [motion picture], 2001
  Scope and Content: This recording traces the life of John Harvard.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.15
  - DVD, 2001 Box 1
  - Videocassette, 2001 Box 1
- Letter from the Reverend John Harvard to his parents, 1845 Box 1
  Historical Note: John Harvard (1819-1888) was a British Methodist clergyman. He attended the Theological Institution at Hoxton, England, before being appointed to the Gloucester Circuit (1842), where he served in the ministry for forty-five years.
  
  Scope and Content: In addition to John Harvard's letter, this folder contains correspondence between Mrs. Roland Norman, T.W. Lamont and Harvard College officials, 1947.
  Acquisition Information:
  - Mrs. Roland Norman, 1947.
  - T.W. Lamont, 1947.
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.61
- Images, [ca. 1850, 1870] and undated
  - John Harvard, father of Samuel Harvard, undated Box 1
    Scope and Content: This folder contains a photographic reproduction (ca. 1870) of a drawing (ca. 1830) of John Harvard (1761-1843), which is the earliest known portrait of any member of the Harvard family.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.71p/pf
  - Photographs of the Reverend John Harvard, ca. 1850, 1870 Box 1
    Formerly classified as 1447.70.500
  - [John Harvard's quarters at Emmanuel College, undated] Box 1

Series: II. Harvard family deeds and legal documents, 1577, 1622, ca. 1930 0.4 cubic foot (2 portfolio boxes, 3 folders)
Scope and Content: This series contains deeds for Harvard family land holdings in England as well as facsimiles and photographs of seventeenth century family records, including baptismal and marriage records, which were reproduced circa 1930. Additional facsimiles include Harvard family wills, debts mentioning John Harvard, and several documents with John Harvard's signature.
- Deeds, 1577, 1622
  - Deed, 1577 Box 2 Click here for digital copy
    Scope and Content: This folder contains a deed in which the name of John Harvard appears as a former owner of a tenement standing in the east side of Barbican, in the Parish of Saint Giles, without Cripplegate of London. It is presumed that the John Harvard mentioned in this deed is an ancestor of John Harvard (1607-1638).
    
    Related Material: Letter from Harvard librarian William Coolidge Lane to Albert Matthews, June 25, 1917 (UAIII.50.8.10.2), Records of the Harvard University Library, series: W.C. Lane General Correspondence, 1897-1928, folder: Mas-May.
    
    Acquisition Information: G.F. Parkman Fund, 1917.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.3
  - Deed, 1622 Box 2
    Historical Note: Reverend John Sadler (d. 1640) was John Harvard's father-in law. Sadler was the Vicar of Patcham in the county of Sussex; later Vicar in Ringmer.
    
    Scope and Content: This deed describes a transfer of property from John Sadler and his wife, Mary, to Anthony Stapley in Elbourne, Sussex. It is presumed that the John and Mary Sadler mentioned in this deed are John Harvard's in-laws.
    
    Related Material: Letter from Alfred C. Potter to Albert Matthews, August 12, 1921 (HUG 4560), Papers of Albert Matthews, series: Correspondence on Harvard Matters 1905-1946, folder: Misc. Harvard Subjects, 1921-1946.
    
    Acquisition Information: Bright Fund, 1921.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.3
- Facsimiles of 17th-century records, reproduced ca. 1930.
  - Facsimile of a page from the earliest Admission Book of Emmanuel College, showing signature of John Harvard, 1627 Box 12
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.PF
    
    Scope and Content: This folder contains three excerpted facsimile copies of John Harvard's signature from the admission book and four copies of the entire page of the book.
  - Facsimile of records relating to John Harvard and his family, 1607-1635 Box 12
    Scope and Content: This folder contains facsimile extracts of the following records:
    - November 29, 1607, Baptism of John Harvard.
    - December 3, 1609, Baptism of Thomas Harvard, John Harvard's brother.
    - August 24, 1625, Burial of "Mr. Robert Harvey", father of John and Thomas Harvard.
    - Clothworkers' Company of London, Admission of Freeman, Thomas Harvard signature, 1634-1635.
    - Clothworkers' Company, Register of Apprentices Bound, Thomas Harvard, 1606-1641.
    Acquisition Information: Clothworkers' Company, 1886.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.26F
  - John Harvard Facsimiles, 1605-1637 Box 3
    Scope and Content: This volume contains the following legal documents:
    - Marriage of Robert Harvard and Katharine Rogers, April 8, 1605.
    - Baptism of John Harvard, November 29, 1607.
    - Marriage of Katharine Harvie [Harvard] and John Ellison.
    - Marriage of Katharine Ellettsone and Richard Yearwood, May 28, 1627.
    - Signature of John Harvard from Admission Fee Book, Emmanuel College, December 19, 1627.
    - Will of Katherine Yarwood of St. Saviour's, mentioning her eldest son, John Harvard, Clarke, and her sons, John and Thomas Harvard. Dated July 2, 1635. Probated July 26, 1635.
    - Will of Thomas Harvard, appointing John Harvard and Nicholas Morton executors. Dated July 15, 1637. Probated May 5, 1637.
    - Marriage of John Harvard and Ann Sadler of Ringmer, April 19, 1636.
    - Deed from John Harvard and his wife Ann to John Man, of land and three tenements, in Saint Olaves, Southwark, February 16, 1637.
    This volume is paginated and contains an index.
    Acquisition Information: Bright Fund, 1907.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.4F
  - John Harvard's marriage recorded in the South Malling Parish Register, 1636 Box 12
    Acquisition Information: Samuel Eliot Morison, 1937.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.29A
  - Recognizance for Debt mentioning John Harvard, 1937 Box 12
    Formerly classified as HUG 1477.2
  - Signatures of John Harvard, ca. 1627 Box 12
    Scope and Content: Signatures in this folder are photographed from:
    - Emmanuel College Admission Book.
    - A book in the Emmanuel College Library (two copies).
    - A register of M.A. Degrees at the University of Cambridge.
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.26PF

Series: III. Writings about John Harvard and his family, 1828-1991 and undated 1.4 cubic feet (4 document boxes, 1 folder)
Scope and Content: This series contains reprints, articles, essays, notes, news clippings, poetry, pamphlets, and other secondary sources that recount John Harvard's life and highlight on his relationship with Harvard College in the early 1600s. Several writings also document the history and genealogy of the Harvard family in England. Additional items record monuments and memorials created in John Harvard's honor.
- An Address Delivered at the Erection of A Monument to John Harvard, 1828 Box 4
  Acquisition Information: James Atkins Noyes, 1925.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.27
- America's Possession in Shakespeare's Town: The Harvard House Stratford-on-Avon, 1909 Box 4
  Acquisition Information: James A. Noyes, 1909.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Annals of St. Mary Obery, an Historical and Descriptive Account of St. Saviour's Church and Parish, 1833 Box 4
  Acquisition Information: Walter Faxon, 1921
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.84
- Buildings Associated with John Harvard, 1896 Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Catalogue of John Harvard's Library, 1919 Box 4
  Acquisition Information: Alfred Claghorn Potter, 1919.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.71
- Celebration of the Founder, 1908 Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- The Church in Which John Harvard was Married, 1932 (3 copies) Box 4
  Acquisition Information: Henry Wilder Foote, 1932
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.29A and HUG 1447.29B
- The Discoverer of John Harvard, 1913 (3 copies) Box 4
  Acquisition Information:
  - William R. Thayer, 1913.
  - Edwin H. Abbot, 1929.
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.6 and HUG 300
- An English View of the Founder, 1910 Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- The Family Named Harvard, 1932 Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- First Church Charlestown Congregational, Three Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary, 1982 Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The Founder of Harvard University, undated Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- [Giovanni Harvardiani and John Harvard, 1975] Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- A Guide to St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, 1885 Box 4
  Acquisition Information: James A. Noyes, 1897.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.7
- The Harvard Family and St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Schools, 1971 Box 4
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.21
- The Harvard Family, Living Harvards and Their Family Records, 1910 Box 4
  Scope and Content: This volume includes:
  - Correspondence between J. Mawson Harvard and others regarding his son, Lionel de Jersey Harvard and his entrance into Harvard University, ca. 1910-1911
  - News clippings about Lionel de Jersey Harvard
  - A letter from Lionel de Jersey Harvard to Louis A. Holman, 1915.
  Acquisition Information: Louis A. Holman, 1934
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.37
- The Harvard Family, Living Harvards and Their Family Records, 1910 Box 4
  Scope and Content: This folder contains a cutout from The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, volume 18, number 72, 1910.
- Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1909 Box 5
  Acquisition Information: President's Office, 1931.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.14
- Harvard's Mother's House, 1897 Box 5
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The Harvard Rooms at Emmanuel, [1932] Box 5
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- History of a House, 1966 Box 5
  Acquisition Information: The National Secular Society, 1966.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- The History of Southwark Cathedral, [1937] Box 5
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The House in Which John Harvard was Born, [1932] Box 5
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- To John Harvard, undated Box 5
  Acquisition Information: Jonathan B. Hayward, 1952.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- John Harvard, 1883 (3 copies) Box 5
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- John Harvard, 1886 Box 5
  Scope and Content: This volume contains:
  - What Do We Know About John Harvard?, 1886
  - The Memorial of John Harvard, 1884
  - Sanders Theatre tickets to the Unveiling of the Statue of John Harvard
  - John Harvard, excerpts, 1883
  - An Address Delivered at the Erection of a Monument to John Harvard by Edward Everett, 1828
  Acquisition Information: Albert Bushnell Hart, 1886.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.36B
- John Harvard and His Ancestry, 1885 Box 5
  Scope and Content: This folder contains a bound volume of Henry F. Waters' writings on John Harvard and his family, John Harvard and His Ancestry and Genealogical Gleanings in England.
  
  Acquisition Information: John T. Hassam, 1885.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.92
- John Harvard and His Ancestry, 1885 Box 5
  Scope and Content: Unbound reprints of Henry F. Waters' on John Harvard and his family, John Harvard and His Ancestry and Genealogical Gleanings in England.
  
  Acquisition Information: A.P. Peabody, 1893.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.92.32 and HUG 1447.92.42
- John Harvard's English Home and Parentage, 1907 Box 5
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2 and HUG 1447.85
- John Harvard's Grammar School, 1912 Box 5
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- John Harvard's Last Gift, 1991 Box 5
  Acquisition Information: Abram T. Collier, 1991.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- John Harvard's Library, 1943 Box 5
  Acquisition Information: Henry J. Cadbury, 1943.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.11
- John Harvard's Life in America or Social and Political Life in New England in 1637-1638, 1908 Box 5
  Acquisition Information: Andrew McFarland Davis, 1908.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.16A and HUG 1447.16B
- John Harvard Memorials, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1958 Box 6
  Acquisition Information: Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries, 1958.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.42
- John Harvard Revealed, [1907] Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- John Harvard, Shakspere, and Milton, [1930] Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The John Harvard Window, 1905 Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The John Harvard Memorial Window, 1905 Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
  
  Scope and Content: This folder contains two copies of a subscription letter sent to Harvard alumni in 1905 from William Phillips (AB 1900) asking for donations for the restoration of the Vestry of Saint Saviour's Church in London.
- John Harvard and the Early College, 1901 Box 6
  Acquisition Information: Gardner W. Allen, 1944.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- John Harvard and Southwark, [1948?] Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.83
- John Harvard and Southwark Cathedral, 1920 Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- [John Harvard and Shakespeare, 1958] Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- John Wilson's Latin Verses on John Harvard, 1933 Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.73
- Jottings on John Harvard, [1930] Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The Landed Possessions of John Harvard, [1924] (3 copies) Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The Memorial of John Harvard, 1884 (3 copies) Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.24.84A and HUG 1447.24.84B
- In Memory of John Harvard, [1919] Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- A New Autograph of John Harvard, 1901 Box 6
  Acquisition Information: E.S. Shuckburgh, 1901.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.82
- News clippings, undated Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300 and HUG 1447.2
- News clippings, 1894 and undated Box 6
  Acquisition Information:
  - A.B. Weymouth, 1894.
  - E.J. van Lennep, 1934.
  - N.B. Day, 1936.
  - A.F. Dankin 1937.
  - Lynn Historical Society, 1937.
  Formerly classified as HUG 300 and HUG 1447.2
- News clippings, 1847-1869 Box 12
  Formerly classified as HUG 300 and HUG 1447.2
- News clippings, 1830-1934 (24 folders) Box 6
  Formerly classified as HUG 300 and HUG 1447.2
- News clippings, 1935-1983 (10 folders) Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 300 and HUG 1447.2
- [Notes on Southwark as related to John Harvard, undated] Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.75.87
- Old Southwark and its People, John Harvard, 1885 Box 7
  Acquisition Information:
  - The President's Office, 1885.
  - James A. Noyes, 1897.
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.75.86A and HUG 1447.75.86B
- Opening of the Harvard House, 1909 Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.39
- Our Puritan Ancestry, 1939 Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- [Proposed statue of John Harvard at Cambridge, 1883] Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.24.83
- The Rescue of Harvard House, Stratford-on-Avon, 1907 Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Ringmer Church and John Harvard, 1917 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: William R. Thayer, 1919.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.76
- Southwark Cathedral, 1913 Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Southwark Cathedral, 1937 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: David M. Little, 1955.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.82 and HUG 1447.82.8
- Sussex and the U.S.A., 1930 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: Acquisition: K.J. Conant, 1930.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- The Sword of Harvard or The Common Ancestors of William Shakspere and John Harvard, 1912 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: Hayes Fund, 1912.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.77
- The Tabard Inn, Southwark, The Queen's Head, William Rutter, and St. Margaret's Church, 1897 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: Philip Norman, 1897.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Two Harvard Memorials in England, 1907 Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Upon Looking at French's John Harvard, 1953 Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.38
- Views of the Ancient Collegiate and Priory Church of St. Saviour (St. Marie Overie), Southwark, [1894?] Box 7
  Acquisition Information: James A. Noyes, 1897.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.88
- The Village of Ringmer, Its Church and Glyndebourne, 1967 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: Roger C. Dalling, 1969.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.76.5
- What Do We Know About John Harvard?, 1886 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: Albert Bushnell Hart, 1886.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.36A
- Where, Oh, Where is the Real John Harvard?, 1970 Box 7
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- William Rendle on John Harvard and Southwark, 1888 Box 7
  Acquisition Information: William Rendle, 1888.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.75.85

Series: IV. Memorials and commemorations, 1828-1952, 2007 and undated 1 cubic foot (1 document box, 3 portfolio boxes, 1 folder)
Scope and Content: This series consists of letters, postcards, flyers, photographs, blueprints, circulars, lists, agreements, menus, news clippings, sketches, exhibit labels, and a notebook commemorating John Harvard and his contributions to the College. Includes records relating to the establishment of the John Harvard Mall, a playground in Charlestown, Boston, Mass.; the construction of a momument dedicated to him at the Phipps Burying Ground also in Charlestown, Boston, Mass.; and an exhibit on John Harvard curated by William Hopkins Tillinghast displayed in Gore Hall at Harvard in 1907.
Related Material: For photographs of The John Harvard Mall and other John Harvard memorials see:
- John Harvard photographs in Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Subjects (HUPSF)
- Records of the News Office (UAV 605.270.1p)
Processing Information: The material in this series was gathered together by the archivist and arranged alphabetically by subject, topic, or genre.
The following were integrated into this series: General information by and about Harvard Memorial Chapel (HUB 1447.274) and General information about the John Harvard Mall (HUB 3550.xxx).
- [Circular to secure the services of the American Antiquary, Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, undated] Box 8
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Dedication of the Harvard Chapel at St. Saviours, 1907 Box 8
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.85
- 400th Anniversary Celebrations, 2007 Box 8
- Harvard Commemoration, Southwark Cathedral, 1918 (3 copies) Box 8
  Acquisition Information: Edgar Huidekoper Wells, 1918, 1919, and 1928.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Harvard House, 1900-1921, ca. 1940s and undated
  - Harvard House correspondence, 1900-1921 Box 8
    Scope and Content: This folder contains the correspondence of Harvard University alumni regarding their plans to purchase the house of John Harvard's mother.
    
    Acquisition Information: V. Sydney Rothschild, 1918.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.78.
  - Harvard House Memorial Trust, 1920 Box 8
    Acquisition Information: President's Office, 1922.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.40
  - Harvard House, photographs and sketches, ca. 1920s, ca. 1940s and undated Box 9
    Acquisition Information:
    - Louisa H. Cress, 1901.
    - James A. Noyer, 1923.
    - Walter B. Briggs, 1938.
    - William A. Clark, 1942.
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.3PF
- Harvard Memorial Chapel, [ca. 1920s-1950s]
  - Harvard Memorial Chapel, ca. 1920s-ca. 1950s Box 8
    Formerly classified as HUB 1447.274 Box 12
  - Harvard Memorial Chapel, 1952 Box 8
    Scope and Content: This folder contains a photograph of Harvard Memorial Chapel, Southwark Cathedral, London, England.
    
    Acquisition Information: H.D. Cope, 1952.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.12
- Harvard Memorial Society Dinner, 1907 Box 8
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
  
  Scope and Content: This folder contains two copies of a Harvard Memorial Society dinner menu.
- [Harvard Tablet at Emmanuel College, 1904] Box 8
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- [John Harvard's Bequest, undated] Box 8
  Scope and Content: This folder contains a flyer.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- John Harvard Exhibit, 1907 Box 8
  Scope and Content: This folder contains William Hopkins Tillinghast's notes and labels describing the 1907 Harvard Library exhibit.
  
  Acquisition Information: W.H. Tillinghast, 1907.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.86
- John Harvard Mall, 1943 and undated
  - The John Harvard Mall, blueprints, 1943 Box 11
    Scope and Content: This folder contains blueprints from original drawings for the construction of the John Harvard Mall. The blueprints are for:
    - General construction
    - The Windmill Tablet
    - The Ship Tablet
    - A plan of Town Hill
    Formerly classified as HUB 3550PF
  - The John Harvard Mall: A Record of Its Building, Completion, Dedication, and Use, 1943 Box 10
    Scope and Content: This volume contains photographs, news accounts, and speeches pertaining to The John Harvard Mall, a playground located in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts.
    
    Acquisition Information: Publication Office, 1946.
    
    Formerly classified as HUB 3550.5F
  - The John Harvard Mall, news clipping, undated Box 8
    Formerly classified as HUB 3550.2, Box 60
- John Harvard's window at Emmanuel College, 1888 Box 8
  Scope and Content: This folder contains a photograph of the John Harvard Window.
  
  Acquisition Information: W. Creighton, 1888.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.23
- Malling Church, 1931-1932, and undated
  - Malling Church, Lewes, Sussex, undated Box 8
    Scope and Content: This folder includes photographs of Malling Church and a photograph of a ledger book with John Harvard's entry of marriage to Ann Sadler.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.49
  - Malling Church, Lewes, Sussex, 1931-1932 Box 8
    Scope and Content: This folder includes photographs of the interior of Malling Church.
    
    Acquisition Information: Henry Wilder Foote, 1958.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.29.5
- John Harvard Monument, 1828, 1869
  - Monument to John Harvard, 1828 Box 8
    Scope and Content: This volume contains the following items:
    - An Address Delivered at the Erection of A Monument to John Harvard, September 26, 1828, by Edward Everett.
    - Circular requesting donations and support.
    - Listings with subscriber names and the amounts of their donations.
    - Correspondence regarding the monument.
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.56
  - Monument to John Harvard of 1828, sketch, 1869 Box 9
    Acquisition Information: Allan Forbes, 1940.
    
    Formerly classified as HUG 1447.3PF
- Postcards, ca. 1920s, ca. 1950s Box 8
  Scope and Content: This folder contains the following postcards:
  - John Harvard's Communion Table, ca. 1600.
  - Entry of John Harvard's Baptism.
  - The Harvard House, Stratford-on-Avon.
  Acquisition Information: Kenneth D. Lougsdorf, 1959.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 300
- Queen's Head Inn Yard, Southwark, 1881 Box 12
  Scope and Content: This folder contains a photograph of the Queen's Head Inn.
  
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.72P/PF
- Southwark in History, 1951 Box 8
  Formerly classified as HUG 1447.2
- Subscription papers for John Harvard Memorial of 1828, 1827 Box 8
  Acquisition Information:
  - John G. Palfrey, 1894.
  - Stedman B. Hoar, 1925.
  Formerly classified as HUG 300 and HUG 1447.2

Acquisition Information :

Items in The John Harvard family collection were acquired through donation or purchase. Whenever possible the archivist noted the terms of acquisition in the descriptions and item list.

The acquisitions are as follows:

1885, John T. Hassam

1885, The President's Office

1886, Albert Bushnell Hart

1886, Clothworkers' Company

1888, W. Creighton

1888, William Rendle

1893, A.P. Peabody

1894, A.B.Weymouth

1894, John G. Palfrey

1897, Philip Norman

1897, James Atkins Noyes

1901, E.S. Shuckburgh

1901, Louisa H. Cress

1907, Bright Fund

1907, W.H. Tillinghast

1908, Andrew McFarland Davis

1909, James Atkins Noyes

1912, Hayes Fund

1913, William R. Thayer

1917, G.F. Parkman Fund

1918, Edgar Huidekoper Wells

1918, V. Sydney Rothschild

1919, Edgar Huidekoper Wells

1919, William R. Thayer

1919, Alfred Claghorn Potter

1921, Bright Fund

1921, Walter Faxon

1922, President's Office

1923, James Atkins Noyes

1925, James Atkins Noyes

1925, Stedman B. Hoar

1928, Edgar Huidekoper Wells

1929, Edwin H. Abbot

1930, K.J. Conant

1931, President's Office

1932, Henry Wilder Foote

1934, Louis A. Holman

1934, E.J. van Lennep

1936, N.B. Day

1937, A.F. Dankin

1937, Lynn Historical Society

1937, Samuel Eliot Morison

1938, Walter B. Briggs

1940, Allan Forbes

1942, William A. Clark

1943, Henry J. Cadbury

1944, Gardner W. Allen

1946, Publication Office

1947, Mrs. Roland Norman

1947, T.W. Lamont

1952, H.D. Cope

1952, Jonathan B. Hayward

1955, David M. Little

1958, Henry Wilder Foote

1958, Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries

1959, Kenneth D. Lougsdorf

1966, The National Secular Society

1969, Roger C. Dalling

1971, Estate of Mrs. Lewis K. Conant

1991, Abram T. Collier

Accession number: 09694; 1983 April 4

Accession number: 11442; 1988 June 29

Accession number: 11915; 1990 February 15

Accession number: 12952; 1994 September 12

Accession number: 14364; 2001 July 23

Integrated and repatriated items processing information:

The following material was integrated into this collection:

John Harvard biographical file (HUG 300)
General Information by and about Harvard Memorial Chapel (HUB 1447.274)
General Information about the John Harvard Mall (HUB 3550.xxx)

The following material was placed with other collections:

The following folders were placed in the HUG 300 Lionel de Jersey Harvard biographical file:
- HUG 1447.300 Lionel de Jersey Harvard general folder
- HUG 1447.335 Letters to M. A. Dew Howe, 1915
- HUG 1447.339 L. A. Holman, correspondence relating to L.de J. Harvard
- HUG 1447.348 Letters to H. A. Larrabee, 1916
- HUG 1447.350 Correspondence between Cecil H. Smith and Lionel de Jersey Harvard, 1916-1918
The following folders were placed with the HUP Lionel de Jersey Harvard photograph files:
- HUG 1447.370 Photographs
- HUG 1447.2P Clippings, pamphlets, etc. (Lionel de Jersey Harvard photograph)
The following folder was placed with the HUG 300 Peter John de Jersey Harvard biographical file
- HUG 1447.585 Correspondence relating to the visit of Peter John de Jersey Harvard to Harvard University during the Tercentenary celebration
The following folder was placed in the HUP Peter John de Jersey Harvard photograph file:
- HUG 1447.570 Photographs

The following published works retain their existing catalog records:

HUG 1447.81 John Harvard and His Times
HUG 1447.83.10 Forty-Nine Lives: an anthology of portraits of Emmanuel Men

The following folder was missing at the time of the 2007 re-processing:

HUG 1447.5PF Richard Harvard, Rubbing of Monument John Harvard, Chart of events in his life

Call numbers beyond the base call number were eliminated. A list of these obsolete call numbers is included in this finding aid.

Obsolete Call Numbers:

The following list provides a map to old call numbers that were eradicated by the archivist during the 2007 re-processing. All the papers for The John Harvard Family Collection are gathered under a single call number.

HUB 1447.274: Harvard Memorial Chapel (Southwark, England, clippings, etc.): moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUB 3550PF: Broadsides: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUB 3550.2: John Harvard Mall. Clippings, etc.: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUB 3550.5F: The John Harvard Mall: A Record of Its Buildings, Completion, Dedication and Use: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 300: John Harvard Quinquennial File: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 300: John Harvard Quinquennial File: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.2: Clippings, pamphlets, etc.: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.2: Clippings, pamphlets, etc.: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.3PF: Deed 1577, possibly having to do with John Harvard: moved to Harvard Family Legal Documents.

HUG 1447.3PF: Deed 1622, mentioning John Sadler: moved to Harvard Family Legal Documents.

HUG 1447.3PF: Facsimile of Admission Book: moved to Harvard Family Legal Documents.

HUG 1447.3PF : Pictures of Harvard House and monument: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.4F: John Harvard Facsimiles: moved to Harvard Family Legal Documents.

HUG 1447.6: Abbot, E.H. and Thayer, W.R., Discoverer of John Harvard, H.F. Waters, HC 1855: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.7: Benson, S. Guide to Saviour's Church: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.11: Cadbury, H.J. John, Harvard's Library: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.12: John Harvard Chapel in Southwark Cathedral: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.14: Corelli, M., P.S. Brentall, and B. Vyver, Harvard House guide book: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.15: John Harvard Videorecording: moved to Biographical Materials.

HUG 1447.16A: Davis, A. McF., John Harvard's Life in America: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.16B: Davis, A. McF., John Harvard's Life in America: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.21: Edwards, G.W., The Harvard Family and St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Schools. Detached from R.C. Carrington's Two Schools: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.23: John Harvard's window at Emmanuel College: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.24.83: Ellis, G.E., Speech on proposed statue of J. Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.24.84A: Ellis, G.E., Memorial of J. Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.24.84B: Ellis, G.E., Memorial of J. Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.25: Emmanuel College Chapel Masters Hymn: withdrawn from The John Harvard Family Collection.

HUG 1447.26PF: Facsimiles of records relating to J. Harvard Family: moved to Harvard Family Legal Documents.

HUG 1447.27: Everett, E.E., Address at erection of Harvard monument, September 26, 1828: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.29A: Foote, H.W., Church in which J. Harvard was married: moved to Harvard Family Legal Documents.

HUG 1447.29A: Foote, H.W., Church in which J. Harvard was married: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.29B: Foote, H.W., Church in which J. Harvard was married: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.29.5: Photographs of, and papers concerning, the church at South Malling, Sussex, in which John Harvard was married: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.36A: Hart, A.B., What do we know about J. Harvard?: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.36B: Hart, A., What do we know about J. Harvard? (contains address by Edward Everett): moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.37: Holman, L.A., Harvard family and correspondence about Lionel's entrance into Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.38: Hiers, M.M., Upon Looking at French's John Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.39: Harvard House Gazette: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.40: Harvard House Memorial Trust: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.42: John Harvard's Memorials, Charlestown, Massachusetts: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.49: Lewes Church (where John Harvard was married miscellany): moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.56: Monument to John Harvard: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.61: Norman, Peggie Harvard, Letter to T.W. Lamont, papers relating to Harvard family: moved to Biographical Materials.

HUG 1447.70.500: Portrait of John Harvard, b. ca. 1770 and portrait of John Harvard, b. ca. 1820: moved to Biographical Materials.

HUG 1447.71P/PF: Harvard, John: moved to Biographical Materials.

HUG 1447.71: Potter, A.C., Catalogue of J. Harvard's Library: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.72P/PF : Queen's Head Inn, Yard, Southwark, England: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.73: Rand, E.K., J. Wilson's Latin Verses on John Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.75.85: Rendle, W., John Harvard and Associations at Southwark: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.75.86A : Rendle, W., John Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.75.86B: Rendle, W., John Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.75.87: Rendle, W., Notes on Southwark relating to J. Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.76: Ringmer Church, J. Harvard and Wm. Penn: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.76.5: Ringmer Church, correspondence, pamphlets: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.77: Rodway, A. Sword of Harvard: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.78: Harvard House correspondence: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.81.3: John Harvard and His Times: withdrawn from The John Harvard Family Collection.

HUG 1447.81.5: John Harvard and His Times: withdrawn from The John Harvard Family Collection.

HUG 1447.82: John Harvard's signature, photographs of a title page: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.82.8: Southwark Cathedral, A.D. 597-1637, An Appeal: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.83: Stevens, T.P., John Harvard and Southwark: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.84: Taylor, W., Annals of St. Mary Overy: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.85: John Harvard Tercentenary, 1907: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.85: John Harvard Tercentenary, 1907: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.86: John Harvard Exhibition: moved to Memorials and Commemorations.

HUG 1447.88: Thompson, C. St. Saviour: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.92: Waters, H.F., John Harvard and his ancestry, also Genealogical Gleanings in England: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.92.32 : Waters, H.F., Genealogical Gleanings in England, reprinted from New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October, 1865: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.92.42: Waters, H.F., John Harvard and his ancestry, Part I. reprint from New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1885. Part II, reprint from New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October 1886: moved to Writings about John Harvard and his family.

HUG 1447.93 : Sim, Muriel (Peggy) Harvard, Misc. correspondence and papers regarding Harvard family: moved to Biographical Materials.

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