Harvard University. Tercentenary Celebration Office. Records of the Tercentenary Celebration Office : an inventory

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©President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2004

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Harvard University Archives
Call No.: UAV 827.x
Creator: Harvard University. Tercentenary Celebration Office.
Title: Records of the Tercentenary Celebration Office, 1934-1937.
Quantity: 81 boxes, 37 folders, 3 volumes, 126 phonograph records, 13 audio cassettes, 13 reel-to-reel audio tapes
Abstract: These records by the Tercentenary Celebration Office as it planned, organized, and managed the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College/Harvard University.
Note: This document last updated 2004 November 15.

This finding aid was encoded in September 2004 by Kate Bowers. She compiled this document from the following sources of information: HOLLIS records, paper shelflists, the Archives locator database, and one folder list for box 45 of the director's records. This inventory lacks folder lists for the majority of the textual records.

Historical Note

Planning for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College began in 1930 with the appointment of a Tercentenary Committee jointly by the Harvard Corporation (President and Fellows of Harvard College) and by the Board of Overseers. The Alumni Association was represented on this committee beginning in 1931, along with the Tercentenary Historian (Samuel Eliot Morison) and the Director of the University Library. In 1934, Jerome D. Greene was appointed Director of the Tercentenary Celebration.

The Tercentenary Celebration Office planned, organized, and managed the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College/Harvard University.

Scope and Content

These records encompass all the activities of the Tercentenary Celebration Office.

Related Material

The Harvard University Archives holds much more material related to the Tercentenary than is listed in this inventory. Most of Harvard's administrative units worked on special projects related to the Tercentenary or were substantially effected by it; it is in their records that researchers will find information relating to those activities.

Much, but not all, of the Tercentenary material that was published or widely distributed is held by the Harvard University Archives and classified in HUA 936.xx. Such material is cataloged in HOLLIS, Harvard's on-line library information system. HOLLIS also contains catalog records for Harvard University Tercentenary Gazette a serial that was published by the Tercentenary Celebration Office, and for Tercentenary-related books, ephemera, exhibition catalogs, conference proceedings, and archival material in other archives at Harvard.

Separated Material

The Harvard University Archives holds documents containing Mrs. Elizabeth Schlesinger's observations relating to the Harvard Tercentenary,1936, which are to be opened during the Quadricentenary in 2036 (UAV 827.219).

Container List

Series: List of material transferred to the University Archives from the Tercentenary Celebration Office (1 folder) UAV 827.10.9

Series: Administrative Records
- Records of the Tercentennial Committee including minutes, 1930-1936 (1 container) UAV 827.2
- Undergraduate Committee records (1 box) UAV 827.10.98
- Records of the Director, Jerome D. Greene UAV 827.5 45 boxes (15 cubic feet)
  - Boxes 1-30 UAV 827.5
    - Acknowledgements of Publications UAV 827.5 Box 1
    - Accounting-Ambassadors UAV 827.5 Box 2
    - Archives-Astronomy UAV 827.5 Box 3
    - BBB-Broadcasting UAV 827.5 Box 4
    - Broadcasting-Class Reunions UAV 827.5 Box 5
    - Class Secretaries-Delegates Luncheon UAV 827.5 Box 6
    - Delegates for University UAV 827.5 Box 7
    - Delegates-Gazette UAV 827.5 Box 8
    - Gazette [Tercentenary Gazette] Cuts UAV 827.5 Box 9
    - Gazette [Tercentenary Gazette]-Harvard Clubs Invitations UAV 827.5 Box 10
    - Guide Service UAV 827.5 Box 11
    - Harvard Tercentenary UAV 827.5 Box 12
    - Handbook of History of Harvard UAV 827.5 Box 13
    - Handbook Material UAV 827.5 Box 14
    - Handbook Sales UAV 827.5 Box 15
    - Hospitality, Acceptances UAV 827.5 Box 16
    - Hospitality Committee-Hospitality Teas UAV 827.5 Box 17
    - Invitation List UAV 827.5 Box 18
    - Invitations, Alumni UAV 827.5 Box 19
    - Invitations, University UAV 827.5 Box 20
    - J-Marshall Chief UAV 827.5 Box 21
    - L UAV 827.5 Box 22
    - Masefield-Medallions UAV 827.5 Box 23
    - Medals-Music UAV 827.5 Box 24
    - Music-Phleger Memos UAV 827.5 Box 25
    - Miscellaneous UAV 827.5 Box 26
    - Passes UAV 827.5 Box 27
    - Photo-Publications UAV 827.5 Box 28
    - Tickets-Z UAV 827.5 Box 29
    - Q-Z UAV 827.5 Box 30
  - Boxes 31-44 UAV 827.5
    - Applications for Guide Jobs UAV 827.5 Box 31
    - Gazette [Tercentenary Gazette] Covers and Releases UAV 827.5 Box 32
    - Delegates, American Universities (A-K) UAV 827.5 Box 33
    - Delegates, Foreign Universities (A-F) UAV 827.5 Box 34
    - Academic Accounting Vouchers (A-P) UAV 827.5 Box 35
    - Exhibits UAV 827.5 Box 36
    - Exhibits UAV 827.5 Box 37
    - Harvard Club: NYC-Overseers UAV 827.5 Box 38
    - Handbook Material, A-L UAV 827.5 Box 39
    - Handbook Material, Correspondence UAV 827.5 Box 40
    - Publications (general)-Publications (journals) UAV 827.5 Box 41
    - Publications (journals)-Raisz Time Chart UAV 827.5 Box 42
    - Recording-Tercentenary Club UAV 827.5 Box 43
    - Three Hundred-Theatre (Tercentenary Theatre) UAV 827.5 Box 44
  - UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, 1934-1937 (3 folders) UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, 1935 [List of Scholars to be Invited] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, [Budget and Expenses, 1934-1936] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, 1935 [The 300th Anniversary Fund] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, 1935 [Use of the Seal and Arms of Harvard University] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, 1935 [Harvardiana] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, [Alumni Invitations and Announcements, 1936] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, [Invitations, Announcements, Publicity, and Publications, 1934-1936] (3 folders) UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, [Newspaper Clippings, 196-1937] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, [Summer School Address delivered by Jerome D. Greene, July 7, 1936] UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, [Roger B. Merriman's Address on Christopher Columbus and the gift of the Bodleian Library UAV 827.5 Box 45
    - Tercentenary, [Correspondence regarding the Tercentenary Celebration's lack of recognition of the Arts UAV 827.5 Box 45
  - Reports of the Tercentenary Departments to the Director (1 folder) UAV 827.10.74
- Correspondence of David M. Little, ca. 1930s (1 box) UAV 827.50
- Financial Records
  - Bills (1 folder) UAV 827.213
  - Petty cash (1 folder) UAV 827.10.54
- Plans and blueprints, 1934-1935
  Scope and Content: Includes drafts of the Tercentenary celebration plans, seating and other charts, and blueprints.
  - Drafts of the Tercentenary Celebration plans, 1934, and Suggested Participants, 1935 (1 folder) UAV 827.10.19
  - Plans and blueprints (1 box) UAV 827.267
- Delegates and Guests
  - Delegates
    - Invitations received file for U.S., Canada, and Foreign (1 box) UAV 827.216.48
    - Lists, by institutions and by hosts (1 folder) UAV 827.216 pf
    - List of delegates of institutions with local addresses (1 folder) UAV 827.215
  - Invitations
    Scope and Content: Includes lists of institutions invited, formal invitations to delegates, and invitation record file.
    - Formal invitations to delegates, printed forms (1 folder) UAV 827.247 pf
    - Invitation record file (8 card files in 2 boxes) UAV 827.248
    - Institutions invited, listed in order of founding (1 box) UAV 827.10.43
  - Replies
    Acquisition Information: Many kept as samples of their category.
    - Messages from other Universities (photocopies), ca. 1936 (1 folder) UAV 827.10.53 pf
    - Replies of Graduates of the College, by Class (1 folder) UAV 827.10.77
    - Replies of Undergraduates (1 folder) UAV 827.10.78
    - Replies of Graduates and Special Men (1 folder) UAV 827.10.76
    - Replies of Overseers (1 folder) UAV 827.10.75
    - Replies regarding appointments of delegates (1 folder) UAV 827.10.82
    - Replies to faculty luncheon invitations (1 folder) UAV 827.10.80
    - Replies regarding appointment and exhibits (1 container) UAV 827.282
    - Replies to offer of copies of Harvard on Review (1 folder) UAV 827.10.81
    - Acknowledgements of announcements (1 folder) UAV 827.10.2
- Accommodations and entertainment
  - Dinner seating charts, Lowell House (1 folder) UAV 827.10.49 pf
  - Entertainment, offers of prospective hosts (1 folder) UAV 827.251.25
  - Entertainment, list of prospective hosts (1 box) UAV 827.251.20
  - Hosts' acceptances of guests assigned (1 folder) UAV 827.251.39
  - Replies of visitors regarding accomodation plans (1 box) UAV 827.251.79
  - Lodgings assigned in dormitories: sample cards, (1 folder) UAV 827.251.50 hd
  - List of private accomodations available (1 v.) UAV 827.251.4 hd
  - Charts showing assignments of lodgings (1 folder) UAV 827.251.10 pf
  - Bureau of Lodgings and Information: general file and correspondence (6 boxes) UAV 827.251.1
- Guide Service records
  - Guide Service office card file (1 file box) UAV 827.135.2
  - Guides' Reports (1 folder) UAV 827.135.8
  - Plans and other records (1 folder) UAV 827.135.5
- Conference Records
  Historical Note: Conferences formed part of the Tercentenary commemmorations. Two were the Conference of Arts and Sciences and the Conference on the Future of the Common Law.
  - Conference of Arts and Sciences records: September 6-12, 1936 (28 boxes) UAV 827.114
    Scope and Content: Includes administrative records, lists of participants, speakers, membership cards, annotated institutional catalogues, registrations, refusals, Harvard University Press publicatsions and other publications.
  - Proof of catalogue of Conference Members, corrected by members (1 folder) UAV 827.10.73
  - Charts relating to conference members (1 folder) UAV 827.216.12 pf
  - Reservations for the Conference on Future of the Common Laws (1 folder) UAV 827.251.85
  - Information for the registrars of conference, returns of delegates (1 folder) UAV 827.240
  - Application for dormitory room reservations (1 folder) UAV 827.205
    Acquisition Information: Kept as sample.
  - Record of vouchers for conference and exhibits (1 folder) UAV 827.10.91
  - Replies concerning attendence at Conference by Harvard faculty (1 folder) UAV 827.210
    Acquisition Information: Kept as sample.

Series: Printed and mimeographed material, ca. 1936 UAV 827.268 (8 boxes (2.7 cubic feet))
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by topic in Boxes 1 through 6; Miscellanea in Box 7; material received after main body of records is placed alphabetically by topic in Box 8.
- Badges-Comment UAV 827.268 Box 1
- Broadcasting UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Conference of Arts and Sciences UAV 827.268 Box 2
- Conference of Arts and Sciences UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Exhibits and Guide Services UAV 827.268 Box 3
- Exhibits and Guide Services UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Gifts and Hospitality UAV 827.268 Box 4
- Graduate and Summer School Sessions UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Hospitality, Invitations, and Arrangements UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Invitations to Music UAV 827.268 Box 5
- Tickets UAV 827.268 Box 6
- Miscellaneous UAV 827.268 Box 7
- Music UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Publications UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Tercentenary Days UAV 827.268 Box 8
- Undergraduate Celebration UAV 827.268 Box 8

Series: Programs and circulars
- Program of events: memoranda (1 folder) UAV 827.10.70
- Specimen programs and circulars (1 box) UAV 827.271
- Program of events: chronological file (1 file box) UAV 827.10.69
- Japanese Art Exhibitions report (in Japanese) (1 v.) UAV 827.10.42
  Related Material: The Harvard University Archives and many libraries hold copies of the exhibition catalogue which was entitled: Exhibition of Japanese Buddhistic art, specially brought over from Japan : sculptures, paintings, old screens, Nō costumes, etc., at the galleries of Boston Art Club, Boston, September 1st-30th, 1936.

Series: Clippings, news releases and radio broadcasts, 1934-1936 (10 containers)
- Radio broadcasts (1 container) UAV 827.10.72.5
- News releases, ca. 1934-1936 (3 boxes) UAV 827.253
- Newspapers, whole editions (1 folder) UAV 827.259 pf
- Clippings, 1935-1936 (4 boxes) UAV 827.214
- Boston Globe biographies related to the Tercentenary (1 box) UAV 827.10.34

Series: Poems and cartoons
- Herman Hagedorn poem (1 folder) UAV 827.10.35
- John Masefield poem: includes original mss. and special presentation box, ca. 1936 (1 box) UAV 827.10.51
- McCutcheon cartoons, originals, ca. 1936 (1 folder) UAV 827.10.50 pf
- Poems and Cartoons: Homage to Oxford, Paris, and Cambridge (1 folder) UAV 827.10.38 pf

Series: Audio recordings of speeches given at the Tercentenary celebration, September, 1936 UAV 827.274 (126 phonograph records, 13 reel-to-reel tape masters, and 13 cassettes)
Historical Note: The recording of these speeches was notable enough to prompt newspaper coverage of the process. ( Cambridge Tribune, "Phonograph records of chief speakers of Tercentenary," September 11, 1936. )

Related Material: A copy of this clipping is held in the Harvard University Archives in a clippings file about Harvard sound recordings "General information about sound recording at Harvard."
- Use Copies (13 cassettes) UAV 827.274 aud/c
- Originals (126 phonograph records) UAV 827.274 dsk
  Use Restrictions: RESTRICTED.
- Masters (13 reel-to-reel tapes) UAV 827.274 aud
  Use Restrictions: RESTRICTED.

Series: Images and Objects
- Posters (1 folder) UAV 827.265 pf
- Photographs (2 containers) UAV 827.266 pf
- Handbook photographs (1 photograph album) UAV 827.5 pas
- Heraldic devices (1 box) UAV 827.10.37
- Medals (2 boxes) UAV 827.10.52
- Record of Batons (1 folder) UAV 827.10.12
  Acquisition Information: Kept as sample.

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