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...Tercentennial History of Harvard University is being prepared by Professor S. E. Morison '08 in connection with the celebrations which will mark the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of Harvard College...
...three volumes, each about the size of the Quinquennial Catalogue. There may also be issued a one volume abbreviated edition for popular consumption. The first two volumes will deal with the narrative history of the College from its beginning to the present day, and will be written by Professor Morison. The third volume will be composed of monographs on the history of the different departments and graduate schools during the last 50 years, and will be written by the older members of the Faculty...
...preliminary chapters of the two volumes to be written by Professor Morison will deal with English and Continental colleges which the founders were trying to imitate. Old prints, plans of the College Yard at various stages of development, portraits of prominent benefactors, and the like will be used for illustration...
...Associated Harvard Clubs have cooperated with the author in sending out a call for old letters and diaries about the college life of the past, to be used in the compilation of the work. In connection with his researches in writing the history, Professor Morison will next year give a senior course on the early history of the college...
...work has progressed little beyond the gathering of material, but some of the chapters are already written and Professor Morison expects to have the first volume ready in 1929. The entire history will be ready for the tercentenary...