Harvard History & Traditions
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
A Look at Harvard’s Distinctive Doctoral Regalia
On regalia, a Jack-of-all-trades retirement, and a Bok’s office bon mot.
by Primus VI
Harvard Magazine puzzle master retires
A longtime contributor hangs up his pencil.
Headlines from Harvard history
A morgue for movies, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Coeducating a Harvard Club and more
Coeducating the Harvard Club of New York, Robert McNamara redux, and a professor at home on the range
by Primus VI
When entrepreneurship lifted off in Cambridge
Edwin H. Land and the shaping of entrepreneurship in Greater Boston
Headlines from Harvard history
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Harvard campus signage and greenery
Amusing campus signage, vanished greenery, and gunplay of yore
by Primus VI
John Singleton Copley and Harvard, by Jane Kamensky
When the College commissioned Copley
McNamara on campus, the “Cambridge conceit,” and Bob Dylan
McNamara on campus, the “Cambridge conceit,” and a lyric puzzle
by Primus VI
Headlines from Harvard history
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
John Adams as a Harvard student, by Richard Alan Ryerson
What he learned and what he made of it