Harvard History & Traditions
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
Tips of the Hat(s)
On regalia, a Jack-of-all-trades retirement, and a Bok’s office bon mot.
by Primus VI
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
The Players
How the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming Harvard
by George Howe Colt
Medicine Minus Mythmaking
Two Harvard doctors on William Carlos Williams
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
A Time of Trauma
An exhibit on Harvard in 1969 opens at Pusey Library this fall.
by Brandon J. Dixon
The Political Solicitor General
The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court
by Lincoln Caplan
The Football Industrial Complex
Boosting the game, and The Game
by Dick Friedman
Sweet Farewell
Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell
by Primus VI
“Tyranny Is Our Foe”
The seventy-fifth anniversary of Winston Churchill’s honorary-degree speech
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history