Harvard History & Traditions


We Were Students Once...

Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer

by Primus VI

Nuts

Nutcracker notes, and a memorable blackout

William Cranch Bond

Brief life of Harvard's first astronomer: 1789-1859

by Alan Hirshfeld

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

A Broadcast Cornucopia

For 75 years, WHRB has moved beyond the “warhorses.”

by Craig Lambert

Thrills, Baseball & Other

How Jim Connor got to Harvard, and Isadore Zarakov’s home run

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Mystery Solved

A Harvard Club discovery, a College artist’s epiphany

Pre-Pixel Portraits

Harvard class albums from the early days of photography, on exhibit at Pusey Library

by John S. Rosenberg

Loot, Vinegar, Blisters

Goalpost antics, Harvard vinegar, and the flip-flop menace

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine