Harvard History & Traditions
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
LSD Testing in the 1950s
A researcher hopes to contact volunteer participants in “truth sera” experiments.
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Lest We Forget
Harvard’s World War I participants are honored in an updated volume edited by Douglass M. Carver ’59.
Combatants
A World War I Harvard aviator, plus a Game-worthy car buff and his wheels
Peter Gomes, Remembered
The late Pusey minister in Memorial Church is memorialized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Astonish Us, Class of 2018
Applause and advice at Harvard’s Freshman Convocation
Yesterday's News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
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"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard”—the logo, and John Harvard’s shoes
A Glass Menagerie
The Harvard Museum of Natural History showcases Blaschka glass invertebrates.