Harvard History & Traditions
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
In Sermon, Garber Urges Harvard Community to ‘Defend and Protect’ Institutions
Harvard’s president uses traditional Memorial Church address to encourage divergent views.
Trailblazer in Space Science: The Legacy of Harvard's Ursula B. Marvin
Brief life of a pioneering planetary geologist: 1921-2018
Origin Stories
Eminent professors’ life foundations
by Primus VI
Henry Rosovsky Memorial Service May 31
President Bacow invites the community to remember a Harvard giant.
The Eviction of the Bow & Arrow Press
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Archibald Henry Grimke
Brief life of a Black Harvard Law School graduate: 1849-1930
John Harvard, Reader
John Harvard’s reading matter, a scholar poet, the towering John Fox
by Primus VI
Hume, Heaney, Harvard—and Peace in Northern Ireland
In life and literature, living “dangerously out between” opposing factions while seeking common ground
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Henry Clarke Warren
Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
by David Gauld