Harvard History
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
We Remember World War I
Firsthand accounts of Harvard men and women who lived through it, 100 years after the United States entered the Great War
Headlines from Harvard history
An elephant race, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Harvard and the working class
The chasm between elite academia and working-class Americans—and how to bridge it
The Discovery of a Lost Harvard Museum
Recreating the Philosophy Chamber
Roger Angell golfing, David Halberstam rowing, arachnologist Herbert Walter Levi
Roger Angell tees off, David Halberstam survives the Charles, and more
by Primus VI
Harvard President Drew Faust Vietnam
Drew Faust, in Ho Chi Minh City, on the Civil War and the Vietnam War
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