Harvard History
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
At Harvard’s Beck-Warren House, Ghosts Speak Many Languages
The quirky 1833 home now hosts Celtic scholars.
No. Not Yet. Never.
Varieties of rejection experience
Song for Hard Times
The classic folksong “One Meat Ball” got its start at Harvard.
Yesterday's News
Happenings at Harvard in Mays and Junes past
The Bells Return to Russia
A New Yorker article explores the Lowell House bells' journey back to Russia—and how they came to be at Harvard in the first place.
Drat Those Vandals!
A vandalized pump, a fumbled swearing-in, and lessons about life from Professor John H. Finley
Yesterday's News
Happenings at Harvard in March and April of years past
Yesterday's News
Happenings at Harvard in Januarys and Februarys past
FDR's Digs
A restoration is in progress of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s undergraduate rooms at Harvard, and Ralph Nader sets a speech-making Guinness World Record.
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard history
Oddments
Comments about swinging doors and energy conservation, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, brain aging and a defunct drinking fountain, and the love of learning and of one’s colleagues