Harvard History

Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.

One of Harvard’s Oldest Structures Is Hiding Behind a Beer Garden

A crumbling wall in Harvard Square holds centuries of the city’s story, if you know how to read it.

by Olivia Farrar

Yesterday's News

 1913 The Alumni Bulletin welcomes the founding of the Harvard University Press as an “eminently appropriate [way to] powerfully...

Frank Roosevelt at Harvard

A profile of the president as alumnus

by John T. Bethell