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.
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
Over the River Dept.
Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado
by Primus VI
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
Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge Are Hasty Pudding’s Man and Woman of the Year
The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history