The Harvard University Archives documents almost 400 years of Harvard history, including the undergraduate experience. This exhibition shows how the Archives collects and preserves materials about student life. These include official University records, publications, and theses, as well as photos, diaries, letters, artworks, flyers, and websites. Together, these sources tell the story of the social and academic lives of Harvard undergrads, and how they have experienced major events in Cambridge, the United States, and the wider world. What will we capture about your time at Harvard?
Visit Lamont Library to experience the exhibit and see highlights from the following collections:
- The Harvard University Band 1919-1969 album sleeve, 50th anniversary recording. HUD 3191
- “A Degree Delivered.” Harvard University Gazette, May 26, 2011. Website captured as part of the Harvard University Archives’ online collection A-Sites: Archived Harvard Website
- Photograph of students in Harvard Yard, 1955. HUPSF Student Life (203)
- Harvard Camera Club membership certificate, including an official wax seal of the club, undated. HUD 3259
- Designers for Peace poster,1969. HUA 969.100.2 (161)
- Fall Concert poster for the Harvard Krokodiloes and Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, November 13, 1999. Accession 14846
- Baseball card of William Clarence Matthews, card #2 from a set released in 2020 to commemorate the centennial of the founding of the Negro League, 2020. Accession 2026.0143
- Poster for the Tournament of Roses, played on New Year’s Day 1920 in Pasadena, California by Harvard University and the University of Oregon. HUD 10635.2
- Photograph of Harvard’s tug of war athletic team, 1888. HUP SF Tug o’ War