Sc[h]edule of work for finishing inside of dining halls & chapel, [ca. 1814]

Detailed list of twelve interior projects that need to be completed in University Hall. The list includes hinging doors, completing architraves, and installing windows. Appears to be simplified version of Memoranda of contract with carpenters, Moore, and others, in Box 1, Folder 42.

Plan of College buildings and lot from Mr. Bulfinch, [ca. 1814]

Known as the Bulfinch view, this proposed site plan of the College grounds by Charles Bulfinch depicts University Hall at the center of the drawing surrounded by Massachusetts, Harvard, Hollis, Stoughton, and Holworthy Halls. Several unlabeled buildings are displayed in the plan.

Plan for Chaplle at University Hall, [ca. 1831]

Title transcribed by cataloger.

Estimate for fence in front of President's house, [ca. 1800]

Title supplied by cataloger.

Subjects suggested by John Farrar, ca. 1820s

A handwritten letter to President John Thornton Kirkland with five suggested subjects from John Farrar, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1807 until 1836.

Subjects suggested by Levi Hedge, ca. 1820s

A handwritten letter to President Kirkland with three suggested questions from Levi Hedge, a professor of logic and metaphysics from 1810 to 1827, and the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity from 1827 to 1832.

Subjects suggested by Andrews Norton, ca. 1820s

Four documents with suggested questions in the hand of Andrews Norton, Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature from 1813 to 1830. One of the documents is signed by Norton and addressed to President Kirkland.

Forensic questions, [ca. 1826], undated

Five slips of paper containing handwritten forensics questions beginning "Whether..." One of the documents identifies "Keith and Goodwin," indicating the question was probably performed by Omen Southworth Keith and Hersey Bradford Goodwin of the Harvard Class of 1826. The verso of that document is inscribed: "The Exhibition at the University will take place on Monday at eleven o'clock, AM.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s

This folder contains thirteen undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 5" x 8" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s

This folder contains ten undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 7" x 8" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s

This folder contains thirteen undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 8" x 10" in size. The documents are in various hands.

V. Source notes, ca. 1820s

This series contains five handwritten undated, notes in different hands listing book titles and resources presumably intended to aid in the creation or performance of Commencement and exhibition subjects.

II. Benjamin Wadsworth's Index to College Books 1-6, created ca. 1736

This paper-bound index was created by Benjamin Wadsworth, probably around 1736. Although most entries are in his hand, additional entries have been made in other, unidentified hands. It is arranged alphabetically, though the keywords used to alphabetize topics are not always logical or intuitive. Each entry lists the College Book and page number where information on the given topic can be found.