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Another large gift the University has just announced is an unrestricted bequest of $104.750 from the estate of Bradley W. Palmer '88, a Boston banker who received an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1889. Palmer died...
Among the treasures that perished in the fire were the skull of a famous indian warrior, a piece of tanned negro's hide, and the biggest library in the colonies. Only one book from John Harvard's famous bequest survived...
Cotton Mather started the work of writing up the alumni back in 1678, beginning with the first class. The job was neglected after Mather's time until the 19th century when John L. Sibley, Class of 1825, published three volumes of biographies. Sibley left a bequest to the Massachusetts Historical Society for the continuation of the series...
...bitter about the will and I certainly was not surprised," he added. He said he hoped the bequest to the University would help him get rid of his annual cold...
...that's exactly how Harvard and Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman planned it. Founded in 1937 by the bequest of Mrs. Nieman, widow of the founder of the Milwaukee Journal, the fellowships offer working journalists the chance to spend a year at the University attending what courses and lectures they please...