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Harley Holden, the dedicated and thoughtful curator of the University archives, acknowledges the relationship between his office and the Porcellian but doesn't see a problem...
...perhaps you were under the mistaken impression that the University had a decade ago severed all ties to the nine all-male bastions of elitism known as finals clubs. But that denies the fact of the Porcellian's ongoing relationship with the Harvard University Archives...
Asked about the Porcellian book last week, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III said it's okay for the archives to hold Porcellian records from before the severing of ties. But "the archives should not have an active relationship with any of the final clubs." Epps said he was not currently aware of the 1991 Porcellian book...
Holden says the access to the Porcellian records is not as important to him as having the records in the archives. "The Porcellian won't let us show anything recent," he says. "Their records are treated like University records. But if the restrictions were longer, that would be okay...
Still, the University should make clear to the archives staff that the Porcellian shouldn't be on their list of student groups. In severing all ties to the final clubs in 1984, Harvard made an important statement against sex discrimination. By maintaining a relationship with the Porcellian, the archives is undermining that stand...