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How do I find and request dissertations?
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Who was the first Black graduate of Harvard College?
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Does Harvard University have a School of Veterinary Medicine?
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Who was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree at Harvard University?
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How do I find copies of Bowdoin prize essays from past years?
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What happened to the books that John Harvard donated to Harvard College?
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Where can I find Harvard course catalogs?
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Where can I find past FAS final exams?
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Is the Harvard University Archives open to the public?
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Is the Harvard University Archives open to the public?
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How do I find an undergraduate honors thesis?
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- Dissertations and theses
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Views: 6071
How do I find a Thomas Temple Hoopes prize paper?
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How do I find copies of Bowdoin prize essays from past years?
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- Prize papers
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Views: 2188
Who has served as the Dean of the Harvard University Faculty of Arts & Sciences?
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What are your hours?
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Does the Harvard University Archives hold a written copy of Samuel Adams’ master’s thesis?
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Who was the first woman to graduate from Harvard College?
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Who was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree at Harvard University?
Last Updated: Dec 14, 2021 |
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- Harvard History
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Views: 2700
Who was the first Black graduate of Harvard College?
Last Updated: Dec 14, 2021 |
Topics:
- Harvard History
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Views: 5947

Who has served as the Dean of the Harvard University Faculty of Arts & Sciences?
Last Updated: Aug 02, 2023 |
Topics:
- Harvard History
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Views: 211
Does the Harvard University Archives hold a written copy of Samuel Adams’ master’s thesis?
Last Updated: Mar 31, 2023 |
Topics:
- Dissertations and theses
- Harvard History
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Views: 248
Who was the first woman to graduate from Harvard College?
Last Updated: May 17, 2022 |
Topics:
- Harvard History
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Views: 273
Who was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree at Harvard University?
Last Updated: Dec 14, 2021 |
Topics:
- Harvard History
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Views: 2700
Who was the first Black graduate of Harvard College?
Last Updated: Dec 14, 2021 |
Topics:
- Harvard History
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Views: 5947
Does Harvard University have a School of Veterinary Medicine?
Last Updated: Dec 14, 2021 |
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- Harvard History
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Views: 5080
What was the largest class admitted to Harvard College?
Last Updated: Apr 08, 2021 |
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Views: 131
Was the first Black person appointed to a White House cabinet position a Harvard graduate?
Last Updated: Mar 02, 2021 |
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Views: 220
Who was Harvard University's first Nobel Laureate?
Last Updated: Nov 03, 2020 |
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What happened to the books that John Harvard donated to Harvard College?
Last Updated: Sep 16, 2020 |
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- Harvard History
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Views: 2049

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