Historic Photos of Harvard University

by Dana Bonstrom (Text by)

Overview

Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636, Harvard University ranks as the oldest and arguably the nation’s most prestigious institution of higher learning. But in 1781, at the end of the Revolution, the college endured a challenging period with only five professors and two hundred students. From that modest beginning, Harvard has been a testament to visionary leadership that has resulted in one of the world’s leading institutions of learning. See the development and evolution of Harvard over the last century in this pictorial recollection of key events, landmark structures, generous benefactors, and the dedicated presidents who created the legacy. Nearly 200 photographs reproduced in vivid black-and-white, written and captioned by Dana Bonstrom, revisit the storied past of one of the world’s premier universities. A natural companion to the college annual of every alum, Historic Photos of Harvard University belongs in the library of every graduate and all those devoted to America’s favorite ivy-league school.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618583963
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/01/2009
Series:	Historic Photos
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	44 MB
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About the Author

Dana Bonstrom, Harvard College Class of 1977, is a writer, book designer, and photographer living in Belmont, Massachusetts, with his children, Alex and Sophie. Bonstrom's recent works include: editor and co-translator (with Stratis Haviaras) of C. P. Cavafy, The Canon: The Original One Hundred and Fifty Four Poems (Harvard University Press); co-author (with Sara Pennypacker) of Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures: The Japanese Ninja Surprise (HarperCollins Children's); and librettist of Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland, The Piper's Tale, and Gwendolyn Gets Her Wish (with musical scores by Michael Gandolfi). He can be found most days in the Stacks Reading Room of Widener Memorial Library, communing with Harvard's illustrious ghosts, and working on a reasonable approximation of the Great American Novel.