Tag: Increase Mather

Campus & Community
On the first day of Christmas … we partied like it was 1499

Church historian traces celebration’s path from wild revelry through Puritan’s progress to Hallmark holiday

December 19, 2023
Campus & Community
History by degrees

A look at the early history of Harvard diplomas.

May 22, 2014
Campus & Community
Harvard’s lucky ’13s

For Harvard, the years 1713, 1813, and 1913 represented moments of transition, at times of material expansion and ideological transformation.

May 29, 2013