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Historic Humor

University Archives to preserve Harvard Lampoon materials

Photograph of Richard Evans Schultes at Chiribiquete conservation area

Features | July-August 2022

Richard Evans Schultes

Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001

by Mark J. Plotkin

Illustration of 2022 Commencement with movie camera for first time

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2022

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Portrait of Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, ca. 1922

Features | May-June 2022

Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson

Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951

by David Haig

Historic portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

The College Pump | May-June 2022

On Commencements

Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days

by Primus VI

Blanche Calloway spreading her arms during a performance

Treasure | May-June 2022

Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister

The success and struggles of a pioneering musician

by Jacob Sweet

Weld Boat House

University News |

Newell and Weld Boat Houses Scheduled for Major Renovation

Comprehensive modernization to begin this year

by John S. Rosenberg

Drawing of Harvard Dental School giving John Harvard statue a dental check-up

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2022

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Student photograph of Earl Brown in 1920, and baseball team photo with Brown in 1924

Features | March-April 2022

Earl Brown

Brief life of Harvard’s latest major league baseball player: 1903-1980

John Harvard two-ounce, 56-cent stamp from 1986, honoring University’s 350th anniversary

The College Pump | March-April 2022

Fancy Footwork

Engineering for runners, the John Harvard stamp, tweaking Dr. Oz

by Primus VI

Robert E. Lee in repose at Washington & Lee University

Commentary |

Harvard and the Cult of Robert E. Lee

How alumni shaped the General’s post-war reputation.

by Laura Fairchild...