Harvard History & Traditions


Darker Days

The current disquiets compared to Harvard’s Vietnam-era traumas

by Primus VI

Reading the Tea Leaves

The messages and meanings of Harvard’s presidential installations

Yesterday’s News

A coin toss forecasts a surprising football score.

A “Scholar’s Scholar”

A profile of Harvard’s thirtieth president

by John S. Rosenberg

Getting Close, in Selma

Acting at a moment of conscience

by Drew Gilpin Faust

Arthur Augustus Johnson

Brief life of a Black baseball impresario: 1890-1951

by Kasey Uhlenhuth , Harry R. Lewis

Presidents’ Paths

Life decisions en route to Massachusetts Hall

by Primus VI

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Ursula B. Marvin

Brief life of a pioneering planetary geologist: 1921-2018

by David A. Kring

Origin Stories

Eminent professors’ life foundations

by Primus VI

Henry Rosovsky Memorial Service May 31

President Bacow invites the community to remember a Harvard giant.

by John S. Rosenberg