Harvard Libraries: Harvard University Archives

Harvard University Archives

Website:	http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc
Hours:	See Harvard University Archives web site

Alternate Names:

University Archives

Harvard Archives

HUA

Phone Numbers:

Phone	(617) 495-2461
Fax	(617) 495-8011
Records Management Office	(617) 495-5961

Email Addresses:

Address:

Email: Use this web contact form
Harvard University Archives
Pusey Library, Harvard Yard
Cambridge MA 02138

Access Policy:

Open to all, appropriate identification required.

Please contact the Archives prior to a research visit. A photo I.D. is necessary to enter the building. Patrons must register with the Archives. Materials may be restricted or stored off-site.

Extent of Collections:

80,000 linear ft.

Dates:

1636-present

Holdings Description:

• Harvard University records, including University publications
• Papers of tenured faculty members (800+ collections from faculty of the FAS, GSE, GSD, and KSG)
• General Harvard historical materials
• Records of organizations affiliated with Harvard
• Harvard Dissertations, theses, and prize papers
• Visual materials depicting Harvard buildings and people, including examples of early photography

History:

• 17th to mid-19th centuries: records maintained by Harvard President, Treasurer, Fellows, and other officers
• 1851: records bound and library determined to be the proper place for university records
• 1939: Archives established by vote of the Harvard Corporation
• 1976: Archives moves to Pusey Library from Widener Library

Printed Guides & Catalogs:

Printed shelflist volumes, collection inventories, and card indexes are available in the Archives' Reading Room.

Online Guides & Catalogs:

70% of holdings are cataloged in HOLLIS
A small number of collection inventories are available online in OASIS
1% of holdings of photographs and other visual materials are digitized and cataloged in VIA.

Contact for permission to publish requests:

Consult web site: http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/policies_07.shtml

Reproduction services:

Photocopying by staff only.

Printing from microfilm.

Photographic reproduction services (print and digital) available.

Items allowed in Reading Room:

Laptops

Please address comments and updates to archinfo@hulmail.harvard.edu.