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Harvard University Archives

Archive-It Partner Since: Mar, 2015

Organization Type: Colleges & Universities

Organization URL: http://archives.harvard.edu   

Description:

The Harvard University Archives is the oldest and one of the largest institutional academic archives in the nation.

The Harvard University Archives collects, organizes, preserves and provides access to a comprehensive record of more than 375 years of life at Harvard. From 17th and 18th century diaries and scientific observations to 21st century web sites, the Harvard University Archives’ collections comprise over 51,000 feet and 9 terabytes of University records and related historical materials.

This activity is tied integrally to records management services for Harvard University staff, administrators and faculty. Records management staff provide guidance and resources for all stages in the records and information lifecycle, from creating records through destruction of non-permanent records or transfer of permanent records to the Harvard University Archives.

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Title: W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research

URL: http://www.dubois.fas.harvard.edu/

Collection: A-Sites: Archived Harvard Websites

Description: The W. E. B. Du Bois Institute is the nation’s oldest research center dedicated to the study of the history, culture, and social institutions of Africans and African Americans. Named after the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1895), the Institute was established in May 1975 to create fellowships that would “facilitate the writing of doctoral dissertations in areas related to Afro- American Studies.” The website of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute provides information on events, associated scholars, research and outreach projects, and research archives. The site also includes annual reports of the Institute and information about two publications of the Institute: the Du Bois Review and Transition Magazine. Collected by the Harvard University Archives as part of the records of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research

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