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Harvard Library Worker Recalls Occasional Bi-racial Ball Play in Harvard Yard
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | African Americans, College, Harvard CollegeAfrican Americans, College, Harvard College |
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| City/State/Country: | Cambridge, MA, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
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| Text | "During my employment at Cambridge [MA] the College yard continued without gates. The Stage passed through it; and though I was very attentive to the hour, I could not always avoid injury from the Stage horn. Blacks and Whites occasionally played together at ball in the College yard."
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| Sources | William Croswell, letter drafted to the Harvard Corporation, December 1827. Papers of William Croswell, Call number HUG 1306.5, Harvard University Archives. Supplied by Kyle DeCicco-Carey, 8/8/2007. |
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| Comment | Finder Kyle DeCicco-Carey notes that Croswell was an 1780 Harvard graduate who worked in the college library 1812-1821. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Kyle DeCicco-Carey |
| Submission Note | August 8, 2007 |
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1810s.5 Harvard Library Worker Recalls Occasional Bi-racial Ball Play in Harvard Yard"
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