The First Catalogue of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770

Description: Book Details:Black stamped orange hardcover bindingDimensions: 9" x 6"Hasty Pudding Club, Harvard University, 1926[125] pp.Includes lists of all members at the time, up to 1926, by class Condition: Very Good - Cover rubbed, owner name in pencil on blank page. Light shelf wear to corners/edges. No missing pages. Good condition.A rare find - since many Hasty Pudding Club catalogues on the market are cheap reprints The Hasty Pudding Club is a social club at Harvard University, and one of three sub-organizations that comprise the Hasty Pudding - Institute of 1770. The year of founding for the club is usually given as 1795. The Hasty Pudding claims to be the oldest collegiate social club in the United States. Historically, the club has been noted for its "prestigious" reputation and viewed as "the first step towards final club membership." An 1870 travel book listed the Hasty Pudding Club and the Porcellian Club as "the two lions of Harvard." The club roster includes many famous names including leading members of industry, law and government including several members of congress, Supreme Court Justices and President Theodore Roosevelt. Other notable members of the club include: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. - PhysicianOliver Wendell Holmes Jr. - Associate Justice of the Supreme CourtJames Russell Lowell - PoetTheodore Roosevelt - President of the United StatesTheodore Roosevelt Jr. - Recipient of the Medal of Honor, son of TRLeverett Saltonstall - US Senator and Governor of MassachusettsRobert Gould Shaw - Colonel of 54th Massachusetts Regiment in Union Army, Civil War, featured in the movie “Glory”Charles Sumner - Congressman and Senator from MassachusettsRichard Whitney - President of the New York Stock ExchangeOwen Wister - AuthorAnd many more!

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