Skip to main content

The timeline can be navigated with the “Scroll Left” and “Scroll Right” buttons or by dragging the pointer to a date on the timeline waveform (located at the bottom of the screen on the desktop version and on the left of the screen on mobile). To filter by a particular topic and see a smaller section of the data, make a selection on the dropdown “Filters” menu or click “Search” to do a keyword search. Hover over the abbreviated filter tags in the blue boxes to see the complete name of the filter, or click a filter to display all the data with this tag. If you want to take a deeper dive into a specific topic by viewing a narrative essay page and a curated timeline, click on “Stories.”

Read More

Harvard College established, producing the first recorded fundraising appeal in the U.S.

1643

REL
COL

Samimi (2010) writes: "The Puritans established Harvard College as a place to educate ministers in 1643. In doing so, the religious group issued what was probably the first American fundraising appeal of its kind...As the foundation of the social service industry began to establish its roots in religion against the backdrop of colonialism, the link to funding was also established." Lady Radcliffe also creates an endowment to support a scholarship fund.