Letter from Charles Eliot to Calvin Ellis

Letter from Charles Eliot to Calvin Ellis

Eliot, Charles W.

Ellis, Calvin

Correspondence

Harvard Medical School

In this letter to Calvin Ellis, the dean of Harvard Medical School, President Eliot outlines several key factors in his proposed educational reforms: a three-year course sequence; examinations, partly written, in each department; familiarity with dissection; and attendance for at least two terms. These changes were all in place by the opening of the term in the fall of 1871.

Letter from President Charles Eliot to Calvin Ellis concerning his proposed education reforms

Eliot, Charles W.

1871 February 26

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Harvard Medical School. Office of the Dean. Records, 1828-1904 (inclusive). 1869-1874 (bulk). RG M-DE01. Series 00266. Box 5, folder 9.

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1 manuscript letter (3 pages)

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