- Prologue
- I. The Reformers (1898–1914)
- Dr. Eliot’s Unfinished Business
- Gold Coasters and Greasy Grinds
- An Undesirable Game for Gentlemen
- Misalliance with MIT
- “On a New Tack”: The Lowell Era
- The Golden Years
- II. The Great War (1914–1919)
- Volunteers
- “An Oasis of Peace and Concord”
- Cogs in the War Machine
- Death and Victory
- III. Between the Wars (1919–1941)
- Reign of Terror
- Boom Times
- Living Dangerously
- The Great Depression
- President Conant
- That Man in the White House
- The Tercentenary
- Up or Out
- Girding for War
- IV. “Conant’s Arsenal” (1941–1945)
- Bugles in the Yard
- Behind Closed Doors Building the Bomb
- "The Radiance 0f Their Deeds"
- V. Amazing Growth (1945–1963)
- The Veterans Encamp
- The Red Book
- The Marshall Plan
- The Cold War
- President Pusey
- Tilting With McCarthy
- The Fourth Branch of Government
- “A Good Time to Act Greatly”
- VI. The University on Trial (1963–1971)
- Baby Boomers
- “On Strike! Shut It Down!”
- No Shock, It’s Bok
- The Women Move In
- VII. Harvard Restored (1971–1990)
- “To Renew a Vision…”
- Watergate
- Core Curriculum
- Affirmative Action and Diversity
- Endowment-building
- The Computer Revolution A Great Show
- The Cold War Ends
- VIII. Millennial Harvard (1990–1998)
- Rudenstine Redux
- Reaching Higher—and Thinking in Billions
- Transformations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index

Harvard Observed
An Illustrated History of the University in the Twentieth Century
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$42.00 • £33.95 • €38.00
ISBN 9780674377332
Publication Date: 11/07/1998