The legal entity we call Harvard University was officially established in 1650 as "a Corporation, consisting of seven persons, to wit, a President, five Fellows, and a Treasurer or Bursar ... which ... shall be called by the name of President and Fellows of Harvard College. read more
Harvard also owns and operates the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, in Washington, D.C.; the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts; the Concord Field Station in Estabrook Woods in Concord, Massachusetts and the Villa I Tatti research center in Florence, Italy. read more