Sibley's Harvard Graduates

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Sibley's Harvard Graduates is the title of a biographical reference work thatrecords Harvard University graduates. 18 volumes have appeared since 1873 (as of 2012), in which all alumni of the graduating classes up to 1774 are listed.

The first three volumes were published by John Langdon Sibley , the university's chief librarian, between 1873 and 1885. After his death, the project was suspended for decades until Clifford K. Shipton began work on additional volumes in the 1920s, until 1975, when he compiled 14 further volumes. After Clifton's death, the 18th and so far last volume appeared after a break of 24 years. The Massachusetts Historical Society , which owns the series, refers to the series as ongoing on its website.

Overview of all volumes

The first three volumes, whose copyright has expired, are linked to digital copies from the Internet Archive .

First episode: Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • I: 1642-1658 . Compiled by John Langdon Sibley. Charles William Sever, Cambridge 1873.
  • II: 1659-1677 . Compiled by John Langdon Sibley. Charles William Sever, Cambridge 1881.
  • III: 1678-1689 . Compiled by John Langdon Sibley. Charles William Sever, Cambridge 1885.

Second episode: Sibley's Harvard Graduates

  • IV: 1690-1700 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1933.
  • V: 1701-1712 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1937.
  • VI: 1701-1712 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1942.
  • VII: 1713-1721 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1945.
  • VIII: 1722-1725 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1951.
  • IX: 1726-1730 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1956.
  • X: 1731-1735 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1958.
  • XI: 1736-1740 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1960.
  • XII: 1741-1745 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1962.
  • XIII: 1746-1750 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1965.
  • XIV: 1751-1755 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1968.
  • XV: 1756-1760 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1970.
  • XVI: 1761-1763 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1972.
  • XVII: 1764-1767 . Compiled by Clifford K. Shipton. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1975.
  • XVIII: 1772-1774 . Compiled by Conrad Edick Wright and Edward W. Hanson. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 1999.