Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

Sauer, Anne

Branco, Jessica

Bennett, John

Crowley, Zachary

2000

Hersey, Harry Adams, 1870-1951

 

Harry Adams Hersey (1870-1951), A1903, C1906, G1906, H1940, was a Universalist minister and historian of music at Tufts College.

Harry Adams Hersey was born on April 22, 1870, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Before entering Tufts as a freshman in 1899, Mr. Hersey had already made a living for himself as a piano tuner and a partner in a music store. He completed his bachelors degree in 1903, and continued on at Tufts, receiving a bachelor of divinity and master of arts in 1906. He was ordained at Goddard Chapel in 1906.Hersey went on to serve as a pastor in several cities in both Connecticut and Massachusetts for eighteen years. During that time he also served as secretary for the New Haven Universalist Church and was on the Danbury Board of Education for eight years. He was an enthusiastic cyclist and lifelong supporter of Tufts.

Although he remained a dedicated alumnus by serving as a recruitment officer for Tufts in Danbury, Connecticut, his most notable donation to the Tufts community was in his capacity as a writer. Mr. Hersey's love of both music and Tufts compelled him to write a historical work which chronicled the history of music at Tufts from 1856 to 1945.After extensive correspondence between himself and the Tufts record keepers, and through his own research, Mr. Hersey was able to chronicle and list the musical organizations, programs, notable teachers, performances, and other related information into his book. In addition, Mr. Hersey included biographical sketches of some of the most influential members of the Tufts musical community, such as Leo R. Lewis, whom Mr. Hersey attributes with truly allowing the Tufts musical program to blossom. After seven years of diligent work, Hersey completed The History of Music at Tufts College, which the trustees then agreed to publish at the university's expense.

In appreciation for both his historical and recruitment efforts on behalf of Tufts, Hersey was awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1940 and the alumni distinguished service key in 1948.Mr. Hersey died on October 11, 1951, at his home in Somerville, Massachusetts, at the age of eighty years old.

Hersey sent two sons, a daughter, and a grandson to Tufts, and a third son was a teaching fellow in English.

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Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
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