Diary of Abram Piatt Andrew, 1902-1914
By: transcribed and edited by E. Parker Hayden, Jr. and Andrew L. Gray
Series: Collections of the Harvard University Archives
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Diaries; Faculty; Officials and employees; Politicians; Harvard University; United States. Department of the Treasury
Description: The diary entries are short, businesslike notations of daily activities, such as lunches and dinners, meetings, and attendance at performances or social events. They lack detail about the events and have no narrative of any length; however, they provide names of principal people and locations of activities, and occasionally titles of performances seen. The diary begins with Andrew's days as an instructor and assistant professor at Harvard and makes reference to his colleagues and students. The diary makes reference to his home and neighbors in Gloucester, Massachusetts as well as to his relatives, his career, and prominent figures of Andrew's day in education, the arts, politics, and society.
Notes: "November 1986".

Open for research.

10970 1986 December 3

Andrew earned his Harvard Ph.D. in 1900, he was an instructor and then assistant professor in economics, 1899-1909. He was appointed to a number of government offices from 1908-1912, including National Monetary Commission (June 1908), Director of the Mint (August 1909), and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (June 1910) from which he resigned July 1912. He unsuccessfully campaigned to unseat Congressman Augustus Peabody Gardner of Essex County in 1913-1914.