Ernst “Putzi” F.S. Hanfstaengl, Class of 1909, seen here chatting it up with a classmate at his 25th reunion in 1934, was a close associate of Hitler before the Second World War.

Hanfstaengl works the crowd at Commencement exercises. His facial expression doesn't distract from his inappropriate hand gesture.

In 1953, Associate Professor of Physics Wendell H. Furry was called before Congress and invoked his Fifth Amendment rights when asked about past associations with communists.

NATHAN M. PUSEY '28, with his wife and three children, stands on his porch in Appleton, Wis., shortly after being selected to be Harvard's 24th president.

Graduates of the Class of 1953 process into the Yard during Commencement exercises after a spring filled with friends shipped off to Korea and scandal over accusations of communists at Harvard.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Harvard football team had volatile highs and lows. But by 1953, the College had begun to prioritize athletics, encouraging athletic participation and working towards a more sophisticated system of athletic recru

University President NATHAN M. PUSEY ’28 stands with military experts and army colonels before a Reserve Officer Training Corps parade in November 1953.