Warner Free Lecture Trustees

Mission Statement:

Elected to provide the residents of Harvard with educational lectures in accordance with the wishes of Henry Warner, who established the Warner Free Lecture Fund in 1890, the members of the Trustees provide free public lectures and programs.

In 1891, the town of Harvard graciously accepted a gift of $10,000 from Henry L. Warner, a native citizen of Harvard, to create what is now known as the Warner Free Lecture Trust (“Trust”). The purpose of the Trust was and is to provide lectures that “avoid partisan politics and religious sectarianism” and that the lectures “shall be delivered as far as practicable by eminent or able lecturers and scholars upon scientific, literary, biographical, historical, patriotic, national, educational and moral subjects; including also, travels, questions of government and society, and whatever may interest the people, and at the same time instruct and benefit them in accordance with the design of the lectures.”

The Trust is administered by 6 Trustees who are elected by the townspeople for a three year term (“Trustees”). The responsibilities of the Trustees include, but are not limited to, managing the Trust funds, the funding, planning and scheduling the lecture programs and ensuring that the Trust is administered in a way that supports the Trust purpose as intended by Mr. Warner.

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