Harvard College's residential houses and Yale University's residential colleges have established sisterly relationships, much like the Oxbridge sister colleges. Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, a Private university in the United States founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities The living quarters were made possible by philanthropist Edward S. Harkness, a member of Wolf's Head Society at Yale. Edward Stephen Harkness ( January 22, 1874 – January 29, 1940) was an American Philanthropist.
These twinnings are rarely invoked nowadays, except on the weekend of The Game when some houses/colleges find accommodation for visiting rival fans. The Game (always capitalized is a title given to several US College football rivalry games but most particularly the annual contest between Harvard
In 2005, additional affiliations between Harvard's freshman dormitories, which are not affiliated with Harvard's residential houses and Yale's residential colleges were established in order to accommodate Harvard freshmen at Yale for the 2005 Game. They are not permanent affiliations and may change in the future. They are listed below in parentheses.
| Harvard | Yale |
|---|---|
| Adams House (Weld Hall) |
Saybrook College |
| Cabot House (Wigglesworth Hall) |
Trumbull College |
| Currier House (Canaday Hall) |
Ezra Stiles College |
| Dudley House Pforzheimer House (Matthews Hall) |
Silliman College* |
| Dunster House (Claverly, Mower, Lionel, and Massachusetts Halls) |
Berkeley College |
| Eliot House (Straus Hall) |
Jonathan Edwards College |
| Kirkland House (Thayer Hall) |
Calhoun College |
| Mather House (Hurlbut and Stoughton Halls) |
Morse College |
| Leverett House (Greenough Hall) |
Timothy Dwight College |
| Lowell House (Grays Hall) |
Pierson College |
| Quincy House (Pennypacker Hall) |
Branford College |
| Winthrop House (Hollis and Holworthy Halls) |
Davenport College |
- Note: Although Harvard has 13 houses and Yale only 12 colleges, Dudley house has only a handful of undergraduates, and is doubled-up with Pforzheimer as sisters of Silliman, the largest of the Yale colleges. Adams House is one of the twelve undergraduate houses at Harvard University, located between Harvard Square and the Charles River in Cambridge Massachusetts Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. Cabot House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. Trumbull College is one of twelve undergraduate residential colleges of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Currier House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses of Harvard College, in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. Ezra Stiles College is a residential college at Yale University, built in 1961 by Eero Saarinen. Pforzheimer House, nicknamed PfoHo ( FOE-hoe) (and formerly named North House or NoHo) is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses Silliman College is a Residential college at Yale University. Dunster House, built in 1930 is one of the first two Harvard University dormitories constructed under President Abbott Lawrence Lowell 's House Plan and one of the Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, constructed in 1934 Eliot House is one of twelve residential houses for upperclassmen at Harvard University. Jonathan Edwards College is a Residential college at Yale University. Kirkland House is one of the 12 undergraduate houses at Harvard University, located near the Charles River in Cambridge Massachusetts. Calhoun College is a Residential college of Yale University. Early history In 1641 John Brockston established a farm on the plot of land that Mather House is one of the undergraduate residential houses at Harvard University. Morse College is one of the twelve residential colleges at Yale University, built in 1961 and designed by Eero Saarinen. LeverettHouseJPG|right|thumb|200px|McKinlock Courtyard]] Leverett House is the largest (by number of students of twelve residence houses for upperclass undergraduates (who have already Timothy Dwight College, commonly abbreviated and referred to as "TD" is a residential college at Yale University named after two university presidents Timothy Lowell House is one of the twelve undergraduate residential houses at Harvard University for sophomores juniors and seniors Pierson College (PC is a residential college founded in 1933 at Yale University. Quincy House is one of the twelve upperclass residential houses of Harvard University, located on Plympton Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River Branford College is one of the 12 Residential colleges at Yale University. John Winthrop House is one of twelve undergraduate residences at Harvard College and home to slightly under 400 students Davenport College (colloquially often referred to as D'port) is one of the twelve Residential colleges of Yale University.
Although some of these houses and colleges have established links to various Oxford and Cambridge colleges, the ties are not transitive so it is impossible to make a four–column chart. In Mathematics, a Binary relation R over a set X is transitive if whenever an element a is related to an element b
See also
- College rivalry
- List of Oxbridge sister colleges
- Colleges of Yale University
- Houses of Harvard College