Ralph B. Dennis (1876-1942) Papers 1897-1978

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Ralph B. Dennis (1876-1942) Papers 1897-1978

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Ralph Brownell Dennis was born September 21, 1876, in Tama, Iowa. He received a diploma from Northwestern’s School of Oratory in 1897 and a Bachelor of Letters degree from the University’s College of Liberal Arts in 1901, and then became a member of the School of Oratory faculty. Dennis became the Associate Director in 1913, Director in 1916, and Dean of the School in 1919, serving until his retirement in 1942. Dennis worked to expand and modernize the School of Oratory (later the School of Speech) during his tenure. The Ralph B. Dennis Papers fill one half-size box and span the years from 1897 to 1978. Included in the series are biographical materials, correspondence, speeches and articles, a travelogue, and materials relating to declamation contests.

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Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Speech

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Founded in 1985, Northwestern University's Institute for Modern Communications (IMC) is an interdisciplinary program of media studies designed to promote scholarship that does not neatly fit the curricula of either the School of Speech or the Medill School of Journalism. The Institute's philosophy unites theory and practice, research and teaching, scholarship and production. In the fall of 1983, President Strotz and the Board of Trustees identified mass communication as ...

Dennis, Ralph B. (Ralph Brownell), 1876-1942

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Dean, Northwestern University School of Speech, 1919-1942. Dennis undertook the development, expansion, and modernization of the School of Speech at Northwestern University. During his tenure as dean, curricular innovations included the establishment of a childrens theater program, a speech clinic, a radio department, and the National High School Institute. From the description of Ralph B. Dennis Papers, 1897-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122642097 Ralph ...