Brown University Placement Office records Brown University. Placement Office 1937-1943

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Brown University Placement Office records Brown University. Placement Office 1937-1943

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The Brown University Placement Office records contain correspondence related to the Office's mission of assisting Brown graduates in finding employment. Included are letters to local businesses such as the Gorham Company as well as letters to newspapers, insurance, and manufacturing companies such as the New York Times, Prudential Insurance, and General Motors. The correspondence is dated from circa 1937 to 1943.

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Brown University. Placement Office.

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The Brown University Placement Office was created to help graduates of the University find employment. Its function was probably very similar to that of the Center for Career and Life after Brown (CareerLAB). From the guide to the Brown University Placement Office records, Brown University. Placement Office, 1937-1943, (John Hay Library Special Collections) ...