Layton W. Bailey collection on Southern Methodist University 1916-1968

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Layton W. Bailey collection on Southern Methodist University 1916-1968

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Layton W. Bailey worked as a business administrator for SMU for over thirty years. This collection contains programs, pamphlets, news clippings, and full-size newspaper editions detailing various campus events: convocations, building dedications, dinners, athletics, and the inaugurations of Umphrey Lee and Willis Tate. The ephemera in this collection covers roughly a forty-year time period, from the mid-1920s through the late 1960s.

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Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

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Southern Methodist University.

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Shared governance had a short life at SMU. The concept was popular from initial research forays into its feasibility for the university in the 1960s until the death of the University Assembly in 1975. The University Assembly grew increasingly unpopular with the SMU faculty over time. From the guide to the University Assembly of Southern Methodist University records SMU 2010. 0421., 1968-1975, (Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University) ...

Bailey, Layton W.

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Layton W. Bailey served as business manager, treasurer, and Board of Trustees secretary for Southern Methodist University. He began at SMU in 1924, working nearly thirty-five years there until his retirement in 1958. Bailey was born in Dallas and attended Emerson College and SMU, where he majored in finance and general business. In addition to his role as a business administrator of SMU, Bailey also worked for the National Hemophilia Foundation as Board of Tr...