Northwestern University Centennial Celebration Records, 1949-1952.

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Northwestern University Centennial Celebration Records, 1949-1952.

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Arranged in eight main categories, including Preliminary Planning and Appointments; Founders' Day (1951) and Other Meetings and Events Directly Related to the Centennial; Academic Conferences; Centennial Campaign; Meetings and Events Indirectly Related to the Centennial; Related Correspondence and Greetings Pertaining to Northwestern's Centennial and to Centennial and Other Celebrations Elsewhere; Founder's Day (1952); and General Reports and Publications. These records, in general, are comprehensive, and in many cases several drafts exist of letters, reports, and other documents.

6.3 linear ft. (19 boxes).

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Northwestern University Centennial Celebration, 1951-1952.

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As Northwestern University approached its centennial year of 1951, plans were begun for both a celebration and a fund-raising campaign. Specific work on the Centennial Celebration was initiated early in September, 1949, when university President J. Roscoe Miller appointed A. C. Van Dusen (Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Summer Sessions) as Assistant to the President for the Centennial Celebration. The University formally announced the Centennial Campaign at the end of Octob...

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