Ralph B. Dennis Papers, 1897-1978.

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Ralph B. Dennis Papers, 1897-1978.

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The papers include biographical materials, correspondence, speeches and articles, a travelogue, and materials relating to declamation contests. The correspondence, generally copies of outgoing letters, dates from 1922 to 1942. It documents a variety of routine administrative matters pertaining to the School of Speech. A travelogue, published by Northwestern in 1940, details Dennis' world travels of 1939.

.2 cu. ft. (1 half-size box).

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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 ...