Chancellor's office records. Speech file. Leo W. Jenkins speech file, 1958-1978.

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Chancellor's office records. Speech file. Leo W. Jenkins speech file, 1958-1978.

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Includes copies of Chancellor Jenkins' speeches and notes and is arranged alphabetically by topic or group. Most speeches are typed in speech-note form. During Jenkins' administration, East Carolina College went through one of the most dramatic periods of growth and change in its history. The issues of this time are reflected in Jenkins' speeches and include: Attainment of university status for East Carolina College, improved medical care for Eastern North Carolina, the need for a school of nursing and medical school, strengthening of the school's athletics program, and acceptance into the Southern Conference. In addition to these regional interests, larger topics of the era such as integration, the speaker ban laws, student unrest, the environment, progress, and the role of women were addressed in Jenkins' speeches.

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