Niles Friends World College collected papers, 1957-1992.

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Niles Friends World College collected papers, 1957-1992.

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The collection contains Mary Cushing Niles's files pertaining to all aspects of Friends World College. It complements a collection deposited by New York Yearly Meeting, Friends World College Records (RG4/082) and includes extensive correspondence as well as annual files arranged chronologically which contain miscellaneous materials retained from each year of Niles's work with Friends World College.

42 boxes ; 21 linear ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Friends World College

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Friends World College was established by the New York Yearly Meeting in 1965 as an experimental, international liberal arts "college without walls." In 1991, the College was merged into Long Island University. From the description of Records, 1958-1994. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 42799670 ...

Long Island University

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Long Island University was founded in 1926 with the Brooklyn campus as the original campus. It is a private university offering graduate, undergraduate, and professional degrees. The Brooklyn campus consists of the Richard L. Conolly College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and Public Administration, and the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. From the description of Miscellaneous records, 1926-[ca.1983] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456...

Nicklin, George, 1925-

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Niles, Mary Cushing Howard

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Friends World College was conceived as a co-educational, degree-granting liberal arts college combining a residence program with the opportunity for foreign travel and study. Planned as a "college without walls," it was sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting and opened in September 1965. It was merged into Long Island University in 1991. Mary Cushing Niles (1900-1993), a management consultant, was a founding trustee of Friends World College and served as a member of its board from 1965-1992. S...