Student papers and ephemera collection, [ca. 1901-1976].

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Student papers and ephemera collection, [ca. 1901-1976].

Consists of correspondence, class notes, football ticket books, dance cards, freshman orientation programs, diplomas, convocations programs, invitations, student handbooks, photographs, brochures from various convocation activities, and other materials related to students at the University of Chicago.

4 linear feet (6 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7043286

University of Chicago Library

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...