Records of the President of Radcliffe College

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Records of the President of Radcliffe College

1973-1999

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Official correspondence, reports, memoranda, and calendars of the president's office, 1989-1999 and prior, document the programs and history of Radclife College, and the relationship and merger between Harvard and Radcliffe. They include alumnae correspondence concerning the closing of Radcliffe Career Services and the establishment of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. They record Wilson's leadership in national science policy, and service on many boards. Wilson's speeches cover the opening of college, baccalaureate, commencement and reunion events, and keynotes at academic and professional conferences.

54 linear ft. (130 file boxes), 1 folio+ folder.

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