Papers, 1927-1965.

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Papers, 1927-1965.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44655220

The Presidential Papers collection contains John Nason's official correspondence and correspondence with faculty. The Personal Papers collection includes correspondence.

69 boxes ; 34.5 linear ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7544591

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Nason, John W.

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John Nason was born on February 9, 1905 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended high school at St. Paul High School and then went to Phillips Exeter Academy. He attended Carleton College in 1922 and graduated summa cum laude in 1926, having been elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He then spent 1926-27 at Yale Divinity School after receiving a fellowship from the Council on Religion in Higher Education. At the end of the year he was elected a fellow of the Council. From there he went on to...

Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...