Broadus Mitchell collection, 1926-1975.

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Broadus Mitchell collection, 1926-1975.

Collection contains family correspondence, professional correspondence. Also included are private materials, manuscript materials. He taught economics at Johns Hopkins. He was the governor of Maryland. He came to Hofstra in 1958 and retired in 1967.

14 boxes.

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Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-1988

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Broadus Mitchell, economist, historian, and liberal thinker, taught until 1939 at Johns Hopkins University, from 1947 to spring 1958 at Rutgers University, and from fall 1958 to 1967 at Hofstra University. He was the son of educator, Samuel Chiles Mitchell (1864-1948) and brother of educator, Morris R. Mitchell (1895-1976) and labor leader, George Sinclair Mitchell (1902-1962). His second wife was economist Louise Pearson Mitchell (1906- ). From the description of Broadus Mitchell pa...

Hofstra University.

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The Program for Higher Education of the Disabled was conceived of in 1963 and implemented in 1965. The goal was to provide opportunities for higher education to all academically qualified applicants. In 1981 Hofstra became architecturally barrier free and 100% accessible to the physically challenged. From the description of P.H.E.D. collection, 1961-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155550622 Student Voices was a newspaper written by Hofstra students for prospective Hofst...