Indiana University Auditorium Manager's records, 1941-1946.

Indiana University Auditorium

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Built during President Herman B Wells' tenure, the Auditorium was funded in 1938 by the Indiana General Assembly, a grant from the federal government, and with student fees and was dedicated in 1941. In the first season the Metropolitan Opera Company performed Aida, which was the first time that the internationally renowned opera troupe gave a performance at a college or university campus. Paul H. Krauss, III, was hired in 1941 to serve as the Auditorium's first manager....

Indiana University. Digital Library Program

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In 1954, the Indiana University School of Education partnered with the Prasan Mitr College of Education in Bangkok and the Thai Ministry of Education to develop programs in teacher education in Thailand. IU's involvement in this area of the world expanded even further the following year when IU was contracted by the U.S. Foreign Operations Administration to assist in the development of an Institute of Public Administration at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. From the descri...

Krauss, Paul H., III

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Biddle, Ward Gray, 1891-1946

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Indiana University administrator Ward Gray Biddle's political career began in 1930 when he was elected to the Indiana state legislature as a Democratic representative from Monroe County, a position he held for the 1931 General Assembly session. In 1932 he was elected to the State Senate from Brown, Greene, and Monroe Counties and served for two more sessions of the General Assembly (1933 and 1935) and two special sessions (1932 and 1936). From the description of Ward Gray Biddle Camp...