Robert D. Steele Westminster College President's subject files, 1938-1954, 1972.

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Robert D. Steele Westminster College President's subject files, 1938-1954, 1972.

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This collection contains the subject files of Robert D. Steele, 5th president of Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah). The materials are organized into 21 subject categories relating to Steele's term as president. The subject categories are the following: Anniversary (75th) celebration, Biographical information, Buildings (including Gunton Memorial Chapel, President's home, Science Building, and Stadiums), Bulletins, Citations, College Brochures, College histories, College Planning, Eulogies and Obituaries, Founder's Day Programs, Inauguration, Newsletter, Newspaper clippings (Anniversary and general), Programs, Publications (general), Publications (promotional), Reports, Resolutions, Speeches, Student Christian Association, Student Policies, and Writings. The collection contains information on the 75th anniversary of Westminster College, a biography of Westminster College President Robert D. Steele, newspaper articles about Westminster College President Robert D. Steele's re-election to the head of the evangelical conference (1946) as well as his resignation and reception (1952), Robert D. Steele's obituary; Gunton Memorial Chapel resolutions, agreements, mortgage release, and warranty deeds; program and invitation for the cornerstone service of the science building, contents of the capsule deposited in the cornerstone, a list of specifications for the memorial stadium, a statement honoring Edward Orson Howard who was a former member of the Board of Trustees of Westminster College, college brochures (1930-1951); eulogies and obituaries for Salt Lake City attorney Charles W. Morse (1938), former president of the Board of Trustees, Frank Russell Payne who the gymnasium was named after, a former Westminster College student named Donald Brown (1948), and former Westminster College President Herbert W. Reherd (1951). Also, information on the Founder's Day Programs (1946-1952), general newspaper clippings about Westminster College (1940-1951), a May 1952 campus newsletter issue of the Purple and Gold, speeches presented by Westminster College President Robert D. Steele, student policies, and a poem by Robert D. Steele titled 'I am the spirit of Westminster'.

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Westminster College, Giovale Library

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Westminster College, Giovale Library

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