Extension Teaching prize speaking contests records, 1908-1971.

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Extension Teaching prize speaking contests records, 1908-1971.

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Scrapbook of programs and clippings documenting Prize Speaking Contests held under the auspices of the Oral Expression Division of Extension Teaching, including the Eastman Stage in Public Speaking, the Farm Life Challenge Contest; and the Home Economics Stage in Public Speaking. Includes letters to and from Andrew Dickson White. Also newspaper articles and programs pertaining to the Eastman and Rice Speaking competitions, 1908-1970; photographs of contestants in Eastman, Eastman-Rice, Farm Life Challenge Contests; Speeches from the Eastman and Elsie Van Buren Rice Stage competitions; Scrapbook from George Abram Everett containing information about Cornell University theatrical productions and photographs, 1914-1920.

.7 cubic ft.

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