Press releases [manuscript], 1958-1961.

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Press releases [manuscript], 1958-1961.

Press releases of University Information Services under Director William H. Wranek contain synopses of lectures; descriptions of exhibitions, events, and concerts; biographies of faculty; and lists of students elected to honorary societies. Individual items of interest include the Tunney-Kennedy Moot Court Finals, 1959; a Hubert Humphrey speech, 1959; the Barrett Collection; and lectures by Dexter Perkins on "the quest for peace" and by Ralph Bunche on Africa.

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