Bicentennial Celebration records, 1944-1947.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Dodds, Harold W. (Harold Willis), 1889-1980

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University president. From the description of Reminiscences of Harold W. Dodds : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732973 From the description of Reminiscences of Harold W. Dodds : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419418 ...

Brown, J. Douglas (James Douglas), 1898-1986

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Economist. From the description of Reminiscences of James Douglas Brown : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481100 J. Douglas Brown (1898-1986) was an economist and Princeton University administrator who was an expert in the field of industrial relations, especially on the topics of Social Security and personnel and manpower issues. He was one of the architects of the original Social Security legislation in 1935 and was...

Princeton university. Library

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The Princeton University Library, consisting of the main Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library and 13 special libraries in locations around campus, is one of the world's most distinguished research libraries. Since its founding in 1750, the Library's collections have grown to include more than 6.2 million books, 6.3 million microforms, 36,000 linear feet of manuscripts, and impressive holdings of rare books, prints and archives. The origins of the Princeton University Lib...

Nicolson, Marjorie Hope, 1894-1981

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Educator;interviewee d.1981. From the description of Reminiscences of Marjorie Hope Nicolson : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741241 Smith College Professor, English, 1926-1941; Columbia University Professor, English, 1941-1962. University of Michigan, A.B., 1914; M.A., 1918. Yale University, Ph. D., 1920. Died Mar. 9, 1981. From the description of Marjorie Hope Nicolson papers, 1892-1981. (Smith College)...

Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Princeton University. Chapel

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Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...

Princeton University. Bicentennial Celebration Committees.

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The Bicentennial of Princeton's Founding on October 22, 1746 was celebrated in a year-long series of events in 1946-1947. The celebration began in September with a sermon in the University Chapel by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and ended with an address by President Truman in front of Nassau Hall at convocation in June. The intervening months witnessed two additional convocations, sixteen conferences, the conferral of a hundred honorary degrees by President Dodds, and in a single weekend in Jun...

Fisher of Lambeth, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron, 1887-1972

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Epithet: Bishop of Chester and Archbishop of Canterbury Title: Baron Fisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x00017a ...

Princeton University Faculty.

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