Committee on the Education of Women at Princeton records, 1955-1969 (bulk 1967-1969)

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Committee on the Education of Women at Princeton records, 1955-1969 (bulk 1967-1969)

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Consists of the working papers and correspondence of Gardner Patterson, Committee Chair, and his assistants, as well as some additional material of the subsequent Ad-Hoc committee. Internal correspondence includes correspondents from within and outside Patterson's committee, including President Goheen. The most extensive correspondence is from Committee member and director of development Arthur J. Horton '42, who voiced the concerns and opposition of conservative alumni, and sometimes wrote several memoranda a day. Alumni opposition, and its implication for traditional fundraising, is the subject of other internal correspondence. External correspondence consists mainly of alumni correspondence and correspondence with presidents and representatives of other universities and colleges. There are various drafts of the four chapters of the Patterson report, "The Education of Women at Princeton," its introduction, summary, and conclusion. In addition, the collection contains some correspondence and papers of the Ad-Hoc Committee, including drafts of its final report, "The Education of Undergraduate Women at Princeton: An Examination of Coordinate Versus Coeducational Patterns," the majority of which was actually written in March 1968, prior to the establishment of the Ad-Hoc Committee.

2.52 linear ft. (6 archival boxes)

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Princeton University. Committee on the Education of Women at Princeton.

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In June 1967 the Princeton University Board of Trustees charged the Committee with the study of "the advisability and feasibility" of enlarging the University's role in the education of women. The final report, "The Education of Women at Princeton," was submitted to the Trustees in July 1968. Adopting the recommendation of the Committee, they voted in favor of coeducation the following January and appointed an Ad-Hoc Committee to advise on how to implement their decision. From the de...

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 ...

Patterson, Gardner, 1914-....

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