Commencement, 1952. Tape 1., 06/09/1952

File — Box: 1, Folder: 40

Identifier: 60279

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Audio recordings of events or programs at or associated with Georgetown University including conferences and visits by politicians, diplomats, and clergy. Speakers include Konrad Adenauer, Eugene McCarthy, and Henry Kissinger, as well as University administrators and faculty such as Edward B. Bunn, S.J., Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., Carroll Quigley, Jan Karski, and Joseph T. Durkin, S.J.

Dates

06/09/1952

Collection-level Access Restrictions

All published documents housed in the University Archives are open for use. Unpublished documents are governed by the following use restrictions: unpublished material dating from 1971 and later may only be consulted with the permission of the office which created it; unpublished material dating from 1970 or before may be used with the permission of the Archivist or the creating office, unless otherwise restricted.

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Tape 1 of 3. Opens with processional music which is followed by comments by Georgetown President Hunter Guthrie, S.J. The Charter is read at the 11 minute 20 second mark. Greetings from the President and Directors of Georgetown College to the Evening Star newspaper company on the occasion of its centenary are then read. The citation for the Medal of Merit to William Edward Leahy is read at the 17 minute 50 second mark. This is followed by the honorary degree citations for William Foxwell Albright, Winthrop Williams Aldrich, George Francis Harbin, and Walter Joseph Donnelly read in Latin and English.