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John J. Meng Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-810318

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, documents, manuscripts, publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the career of John J. Meng in higher education.

Material is included from Dr. Meng's teaching careers at Catholic University of America, Queens College, and Hunter College, as well as his administrative duties at Hunter College, Fordham University and Marymount College.

In addition to material from numerous educational associations and conferences, files are also included from Meng's chairmanship of the Governor's Task Force on Education in New York, 1974-1975, and from his participation in settling the faculty-administration dispute at St. John's University.

See the External Documents section below for inventories to the first two sections of the collection.

Dates

  • 1922 - 1987

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Extent

70.2 Cubic Feet (70 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of John J. Meng, 1981. Additional materials were received in 1988. A third set of materials were received sometime between 1988 and 2003. The collection combines the following accessions: GTM-810318, GTM-880101, and GTM-032203.

Processing Information

GTM-810318 was inventoried by Margaret McAleer in December 1980.

Title
John J. Meng Papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
John Zarrillo
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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