John J. Meng Papers
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
- Creation: 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
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu