Georgetown University, 1950s

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1957-1967: two bound volumes of "Events of General Interest".

1967-1980: looseboxes issues of "Calendar of Events".

Scope and Contents Contains material on Georgetown University, with a focus on the Hospital. Includes clippings on: move to new Hospital; opening of Cancer Center; Hypertension Clinic; plastic heart valve operation; appointment of Paul A. McNally, S.J., as Medical School Regent; deaths of David V. McCauley, S.J., John L. Gipprich, S.J., and Joseph J. Kelly; use of artificial kidney; Hospital finances; laying of cornerstone of McDonough Gym; dedication of Children’s Wing by U.S. President Harry S. Truman...

Scope and Contents Includes clippings on: deaths of John O’Brien, Roy J. Glezen, Phillip Stein, Jesse C. Atkins, Dennis R. Bilbrey, Francis B. Hargadon, S.J., John J. Toohey, S.J., James A.V. Buckley, S.J., Judge Harold Stephens, Helen Rock, W. Coleman Nevils, S.J., John J. Kehoe, S.J., and Paul A. McNally, S.J.; dedication of statues of St. Luke and St. Apollonia in the Medical-Dental Building Chapel; award of honorary degrees to Thomas J. Tudor, Clare Booth Luce, and Michael X. Sullivan; speech by Secretary...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook provides a sense of what life was like for women students at Georgetown in the late 1950s, especially in the Foreign Service School. It includes: a photograph of James M. Hunter, captioned “My favorite prof."; napkins/menus/matchbooks from local restaurants; tickets/programs from University events (such as a program from the honorary degree ceremony for German Foreign Minister Heinrich Von Bretano, March 7, 1957, which is captioned “Couldn’t understand his English");...

Scope and Contents Contains clippings, some of articles by University Librarian Phillips Temple, on library collections, acquisitions, and events. Reference is made to the gift of the Hunt Collection in 1953 and to "revamping" the structure of the Library in a "Hoya" article of 10/16/1954. This reports that the Randall Reading Room is to be devoted exclusively to reference books, periodicals and the card catalog and that the Shandelle Reading Room is to serve as the circulation area. Other articles focus on...

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Monthly publication produced by the Office of University Development and Public Relations from March 1952-July 1968. Succeeded by "Georgetown Today".

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Produced for men students, these handbooks give information about rules, dress codes, dining options and other campus amenities, parking, sports schedules, University offices and administrators, off-campus activities, etc. A separate handbook, the Miss G Book, was produced for wommen students.

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Produced for women students, the ca. 1951-52 and 1959 editions were published by the Nursing School. The handbooks give information about rules, dress codes, dining options, parking, University offices and administrators, etc. A separate handbook, the G Book, was produced for men students.