Cedar Crest College Affiliation, 1966 - 1991

File — Box: E-01

Identifier: E:004

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to Allentown Seminary, Allentown Military and Collegiate Institute, Allentown Preparatory School, bicentennial/centennial celebrations, coeducation, The Muhlenberg Five, EVI, honorary degrees conferred, Middle Atlantic States evaluation, college seal and mace, S.A.T.C. (Student Army Training Corps), strategic plans, and much more.

Includes newspaper clippings, booklets, programs, catalogs, marketing brochures, calendars, fliers, legal documents, photos, sermons, and surveys.

Dates

1966 - 1991

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Proposals for cooperation, committee reports studying issue, 1987 letter to decide not to pursue closer affiliation; Jensen memo that Cedar Crest students are charged only for course tuition at MC and visa versa; photo and newspaper articles on 5/5/41 death of President of Cedar Crest College (33 years) Dr. William F. Curtis; college makes temporary arrangement for MC professors to teach at Cedar Crest; students from Philadelphia Motherhouse School who take classes at MC can live in Cedar Crest dorms.

Cedar Crest and Muhlenberg College Students' ticket for Dorney Park rides 4/27/1974

Copy of Morning Call article with photo of "A growing place for women: Cedar Crest has come a long way from 'female seminary' of 1867'; photo copy of Students at the Allentown College for Women leaving for football game in 1910 photo