Bicentennial -Celebrations and Pageant, 1942

File — Box: E-07, Folder: E:070

Identifier: E:070

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

1942

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

Catalogs of exhibits, pageants written by John D.M. Brown; activities May 24, 1942-June 1, 1942; copies of articles from Alumni Magazine; 1942 - college celebrates 200th anniversary of arrival of Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg in this country; honorary degrees: Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, Angus Fletcher, Prentice Cooper, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Oscar F. Bernheim.

Original copy of Muhlenberg Bicentennial Committees includes lists and sign-up sheets 1942.

32 page booklet 'Muhlenberg Bicentennial 1742 * 1942, For God and Country, the Epic Story of the Heroic Muhlenberg Family, May twenty-fourth to June First, 1942. Includes: Forword, Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, The Church at Trappe, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, Muhlenberg College, A Challenge and a Pledge, A Distinguished Family, The Muhlenberg Women, United States Bicentennial Commission, Joint Resolution, The Bicentennial Week, For God and Country, The Pageant, Committees, Patrons, Acknowledgments, Muhlenberg Bicentennial Hymn.