Coeducation - Ministerium's Appeal, 1948 - 1956

File — Box: E-10

Identifier: E:102

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

1948 - 1956

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

Brochures, publications for a Debt Free Coeducational College; hope to raise $1,500,000; proposed committees; personnel; emerging and general plan; "Muhlenberg Weekly" (11/5/53); trustees approve coeducation; costs; Ministerium 5/7/48 not in favor of co-education at college - favors Cedar Crest co-operative pact; later asks for co-education as soon as plan can be developed on practical basis

1/16/1948 letter to alumnus from R. H. Eliassen, Executive Secretary Committee on Higher Education for Women asking for response to issue of college admitting women