Barba, Preston A. , 1947 - 1990

File — Box: N-06

Identifier: N:066

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating appointments/promotions/changes, awards, deaths, faculty committees, faculty departments, grants, sabbaticals, Memorial Fund, individual faculty and staff members, policy/handbook, professorships, recruitment, retirement/resignation, salary, scholarship, schedules, visiting professors, tuition exchange/remission.

Includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, handbook, and brochures.

Dates

1947 - 1990

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

Alumnus 1906; Professor of German 25 years; receives honorary Litt.D. 1952; "Weekly" articles about Barba Preston Barba, Professor of German will be retired 6/30/48 after many years of service; will become Professor Emeritus of the German Language and Literature 7/1/48; Barba leads 19th trip to Europe for college men "The Pennsylvania German Who Conquered Paris" published in Phila. Forum Magazine 1948