Coeducation - 50th Anniversary I, 2006 - 2008

File — Box: E-13

Identifier: E:137

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

2006 - 2008

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

Organized by Lona Farr, Class of 1962, includes planning for 50th Anniversary celebration, meetings, agendas, notes, emails with Melanie Mason and others, letters, news articles, personal correspondence

Brochure "Join Us in . . . Celebrating 50 Years of Co-education at Muhlenberg College"

50th Anniversary Weekend March 28-30, 2008, schedule of events

Copy of article with photos in LIFE magazine, Vol. 43, No. 17, October 21, 1957

"Muhlenberg Magazine" Volume 18, NUmber 1, September 2007, features 50th Anniversary of coeducation