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