Description: Papers of David D. Henry (1905-95) President (1955-71), including speeches (1955-71), messages (1944-71), manuscripts (1953-71), published articles (1935-80), honorary degrees (1946-76), tape recordings (1952-71), clippings (1954-71), photographs, correspondence & reports concerning David & Sara Koerper Henry; his appointment, installation, service & retirement; earlier career at Battle Creek College and Wayne State (1935-52) and New York (1952-55) universities; higher education, including administration, state & urban universities, secondary school-college articulation; public school system; teacher education; educational broadcasting; alumni groups ceremonies & observances; inaugurations of college & university presidents' teaching higher education courses. The series includes correspondence, reports, photographs & clippings about Henry's involvement in educational missions & conferences in India, England, West Germany, Japan & Australia & service to the American Council of Education, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Academy for Educational Development, Association of American Universities, Carnegie Corporation's Commission on Higher Education & Council on Policy Studies, National Institutes of Education, National Board on Graduate Education, National Association of State Universities & Land Grant Colleges, consultant and lecture work for Central Michigan University, City University of new York, Texas A & M, and the University of North Carolina. Correspondents include Ernest Anderson, Mrs. Albert Christ-Janer, Warren H. Cole, Ralph K. Huit, Clark Kerr, Charles Kidd, Asa Knowles, Arthur Rice, Verne Stadtman, & Russell Thackery.
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