Description: Papers of George D. Stoddard (1897-1981), President of the University (1946-53), including correspondence (1939-76), newspaper clippings (1936, 1941-77), publications (1937-73), appointment records (1946-53), guest books (1945-53), & related material about Stoddard's appointment (1945) & installation (May 1946), social events, visitors, family activities, controversies in the College of Commerce & School of Music, Krebiozen, the Board of Trustees, state politics, newspaper coverage and higher education. Correspondents include Chester R. Davis, Milton S. Eisenhower, Coleman R. Griffith, Wirt Herrick, Wayne A. Johnston, Alfred M. Lee, Louis N. Ridenour, G. Findlay Shirras, Wilbur Schramm, Willard B. Spalding, Adlai E. Stevenson, Merle J. Trees, and Kenney Williamson.
The series includes material on the Iowa Placement Examinations (1925), services as New York Commissioner of Education and the New York public schools (1941-46), service as Chancellor at Long Island University (1966-70).
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