Henry Merritt Wriston (1889-1978)

1931 - 1940

Wriston, H. M. (April 10, 1931) Physical Education and Athletics Address presented at the Eleventh Annual Convention of The Wisconsin Association of School Boards, Madison, Wisconsin.

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Wriston, H. M. "The Responsibility of a College President in a Changing Physical Education Program." Research Quarterly Vol. III, No. 2 (May 1932): 5-18.

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Wriston, H. M. "A Genuine Voyage of Discovery: Renting Pictures of College Students." Journal of Adult Education (January 1932).

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Wriston, H. M. (1933, November 2) The National Survey of Secondary Education Address presented at the Wisconsin Association of Secondary School Principles. Printed in Lawrence College Bulletin.

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Wriston, H. M. "Chapter 1: Nature, Scope, and Essential Elements in General Education" General Education, Proceedings of the Institute for Administrative Officers of Higher Institutions VII, (1934): 1-16. The University of Chicago Press.

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Wriston, H. M. (1934, January) "The Liberal Arts College" Proceedings of the Education Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Personal correspondence, regarding appointment of Victor L. Butterfield at Wesleyan University, January 3, 1935 - March 14, 1935, H. M. Wriston (Appleton, Wisconsin), James L. McConaughy (Middletown, Connecticut).

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Wriston, H. M. (1935, November 18) Lawrence vs Colleges X, Y, and Z Address presented at dinner for A.A.U.P in celebration of HMW's 10th anniversary as President of Lawrence College, Neenah, Wisconsin.

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Wriston, H. M. (1936, February 8) The Integrity of the College Presidential Address at Association of American Colleges, New York, New York. Printed in The Bulletin of the Association of American Colleges Vol. XXII, No. 1 (March 1936): 183-193.

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Wriston, H. M. (1936, June 5) Economics vs. Politics Address presented at the Executive Committee and the Board of Governors of the American Paper and Pulp Association, the executive officers of member mills of the Institute of Paper Chemistry, and invited guests at the North Shore Golf Club, Appleton, Wisconsin. Printed by Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin.

Used with permission by the Lawrence University Archives. Appleton, Wisconsin.

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Wriston, H. M. The Nature of A Liberal Arts College. Appleton: Lawrence College Press, 1937.

Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

Wriston, H. M. "Court Issue: A Reply" The Social Frontier (October 1937)

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Wriston, H. M. "The College Library" Bulletin of the Association of American Colleges Vol. XXIII, No. 3 (November 1937).

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Personal Correspondence, regarding Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin, February 10, 1938 - February 14 - 1938, H. M. Wriston (Appleton, Wisconsin), R. M. Hughes (Washington, D.C.).

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Wriston, H. M. (1939, May 3) Education for the Defense of Democracy Address presented at the Academy of Political Science at its Semi-annual meeting on "The Preservation of Democracy--America's Preparedness" New York, New York. Published by The Academy of Political Science (1939).

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Wriston, H. M. (1939, April 21) Liberal Learning Address presented at the Centennial Celebration, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Printed Bulletin of the Association of American Colleges Vol. XXV, No. 3 (November 1939): 365-369.

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Wriston, H. M. (1939) "Education for Democracy" Address presented at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. Address (in slightly amended form) also presented at the American Unitarian Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 1940. Printed in Amherst Alumni Council News, Supplement 1 to Vol. XIII, No. 2 (December 1939).

Used with permission by the Amherst College Archives.

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Wriston, H. M. "Academic Freedom and Tenure" Bulletin of the Association of American Colleges Vol. XXV, No. 1 (March 1939): 110-123, 179-181.

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Wriston, H. M. "Report of the Commission on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure" Bulletin of the Association of American Colleges Vol. XXVI, No. 1 (March 1940): 99-107.

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Wriston, H. M. "College Students and the War" The Boston Herald Reprinted by The National Policy Committee (1940).

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Wriston, H. M. "Perspective upon Education" The Educational Record Supplement The American Council on Education, Washington, D. C. (January 1940): 90-106.

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Wriston, H. M. "Cultural Self-Reliance and the Democratic Process" Address presented at the Associated Alumni Meeting, 172nd Commencement, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Printed Bulletin of Brown University (September 1940).

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Wriston, H. M. (1940, May 13) "Problems of Higher Education" Address presented at the Education Section of the Eighth American Scientific Congress, Washington, D.C. Printed School and Society Vol. 52, No. 1339 (August 1940): 113-119.

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Wriston, H. M. (1940, April 11) "American Policy: Positive or Negative?" Address presented at the Academy of Political Science meeting on "Economic Nationalism, Trade Barriers and the War", New York, New York. Published by The Academy of Political Science Vol. XIX, No. 1 (1940): 58-67.

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Wriston, H. M. "Academic Tenure" The American Scholar Vol. 9, No. 3 (Summer 1940): 339-349.

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Wriston, H. M. "Democracy and a Self-Reliant Culture" Journal of Adult Education American Association for Adult Education (1940): 1-7.

Used with permission by the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education.

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