Henry Merritt Wriston (1889-1978)

1951 - 1960

Wriston, H. M. (1951, May 24) "How to Live Together and Like it" Address presented at the National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York, New York. Also presented at the Plant Management Conference of the National Metal Trades Association, Mayflower Hotel, Plymouth, Massachusetts, June 18, 1951.

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Wriston, H. M. (1951, February 21) "Tensions" Address presented at U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. Printed in U.S. Naval War College Information Service for Officers, Vol. III, No. 9 (May 1951): 21-40.

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Wriston, H. M. (1951, February 22) "George Washington" Chapel Speech presented at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. (1951, September 10) "The Validity of Limited Objectives" Address presented at U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. Printed in U.S. Naval War College Information Service for Officers, Vol. IV, No. 3 (November 1951).

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Wriston, H. M. "The Fabric of American Opinion on Foreign Affairs" International Affairs, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2 (April 1952).

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Personal Correspondence, October 22, 1952 - May 22, 1959, Walter B. Wriston to H. M. Wriston (Pop), March 3, 1975, H. M. Wriston (Father Bear) to Kathy Wriston.

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Wriston, H. M. (1952, December) "'Policy' in Foreign Affairs" Address presented at U.S. Naval War College, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. (1952, March 5) "The Role of Higher Education in Furthering the Security of the Nation" Address presented at United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Printed in The Sesquicentennial of the United States Military Academy, An account of the Observance West Point, New York, January-June 1952): 107-117.

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Wriston, H. M. (1952, September 10) "A Comprehensive Review of Anglo-American Relations" Address presented at U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. (1952, April 26) "American Leadership" Address presented at Chancellor's Dinner for Faculty Members Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

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Wriston, H. M. (1952-1954) "Basic Factors Underlying our National Strategy" A series of lectures presented at Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia and U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. (1952, June 18) "American Leadership" Address presented at 196th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Printed in The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vol. LIV, No. 4 (1952): 205-210.

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Wriston, H. M. (1953, October 23) "The Ideology of the West" Address presented at U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. Published in Naval War College Review, Vol. VII, No. 1 (September 1954): 1-26.

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Wriston, H. M. (1953) "American Freedom and Education" Address presented at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Printed in Maxwell, Allen, ed. The Present Danger: Four Essays on American Freedom, 61-99. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1953.

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Wriston, H. M. "Henry Wriston Speaks to the Foreign Service on Personnel Problems" A summary of the Informal Comments of Chairman Henry M. Wriston, of the Secretary of State's Public Committee on Personnel, at a Luncheon Meeting of the Foreign Service Association at the Officers Club, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1954.

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Wriston, H. M. "Wriston and Brown" (Text). Narrated by Dan Morrissey. Edited by Jay barry and Dan Morrissey. Sponsored by the Associated Alumni of Brown University. Limited Edition RCA Victor Recording, 1956.

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Wriston, H. M. (1954, May 13) "Daniel" Address presented at Final Chapel of the Academic Year 1953-54, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. "Young Men and the Foreign Service" Foreign Affairs Vol. 33, Issue 1 (October 1954): 28-42.

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Wriston, H. M. "The Voices of America" Foreign Affairs Vol. 32, No. 2 (January 1954).

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Wriston, H. M. (1954, May 16) "Let Us Have Peace" Address presented at Centennial Convocation, Rhode Island College of Education, Providence, Rhode Island. Published in Vital Speeches of the Day (June 15, 1954): 542-544.

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Wriston, H. M. "The Future of the College President" Union Worthies: Number Nine: Eliphalet Nott, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1954. Reprinted in College and University Business, Vol. 17, No. 5 (November 1954): 15-24.

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Wriston, H. M. (1954, May 20) "The Institute of Paper Chemistry: 25th Anniversary" Address presented at Eighteenth Executives Conference, North Shore Country Club. Printed in Fundamental Science for Americans.

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Personal Correspondence, regarding President Eisenhower, January 19, 1955, H. M. Wriston (Providence, Rhode Island) to Edward A. Rumely (New York, New York).

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Personal Correspondence, regarding gift to Brown University from Rockefeller, June 2, 1955 - July 14, 1955, H. M. Wriston, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Thomas B. Appleget, Janet W. Warfield.

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Wriston, H. M. (1955, June 8) "Political Factors in National Strategy" Address presented at Conference on Global Strategy, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. (1955, March 11) "The Liberal Arts at Mid-Century" Address presented to Faculty of the University of Alabama, University, Alabama. Printed in Extension News Bulletin, University of Alabama, Vol. 12, No. 10 (April 1955).

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Wriston, H. M. (1955, May 6) "Perspective on Security" Address presented at Conference on "Overseas Information Services: A New Career" at New York University, New York, New York.

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Wriston, H. M. Diplomacy in a Democracy. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.

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Wriston, H. M. "The Secretary of State Abroad" Foreign Affairs Vol. 34, Issue 4 (July 1956).

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Wriston, H. M. Wriston speaking: A selection of addresses. Providence: Brown University Press, 1957.

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Wriston, H. M. Academic Procession, Reflections of a College President. New York: Columbia University Press, 1959.

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Wriston, H. M. "The Special Envoy" Foreign Affairs Vol. 38, Issue 2 (January 1960): 219-237.

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Wriston, H. M. (1960, March 22) "Rugged Individualism" Address presented as The Anne Talbot Cole Lecture, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Printed by The Brunswick Publishing Co., Brunswick, Maine.

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