Henry Merritt Wriston (1889-1978)

Education

Personal Correspondence H. M. Wriston and Folks (Henry Lincoln Wriston and Amelia Atcheson Wriston): October 29, 1924, November 3, 1924, March 27, 1925, June 25, 1925, July 2, 1925. Middletown, Connecticut, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Wriston, H. M. (1925, November 24) Inaugural Address Speech presented at The Inauguration of Henry Merritt Wriston as Ninth President of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin.

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Personal Correspondence, regarding Lawrence Presidency appointment, October 24, 1924 - December 4, 1925, H. M. Wriston, Henry Lincoln Wriston (Father), Amelia Atcheson Wriston (Mother), Edward W. Herne, F. B. Cawley, James S. Reeve, Karl P. Harrington, James L. McConaughy, Rev. W. Bradford Maskiell, Latchorn, Spencer Reader, George A. Shipman, Leigh M. Lott, George H. Blakeslee, Uncle John, Albert E. Stephen, James M. Osborn, Leopold A. Nies, J. Vincent Waterhorn, Cousin Bess.

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Personal Correspondence, regarding letters of recommendation for Lawrence Presidency, May 13, 1925 - July 8, 1925, H. M. Wriston, Everett O. Fisk, Henry Lincoln Wriston (Father).

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Wriston, H. M. (1926, May 15) What is An Education? Commencement address presented to Seniors of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin. Printed in Lawrence College Bulletin Vol. XXVI, No. 10 (1926).

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Personal Correspondence, regarding Delta Tau Delta chapter at Lawrence College, July 8, 1926 - September 22, 1926, H. M. Wriston, E. A. Buchanan, Jr., Alvin E. Duerr.

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Wriston, H. M. (1927) A Liberal Education Commencement address presented to Seniors of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin. Printed in Lawrence College Bulletin Vol. XXVII, No. 10 (1927).

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Wriston, H. M. (1928, June 11) The Major Premise Commencement address presented to Seniors at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin. Printed in Lawrence College Bulletin (1928).

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Personal Correspondence, regarding Argus at Wesleyan University, June 8, 1928, H. M. Wriston, Marshall Brogdon.

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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. The Nature of A Liberal Arts College. Appleton: Lawrence College Press, 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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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).

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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. (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. "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.

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Wriston, H. M. (1941, September 24) "Character in Action" Address presented at Opening Convocation, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Printed in Bulletin of Brown University (October 1941): 3-12.

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Wriston, H. M. "Brown as a Fraternity College: Past, Present and Future" Brown Alumni Monthly (December 1943).

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Wriston, H. M. (1943, June 2) "How to Achieve the Inevitable" Address at 175th Commencement, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. "Chapter 1. Education in America Today" Greene, T. M. et. al., Liberal Education Re-Examined, The American Council of Learned Societies, Harper and Brothers, New York, New York and London (1943): 1-20.

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Wriston, H. M. (1944, May 29) "What is Man?" Address presented at Commencement Exercises, University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, Vermont.

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Wriston, H. M. "The Structure of Brown University" (First message from the Corporation of Brown University to the Alumni) Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1946.

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Wriston, H. M. "Educational Housing" (Second message from the Corporation of Brown University to the Alumni) Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1946.

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Wriston, H. M. "The University College" (Third message from the Corporation of Brown University to the Alumni) Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1946.

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Wriston, H. M. "The Size of Brown University" (Fourth message from the Corporation of Brown University to the Alumni) Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1946.

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Wriston, H. M. (1948, September 24) "Charles Evans Hughes" Address presented Opening of the 185th year at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Printed by Akerman-Standard Press, Providence, Rhode Island, 1949.

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Wriston, H. M. (1948, November 4) "Fire Bell in the Night" Address presented at Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, New York, New York. Printed in Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, Vol. 35, No. 3 (1949).

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Wriston, H. M. (1949, November 4) "The College Graduate and Research" Address presented in Providence, Rhode Island. Printed in Proceedings of 1949 Patents and Research Seminars, National Association of Manufacturers, Economic Policy Division Series, No. 23 (March 1950).

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Wriston, H. M. (1950, June 6) "Education for Democracy" Address presented at Providence College Commencement, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. (1950) "The Road to Independence" Address presented at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Wriston, H. M. (1950, September 29) "The Outlook for the Independent College" Address presented at Sesquicentennial of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Printed in The Middlebury College News Letter: Sesquicentennial Report, Vol. XXV, No. 2 (January 1951): 30-35, 36.

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Wriston, H. M. "Which way Independence!" College and University Business, Vol. 9, No. 6 (December 1950): 19-22.

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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. (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. (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. (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. "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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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, 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. "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. 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. (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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Wriston, H. M. (1961, October 27) "Validity of the Educational Process" Address presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Educational Conference of The Educational Records Bureau and The American Council on Education. Printed in Representative American Speeches, 1961-1962, H. W. Wilson, Co., New York, New York, 1962.

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Wriston, H. M. "Humanists and Generalists" Printed among 14 essays in Education for Public Responsibility, 75-87. New York: W. W. Norton Co., 1961.

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Wriston, H. M. (1964, March 23) "Education and World Affairs" Address presented at Education and World Affairs Conference, Greenbrier, West Virginia.

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