Overview
| Repository: |
Manuscripts and Archives
Sterling Memorial Library 128 Wall Street P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 Web: http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/ Email: mssa.assist@yale.edu Phone: (203) 432-1735 Fax: (203) 432-7441 |
| Call Number: | RU 13 |
| Creator: | Yale University. President's Office. |
| Title: | Kingman Brewster, Jr., president of Yale University, inauguration records |
| Dates: | 1959-1964 |
| Physical Description: | 5 linear feet (10 boxes) |
| Language(s): | The materials are in English. |
| Summary: | Kingman Brewster, Jr., was inaugurated the seventeenth president of Yale University on 11 April 1964. The records document the planning and management of the inauguration and include press materials, such as clippings, releases, and the Yale Daily News special inauguration edition; invitations, tickets, and the ceremony program; congratulation messages; invitation and attendance lists; and records detailing ceremonial order and logistics. The records also include congratulation messages on Brewster's appointment as Yale University Provost in 1959. |
| Note: | Forms part of Yale Record Group 2-A (YRG 2-A), Records of the President. |
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| Finding Aid Link: | To cite or bookmark this finding aid, use the following address: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0013 |
| Catalog Record: | A record for this collection, including location information, may be available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog. |
Administrative Information
Provenance
The records were transferred from the Office of the President, 1976 and 1978.
Information about Access
The records are open for research.
Cite As
Kingman Brewster, Jr., President of Yale University, Inauguration Records (RU 13). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Description of the Collection
Kingman Brewster, Jr., was inaugurated the seventeenth president of Yale University on 11 April 1964. The records document the planning and management of the inauguration and include press materials, such as clippings, releases, and the Yale Daily News special inauguration edition; invitations, tickets, and the ceremony program; congratulation messages; invitation and attendance lists; and records detailing ceremonial order and logistics. The records also include congratulation messages on Brewster's appointment as Yale University Provost in 1959.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by accession.