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Appointment Books, 1946-1960

 Series

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The WHEATON COLLEGE series spans the years 1940 to 1961. The bulk dates are 1944 -1960, which corresponds to A. Howard Meneely's term as President. This series is the largest one of the entire collection. Sub-series include: Inauguration, Appointment books, Chapel Talks, Letters to Alumnae Classes, Christmas Citations, Correspondence regarding Professor McMahon, Tributes to President Meneely, Retirement, Meneely Memorial Fund, A. Howard Meneely Quotes, and Speeches. Inauguration, Appointment books and Speeches compose the largest part of this series. Inauguration: include newspaper clippings on A. Howard Meneely being named President of Wheaton, his inaugural speech, two programs, an invitation to the event and luncheon, list of guests and correspondence relating to the inauguration day. Appointment books: include fifteen appointment books of A. Howard Meneely; one for every year he was President. They include details on meetings and appointments Meneely had. Letters to Alumnae classes: consist of letters to various alumnae classes from A. Howard Menely, telling them how far Wheaton has come since they attended. Chapel Talks: consist of speeches A. Howard Meneely made in the Chapel throughout his term as President. Topics included education and the Honor System. Christmas Citations include thank you letters from A. Howard Meneely and notes on the Christmas banquets from 1940-1959. Correspondence regarding Professor McMahon: A. Howard Meneely discusses setting up a memorial fund in honor of Professor McMahon's passing. A. Howard Meneely corresponds with Pete H. Odegard and Alice W. Spieseke on this subject. Tributes to President Meneely: includes correspondence between A. Howard Meneely and John R. Frazier on the portrait of A. Howard Meneely and a pictoral copy of the tribute to A. Howard Meneely. Retirement: consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings saying that A. Howard Meneely is retiring due to health issues. Meneely Memorial Fund: includes an article from the Wheaton College Bulletin and newspaper clippings on Wheaton's plan to produce a memorial fund in honor of A. Howard Meneely. A. Howard Meneely Quotes: consist of quotes that A. Howard Meneely said over the years, but the quotes are undated and do not say where they came from (in terms of what speech Meneely said them in). Speeches: divided into three sub-folders according to the years the speeches were written in. The first sub-folder corresponds to years 1940-1948, the second folder to years 1949-1952 and the last sub-folder corresponds to the years 1953-1960.

Dates

  • Creation: 1946-1960

Creator

Access Restrictions

Access to A. Howard Meneely's insurance and hospital bills are restricted.

Extent

0.8 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Wheaton College
26 East Main Street
Norton Massachusetts 02766