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This collection contains approximately 2,000 recordings of events between 1947 and 1974, mostly held at Georgetown. It includes recordings of commencements, conferences, concerts and other student activities, and lectures and discussions. Speakers include: McGeorge Bundy, Abba Eban, Etienne Gilson, John Glenn, Kurt Kiesinger, V. K. Menon, Walter Reuther, Eunice Shriver, Sargent Shriver, and Roy Wilkins, among many others. Some external events such as presidential inaugurations are included, as well as examples of educational radio programming. Available here in digital form are selected recordings from the collection.

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Founders' Day Convocation, March 22, 1956 (Part 1)

Bunn, Edward B. (Edward Bernard), 1896- (1956-03-22)

Held in McDonough Gymnasium. Begins with remarks by President Edward B. Bunn, S.J., who ends with personal congratulations to those about to receive honorary degrees - John Courtney Murray, S.J., General J. Lawton Collins, ...
Annual Academic Convocation to Announce Scholastic Distinction for 1953-1954 and to Honor His Excellency The Most Reverend Jeremiah F. Minihan, Auxilary Bishop of Boston, C 1925. Part 1

Bunn, Edward B. (Edward Bernard), 1896- (1954-10-12)

Held in McDonough Gymnasium. The processional and invocation (Veni, Creator Spiritus sung by the Choir) are followed by the reading of the University Charter by Secretary of the Corporation Brian A. McGrath, S.J., beginning ...
Fund Raising Event for Hungarian Refugee Students (Part 2)

Laszlo, Istvan (1956-11-26)

Ralph Della Cava, a representive of the United States National Students Association introduces Istvan Laszlo, a student leader in the uprising in Hungary, who makes his remarks through an interpreter.
Annual Academic Convocation to Announce Scholastic Distinction for 1953-1954 and to Honor His Excellency The Most Reverend Jeremiah F. Minihan, Auxilary Bishop of Boston, C 1925. Part 3

Minihan, Jeremiah (1954-10-12)

The conclusion of Bishop Minihan's speech, followed by the singing of the Alma Mater and the recessional.
Annual Academic Convocation to Announce Scholastic Distinction for 1953-1954 and to Honor His Excellency The Most Reverend Jeremiah F. Minihan, Auxilary Bishop of Boston, C 1925. Part 2

Minihan, Jeremiah (1954-10-12)

The award of academic honors continues, followed by greetings and spiritual offering from the President of Georgetown University Club of Boston, John F. Bresette, C 1955, and the reading of the honoary degree citation in ...