Harrison M. Wright Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers from the committees on which Wright served, as well as from faculty meetings and bulletins. Topics include renovations of college buildings, revisions of college rules, increasing radicalism/student activism on campus, disciplinary issues, curriculum debates, the SASS sit-in, faculty responses to the Cambodian crisis and the Vietnam War, and African-American faculty recruitment. These papers provide a fairly comprehensive overview of the issues facing Swarthmore College during this period, with some personal commentary from Wright.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1992
Creator
- Wright, Harrison M. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
Harrison M. Wright taught history at Swarthmore College from 1957 to 1979 and from 1984 until his retirement in 1993. He was college provost from 1979 to 1984 and served as acting president during the 1980-1981 academic year. He was active on the Black Studies Committee in the 1960s and 1970s and the Student Affairs Committee. Swarthmore College now offers a scholarship in his name.
Extent
1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Harrison M. Wright taught history at Swarthmore College from 1957 to 1979 and from 1984 until his retirement in 1993. He was college provost from 1979 to 1984 and served as acting president during the 1980-81 academic year. This collection contains papers from the committees on which Wright served, as well as from faculty meetings and bulletins. Topics include renovations of college buildings, revisions of college rules, increasing radicalism/student activism on campus, disciplinary issues, curriculum debates, the SASS sit-in, faculty responses to the Cambodian crisis and the Vietnam War, and African-American faculty recruitment.
Arrangement
The collection is organized by topic and chronological.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
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Separated Materials
The following materials, originally part of the collection, have been removed and recatalogued:
- Title
- An Inventory of the Harrison M. Wright Papers, 1960-1992
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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