Swarthmore College records on the Area Universities' Bicentennial Exhibition
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of documents collected by Ken Landis, Swarthmore College Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs, relating to plans for the Area Universities' Bicentennial Exhibition. Some of the materials are internal to Swarthmore and relate to the college's contributions to the exhibit, but there is also correspondence with other members of the University and College Consortium for the Bicentennial about coordinating plans. Lastly, there is a file of Delaware County Cultural Committee records. Letters, memorandums, press releases, exhibit label copy, newspaper clippings, and other document types can be found in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1973/1977
Creator
- Swarthmore College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Curator. 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
In conjunction with the United States Bicentennial Celebration in Philadelphia in 1976, twelve local colleges and universities banded together to create a large-scale public exhibition. The Area Universities' Bicentennial Exhibition, titled "Learning, Revolution, and Democracy," was on view at Penn Mutual Tower on Independence Square from March through December of 1976. The participants, known as the University and College Consortium for the Bicentennial, were: Bryn Mawr College, Drexel University, Haverford College, La Salle College, Lincoln University, the Medical College of Pennsylvania, St. Joseph's College, Swarthmore College, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania, and Villanova University. The coordinating staff for the exhibition were based out of the University of Pennsylvania.
Extent
0.4 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
In conjunction with the United States Bicentennial Celebration in Philadelphia in 1976, Swarthmore College banded together with eleven other local colleges and universities to create the Area Universities' Bicentennial Exhibition, a public display titled "Learning, Revolution, and Democracy." This collection includes both internal Swarthmore documents about the college's contributions to the exhibit, as well as correspondence with other members of the University and College Consortium for the Bicentennial about coordinating plans.
Physical Location
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Subject
- United States Constitution Bicentennial Celebration (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Swarthmore College (Organization)
- Landis, Ken (Person)
- Swarthmore College (Organization)
- Title
- Swarthmore College records on the Area Universities' Bicentennial Exhibition, 1973-1977
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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