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Record Group: 0 C Record Sub-Group: 46 Records Title: UMC; University General; Alumni Association; Class Reunions, Orations, etc. Dates: 1856-1992 Volume: 1/3 cubic feet, 0.42 linear feet Scope and Content Note: This Record Sub-Group contains copies of addresses and orations delivered before the alumni (1856-1899). The 1897 address contains a list of Alumni Orators 1853-1897. This Sub-Group also contains Alumni luncheon and banquet menus 1905-1960 (with gaps). Materials in this Sub-Group include reunion programs, newspaper clippings, lists of class members, commencement programs, ribbons worn with nametags to identify various classes, correspondence concerning reunions, and photographs. Also included in this Sub-Group are materials pertaining to reunions of College of Engineering alumni and Spanish-American War Veterans of Company I, Fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Also included in this Sub-Group is a copy of the 1856 oration by Odon Guitar. Series Descriptions: This Record Sub-Group is not divided into series. The materials are arranged chronologically. Note to Researcher: For Alumni photos in commencement files, see Record Group 1 C, Sub-Group 46, Series 5. For additional information, see Record Group 1 C, Sub-Group 2. Inventory Box 1 FF 1 - Addresses and Orations delivered before the alumni - Photocopy of address by Odon Guitar, 03/07/1856; Two copies of address by Honorable L.M. Lawson, one signed by Robert L. Todd in 1893 (member of first graduating class at the University of Missouri), 06/04/1879; "The Alumni, the Alma Mater, and the State," address by Henry W. Ewing, 06/01/1987; "The Influence of the West in Nationalization," address by Charles E. Yeater, 06/05/1889; "Woman's Work," oration by Mrs. Sally Gentry Elston, 1893; Two copies of "The Modern Practical University," Oration by Doctor Hanau W. Loeb, 1894; Two copies of "Missouri an Ideal State for an Ideal University," address by John H. Duncan, 1895; Two copies of "Education in Politics," oration by Professor F.N. Peters, 1897; "Our Rights and Duties," oration by Professor Louis Theilmann, 1899; Flyer for The Biennial Alumni Address, 06/02/1908 FF 2 - List of Alumni of the State of Missouri, 1843-1897, ca. 1897 FF 3 - Alumni business meeting minutes, 06/06/1889 FF 4 - Programs and correspondence regarding Alumni Luncheons, 1905-1908, 1912, 1949, 1950, 1960 FF 5 - Alumni Activities in locations other than Columbia, Missouri - Program from Entertainment and Reception by the Kansas City Alumni Association of the University of Missouri, 04/07/1911; Program and menu from "Meet the President and All Schools Reunion" Banquet, Kansas City Alumni of the University of Missouri Alumni Association, 04/06/1956; Program from District Ten Alumni Meeting, Rolla, Missouri, 03/13/1958 FF 6 - Autographed souvenir cards from First Reunion of "Missouri 1904," 12/10/1904 FF 7 - Newspaper advertisement for Alumni Luncheon, 1914; Program from Annual Reunion, Seventy-fifth anniversary of establishment of University of Missouri; 06/04/1914 FF 8 - Photographs and memorabilia from Class of 1882 reunion, ca. 1932 FF 9 - Photographs and memorabilia from Class of 1883 reunion, 06/1933; Photographs and memorabilia from Class of 1910 reunion, 1935 FF 10 - Photocopied newspaper article about original copy of the Session Acts of Missouri, 03/01/1940; Photographs and memorabilia from Class of 1896 reunion, 06/1936, 1946; Photographs and memorabilia from Class of 1897 reunion, 06/1947 FF 11 - Souvenir photograph of the columns for the Fortieth Anniversary Reunion of the Class of 1906-1907, with card, 1947; Photograph of Fortieth Anniversary of 1907 Engineering Class, also featuring alumni from 1903 to 1906, 1947; List of Engineering Alumni of the Class of 1907, 1947 FF 12 - Photographs and memorabilia from Classes of 1899, 1909, 1919 reunion, 1949; Photograph of alumni of 1915 in front of Crowder Hall, n.d.; List of students' names, parents, and addresses, n.d.; Two copies of Echoes from the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Reunion, Class of 1924, memory book, 10/1949 FF 13 - Photographs and memorabilia from Classes of 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 Alumni Day, 1950; Photocopy of newspaper article, "Couples Receive Degrees Together," ca. 1950; Photocopy of newspaper photographs and caption about honorary degrees of doctor of laws conferred, 1950; Photocopies of various newspaper articles about President Truman at commencement, 06/1950; Photocopy of Columbia Daily Tribune article, "Two Who Shared Horrors of Prison Will Share Honors at Commencement," ca. 06/1950; Photocopies of two family graduation newspaper articles, ca. 06/1950 FF 14 - Photographs of Spanish-American War Veterans; Company I, Fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry reunion, 11/11/1950 FF 15 - Reunion Program for Classes 1905, 1906, 1907, 1930, 1931, 1932; 06/1957 FF 16 - Photographs and memorabilia, Classes 1903, 1906 reunions 1952, 1953; Class 1908 reunion, 1958; Reunion program, 1959 FF 17 - Photographs and memorabilia, Class of 1910 reunion, 1960; Class of 1913 reunion, 1953, 1963 FF 18 - Photographs, negatives, and memorabilia, Class of 1915 reunion, 1965; Class of 1916 reunion, 1966; Class of 1918 reunion, 1968 FF 19 - Photographs and memorabilia, Class of 1919 reunion, 1949, 1969; Class of 1920 reunion, 1970; Class of 1921 reunion, 1971 FF 20 - Program from Class of 1928 reunion, 1978 FF 21 - Program from Class of 1932 reunion, 1982; Class of 1936 reunion, 1986 FF 22 - Program and pin from Class of 1937 reunion, 1987 FF 23 - Memory book from Class of 1942 reunion, 1992 Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. 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