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Ceremonial documents mainly relating to installation of Lord Bruce as first Chancellor
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Ceremonial documents mainly relating to installation of Lord Bruce as first Chancellor

  • AU ANUA 63
  • Series
  • 1952 - 1956

This series includes greetings from universities in the form of scrolls, leatherbound folders and documents, a register signed by representatives of other universities, the presentation copy of Lord Bruce’s honorary Doctor of Laws degree, and printed programs and briefing papers relating to the installation of Lord Bruce as the first Chancellor on 23 October 1952. There are also two scrolls from the University of Melbourne relating to their centenary in 1953.

Australian National University

Greetings from Universities: Adamson (Manila), Athens, Boston, Canberra University College, Catholic University of America, Chicago, Colgate University, Denver, Durham, Edinburgh, Emory (Georgia), Farouk I University, George Washington University, Hamline, Hawaii, Hebrew Institute of Technology (Haifa), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Illinois Institue of Technology, Iowa, Kyushu, Malaya, McGill, Michigan, Montreal, Mount Allison, New York, Northeastern (Boston), Oregon State College, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Queensland, Saint Joseph (Beirut), Saugar, Southampton, Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Taiwan, Utah, Victoria University of Manchester, Virginia, Washington, and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (letters and small documents)

Greetings from Universities: Adamson (Manila), Athens, Boston, Canberra University College, Catholic University of America, Chicago, Colgate University, Denver, Durham, Edinburgh, Emory (Georgia), Farouk I University, George Washington University, Hamline, Hawaii, Hebrew Institute of Technology (Haifa), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Illinois Institue of Technology, Iowa, Kyushu, Malaya, McGill, Michigan, Montreal, Mount Allison, New York, Northeastern (Boston), Oregon State College, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Queensland, Saint Joseph (Beirut), Saugar, Southampton, Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Taiwan, Utah, Victoria University of Manchester, Virginia, Washington, and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (letters and small documents)

Papers relating to installation of Chancellor including provisional program and list of representatives of universities, briefing papers for attendees, notes for the Governor-General's address, citation for conferring of degree, address of Vice-Chancellor, notes for the Chancellor's address, printed program, annotated program updating list of university representatives, luncheon menu, booklet 'The Australian National University: A brief description of the development of the University from its foundation in 1946'