Commencement Programs (PUB 7-31a)
1870-[present]
1.7 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
Commencement
programs are published by the Registrar for distribution at the University's
graduation ceremony and include a program for the event as well as a list
of graduates, honors and awards, and major gifts to the university during
the previous academic year. This publication group includes selected individual
programs for 1870 through 1909 as well as a bound volume with some original
programs and photocopies from this period and, for the remaining years,
a list of degrees conferred compiled from published catalogs, alumni directories,
and confirmed against the students' academic records.
Form of Materials
Beginning
in the 1960s and continuing to the present, the Registrar publishes an "official"
program that is distributed several weeks after the commencement event and
includes corrections, additions, and deletions. These "official"
programs are imprinted with "Official Copy".
Beginning with the 1967 program, the Archives' holdings include both
the official and unofficial (as distributed as commencement) versions for
some years and either the official or unofficial version (but not both)
for other years. These are indicated on the inventory.
Related Materials
Reference
copies of the Commencement Programs are also available in the Reference
Room bound with the catalogs
for 1960 through 1974. Reference copies of some programs from 1975 to the
present are available in the Memorabilia Collection.
The Memorabilia Collection also includes invitations, schedules, baccalaureate
service programs, speeches, and other materials pertaining to commencement
activities. The Registrar's Office Records (RG 53) include administrative
records pertaining to commencement.
Shelf Locations
PUBS shelves
