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Title
Photographs of 145th Commencement weekend events, related protest, and George Bain's retirement party, 1966 June
Contributor
Photographer: Witkowski, Don
Genre
Creation Information
Date Created
1966-06
Location
Note
Original 35mm and 120 (roll film) black and white negatives digitized positive.
Physical Description
302 photographs
Abstract
Photographs of the 145th Commencement ceremony held on June 3, 1966. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, and members of the audience. The ceremony takes place in the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex Quadrangle. Included are photographs of anti-Vietnam War protestors at the ceremony holding signs in promotion of peace and against Robert Strange McNamara, an honorary degree awardee at the ceremony. Also included are photographs of the retirement party held for Professor George W. Bain and other Commencement weekend events. These may include the Amherst Collegium Musicum performance, the annual alumni luncheon, and the Society of the Alumni meeting. Individuals photographed may include Calvin Hastings Plimpton, John F. Boyle, Robert McNamara, George B. Bietzel, Bruce Archibald, Samuel Perkins Hayes, Jr., Harold F. Johnson, Harrison Scott Brown, Robert Morris Morgenthau, Wright Tisdale, Walter Gelhorn, William H. Pritchard, Benjamin H. DeMott, and Paul Howard Douglas.
Subjects
Shelf Location
Job 66-025-1 through 14
Finding Aid
Language
English
Repository
List of All Images
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