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Theodore Friend Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
RG6.D11
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
22 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Theodore Friend Papers, Swarthmore College Archives, RG6/D11, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1923-1982 (inclusive)
Creator:
Friend, Theodore
Abstract:
Theodore Friend was President of Swarthmore College from 1973 to 1982. He is a teacher, historian, and novelist. His books include Indonesian Destinies (Harvard University Press, 2003) and Between Two Empires: The Ordeal of the Philippines (Yale University Press, 1965). He is President Emeritus of the Eisenhower Fellowship and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Born August 27, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "Dorie" was the son of Theodore Wood and Jessica H. (Merrick) Friend. He earned a Williams College B.A. in 1953, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1958. In 1960, Friend married Elizabeth Pierson, and they had three children; she died in 2003.

Friend began his academic career at the State University of New York at Buffalo as assistant professor and then professor of history; he was Faculty Advisor from 1968-1969 and Executive Assistant to the President, 1969-1970.

In 1973 he was selected as the 11th President of Swarthmore College, and served until he resigned in 1982. While at Swarthmore, Friend established an Advisory Council on Resource Use, and led the faculty in a careful evaluation of the Honors Program.

Beginning in 1982 he was Trustee of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc., and its president from 1984. He was also affiliated with the Philadelphia Committee on Foreign Relations after 1986. Theodore Friend is the author of Family Laundry: A Novel, a story about the secrets of a wealthy family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the 1950s. He is also the author of two historical studies, Between Two Empires: The Ordeal of the Philippines (which received the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American History and Foreign Relations in 1966) and his 1988 publication, The Blue-Eyed Enemy: Japan against the West in Java and Luzon, 1942-1945. Friend won a number of awards, including a Fulbright fellowship, 1957-59, the Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, 1961-62, Bancroft Prize in American History and Foreign Relations, 1966, NDEA fellowship, 1966-67, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, 1967-68, and a Woodrow Wilson International Center fellowship, 1983-84.

Collection of records from the Office of Theodore Friend while he was President of Swarthmore College. Consists primarily of topical files related to faculty, staff, board members, and others. Includes minutes and correspondence of the Board of Managers, campus and student activities and issues, as well as facilities and college services, such as the health center, development, and grants and scholarship funds. There is also material related to political and governmental issues like South Africa divestment, equal opportunity employment, and affirmative action employment. Other records include correspondence related to committees such as the Council on Educational Policy and the Curriculum Committee, minutes of the "Three Colleges" from 1949-1972, staff meeting minutes, notes for a 1982 course on Southeast Asia, files on the case Presseisen v. Swarthmore College, and photocopies of his research notes on Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Correspondents include: Charles Gilbert, Kendall Landis, Thomas J. Hallowell, Thomas B. McCabe, Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid, Michel C. Oksenberg, Marjorie Todd Simonds, William Poole, Hadassah Holcombe, Stephen G. Lax, Richard O.Turner, Barclay White, Harrison Wright, Barbara S. Smoyer, John W. Nason, Isabel Logan Lyons, Robert Browning, Edwin M. Bush Jr., Katherine Lindsley Camp, Edward K.Cratsley, Carl K. Dellmuth, Richard O. Smith, and Hildreth Strode.

Deposit, Office of the President, Swarthmore College.

As far as possible, original file names and contents have been preserved. Search Committee files for unsuccessful candidates were destroyed by direction of the President's Office.

Additional Board of Managers Correspondence files were processed into the collection, 2016.

Swarthmore College Board of Managers Records, at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.

Theodore Friend papers, 1968-1973, at the University of Buffalo, 22/6F/205.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL Staff
Finding Aid Date
2016
Access Restrictions

Series 1 and 2 of the Theodore Friend Papers are closed to research until 2057.

The rest of the collection is open for research with the understanding that certain confidential materials may be redacted. Please contact the repository for more information.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the 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.

Collection Inventory

Ser.1 Faculty and Staff Correspondence, 1952-1982 (1973-1982).
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with faculty, deans, librarians, and other staff. These files contain correspondence as well as personnel information; if researchers are given access by permission of the President, the latter will be removed from the file before it is made available.

Barber, Charles, 1967-1974.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Charles Barber, member of the Board of Managers, including discussion of tenure. Includes correspondence between letters with President Courtney Smith and Barber.

Physical Description

1 folder

Biddle, Clement M., 1955-1981.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Clement Biddle.

Physical Description

1 folder

Blumberg, Ellen Ash, 1969-1981.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Ellen Blumberg.

Physical Description

1 folder

Boulanger, Carol Seabrook, 1978-1981.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Carol Boulanger.

Physical Description

1 folder

Broomell, Lupton Jr. , 1967-1980.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Lupton Broomell.

Physical Description

1 folder

Browning, Robert, 1958-1975.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Robert Browning, member of Swarthmore Board of Managers, includes alumni profile. Includes letters between President Cross and Browning and letters between Browning and Board of Managers

Physical Description

1 folder

Bush, Edwin M., Jr., 1967-1979.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Edwin M. Bush, member of Board of Managers

Physical Description

1 folder

Camp, Katherine Lindsley, 1973-1979.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Katherine Camp, member of Board of Manager and president of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Physical Description

1 folder

Clarkson, William M.E., 1975-1976.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with William Clarkson

Physical Description

1 folder

Clarkson, William M.E. , 1976 - 1979 .
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with William Clarkson.

Physical Description

1 folder

Clarkson, William M.E., 1979-1981.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with William Clarkson.

Physical Description

1 folder

Clarkson, William M.E., 1982-1984.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with William Clarkson.

Physical Description

1 folder

Cooperman, Esther Leeds, 1978-1982.
Box 5
Physical Description

Correspondences with Esther Cooperman.

Darlington, Thomas B., 1945.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Dellmuth, Carl K., 1944 – 1976.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

File on Carl K. Dellmuth, member of the Board of Managers and former Pennsylvania secretary of banking, senior Vice-President at Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, Swarthmore football coach, alumni secretary and athletic director. This file contains a compilation of correspondence on Dellmuth's many different posts with Friend, John Nason, Courtney Smith, and Robert Cross.

Physical Description

1 folder

Gordon, Kermit, 1964-1977.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Friend regarding death of Kermit Gordon, member of the Board of Managers. Includes correspondence between Gordon and Presidents Cross and Smith.

Physical Description

1 folder

Hagerty, Dorothy Lucking, 1970-1981.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Dorothy Hagerty

Physical Description

1 folder

Hallowell, Thomas J., 1955-1973.
Box 5A
Scope and Contents

Compiled collection of letters from Thomas Hallowell ('29) and member of the board of managers. Files include correspondence between Courtney Smith and Hallowell on Smith's departure, honors program, fundraising and new dorm construction. Also includes letters between President Robert Cross and Hallowell on faculty organization, property acquirement. Hallowell as sent information on Pennsylvania State University programs (where he was a trustee) for comparison with Swarthmore programs.

Physical Description

1 folder

Heilman, Barbara Whipple, 1971-1976.
Box 5A
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Barbara Whipple Heilman, member of board of managers. Copy of letter informing board of Heilman's resignation amd Stephen Lax's response.

Physical Description

1 folder

Holcombe, Hadassah Parrot, 1933-1978.
Box 5A
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Hadassah Parrot Holcombe (formerly Hadassah Moore Leeds), member of the board of managers. Discussion of charitable trust set up by Holcombe's will. Friend has assembled correspondence between presidents Smith, Cratsley, board of manager members and Holcomb in discussion of board service and Friends Council on Education.

Physical Description

1 folder

Kislik, Louis A., 1976-1980.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Louis Kislik

Physical Description

1 folder

Lax, Stephen G., 1967-1977.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence about the establishment of the Stephen G. Lax ('41) scholarship fund after Lax's bequeathal. Memorial service program. Correspondence with Lax family members after Stephen's death. Correspondence between Friend and Stephen Lax when he was a member of the board of managers. Friend has also pulled aside letters between Swarthmore presidents Courtney Smith and Robert Cross and Lax, mainly on election to board of managers and his donations to Swarthmore.

Physical Description

1 folder

Lee, William F. Jr., 1960-1984.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with William Lee

Physical Description

1 folder

Lloyd-Jones, Donald, 1971-1982.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Dolald Lloyd-Jones.

Physical Description

1 folder

Luhrs, Caro E., 1974-1978.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Luhrs, Board of Managers Alumni Manager

Physical Description

1 folder

Lyons, Isabel Logan, 1963-1975.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Isabel "Andy" Logan Lyons (Board of Managers), some between Lyons and Courtney Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe, Thomas B., 1959 – 7/1/1973.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Collection of Correspondence from Thomas McCabe, chairman of the finance committee at the Scott Paper Company and member of the Board of Managers. McCabe writes to Presidents Robert Cross and Courtney Smith on Delmarva Schoalrship, alumni surveys, fundraising and the McCabe library.

Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe, Thomas B., 1973-1976.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Thomas McCabe.

Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe, Thomas B. , 1977-1980.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Thomas McCabe.

Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe, Thomas B., 1977-1980.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Thomas McCabe.

Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe, Thomas B. , 1980.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Thomas McCabe.

Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe, Thomas B., 1980-1982.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Thomas McCabe.

Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe, Thomas B., 1982.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Thomas McCabe.

Physical Description

1 folder

McDiarmid, Dorothy Shoemaker, 1964-1975.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

File holds correspondence between Friend and Dorothy McDiarmid, a member of the Board of Managers and Delegate to the Virginia House. Friend has pulled together important correspondence between past Swarthmore presidents and McDiarmid, including McDiarmid's notification of being elected to the Board of Managers (from Courtney Smith).

Physical Description

1 folder

Oksenberg, Michel C., 1971-1974).
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Collection of correspondence with Michel Oksenberg, member of the Board of Managers and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Notable topics include discussion of deferred tuition payment plan with President Robert Cross.

Physical Description

1 folder

Penn, Audrey Shields, 1970-1977.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Audrey Penn.

Physical Description

1 folder

Pierce, Winnifred Poland, 1968-1980.
Box 6A
Physical Description

1 folder

Poole, William, 1961-1977.
Box 6A
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with William "Bill" Poole, member of the Board of Managers and lawyer at Potter Anderson and Corroon. Includes copies of correspondence between Courtney Smith, Robert Cross and Poole. Letters on Pennsylvania law and student dissent (Poole sends Friend a copy " The Report of the American Bar Association Commission on Campus Government and Student Dissent").

Physical Description

1 folder

Prentice, W.M., C.H., 1980-1983.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with W.M. Prentice.

Physical Description

1 folder

Rohatyn, Jeannette Streit, 1977-1980.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Jeannette Rohatyn.

Physical Description

1 folder

Roman, Nancy Grace, 1946-1983.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Nancy Roman

Physical Description

1 folder

Sharples, Philip T., 1939-1952.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Philip Sharples.

Physical Description

1 folder

Sharples, Philip T., 1954-1968.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Philip Sharples.

Physical Description

1 folder

Sharples, Philip T. , 1969-1982.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Philip Sharples.

Physical Description

1 folder

Simonds, Marjorie Todd, 1971 – 1975.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Robert Cross and Theodore Friend with Marjorie Simonds (Class of 1941), member of the Board of Mangers.

Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Claude Carroll, 1945-1951.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Claude Smith.

Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Claude Carroll, 1951-1957.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Claude Smith.

Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Claude Carroll, 1957-1966.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Claude Smith.

Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Claude Carroll, 1967-1983.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Claude Smith.

Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Richard O., 1972 – 1976.
Box 7A
Scope and Contents

File on Richard S. Smith, member of the board of managers. Folder contains copy of nominating letter by Edward Cratsley and letter from Friend to Smith.

Physical Description

1 folder

Smoyer, Barbara S., 1972-1982.
Box 7A
Scope and Contents

Folder contains correspondence between acting-president Harrison Wright, vice-president Kendall Landis, Theodore Friend and acting-president Edward Cratslet and Barbara Smoyer, member of the Board of Managers. Contains letter from Wright to Smoyer on South Africa.

Physical Description

1 folder

Snyder, Arthur F.F., 1978-1982.
Box 7A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Arthur Snyder.

Physical Description

1 folder

Stanley, Morgan, 1983.
Box 7A
Scope and Contents

Correspondences with Morgan Stanley and lists of investment committess.

Physical Description

1 folder

Turner, Richard O., 1946-1977).
Box 7A
Scope and Contents

Howard Turner was the chairman of the board of Turner Construction Company and a member of the board of managers. Turner Construction built the McCabe Library and Dana and Hallowell dormitories at Swarthmore. Letters between Turner and Swarthmore presidents Robert Cross, Courtney Smith and John Nason, Correspondence on Henry C. Turner and J.A. Turner Professorship in Engineering.

Physical Description

1 folder

White, Barclay, 1931-1976.
Box 7A
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Barclay White, member of the Board of Managers, between Swarthmore presidents Frank Aydelotte, John Nason, Courtney Smith and Theodore Friend. White was president of Barclay White and Co. a construction management service that did work at Swarthmore.

Physical Description

1 folder

Willits, Joseph, 1931-1976.
Box 7A
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Joseph Willits, member of the Board of Managers, between Swarthmore presidents Frank Aydelotte, John Nason, Courtney Smith and Theodore Friend. Willits (class of 1911) served on the board from 1956-1959 and was a dean and professor at the Wharton School of Business.

Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Include committee minutes, reports, surveys and statistics, clippings, and other miscellaneous records.

Academic Dishonesty, 1973-1974.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Academic Freedom:, 1969-1976.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Reference articles on academic freedom, Swarthmore disciplinary procedures

Physical Description

1 folder

Admissions Office: General, 1974.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Admissions Office: CEEB, 1976 and undated.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Admissions Office: Other institutions, 1974.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Admission Reports and Statistics, 1973-1976.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Files on Swarthmore Admissions, with areas of interest including minority acceptance, female engineers, SAT scores

Physical Description

1 folder

Affirmative Action, 1973 – 1974.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to and from Friend regarding the potential implementation of a federal affirmative-action quota system. Friend has assembled a collection of papers on equal employment at Swarthmore and Title IX.

Physical Description

1 folder

Alumni Fund, 1975-1977.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Minutes From Alumni Fund Meetings, Provost Reports, Correspondence on alumni fundraising, campus map

Physical Description

1 folder

Alumni Weekend, 1978.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from and to alums regarding reunion, schedule of events, alumni information. Includes letter from alum Lloyd Craighill petitioning Swarthmore to join the Associated Kyoto Program

Physical Description

1 folder

American Council on Education, 1975-1978.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Association of American Colleges, 1973.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Auden Collection, 1966-1974.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on Auden memorial stone at Westminster Abbey, Auden Memorial Fund, Auden collection

Physical Description

1 folder

Auden Memorial, 1973-1974.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Aydelotte, Frank Correspondence, 1970-1977.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Letters regarding biography of Frank Aydelotte, former Swarthmore president; Correspondence about Aydelotte Swarthmore President Robert Cross (1970-1977)

Physical Description

1 folder

Bartol Foundation, 1941-1978.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding the move of the Bartol Foundation of the Franklin Institute from Swarthmore, including letters discussing tensions between the college and the foundation

Physical Description

1 folder

Benjamin West Stamp and Home, 1973- 1975.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with US Postal Service Office of Stamps Director Gordon Morison on issuing of Benjamin West commemorative stamp at Swarthmore College. Letter from the Department of Interior regarding national historic landmark survey. Correspondence on restoration of Benjamin West paintings on display in Board of Managers room

Physical Description

1 folder

Blue Route, 1976.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Draft: Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement. Report on the potential effects of the construction of I-476, prepared for the P.A. Department of Transportation by McCormick, Taylor and Associates, with Villanova University, Transcentury Coporation (Vol. 1)

Physical Description

1 folder

Blue Route, 1976.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Draft: Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement. Report on the potential effects of the construction of I-476, prepared for the P.A. Department of Transportation by McCormick, Taylor and Associates, with Villanova University, Transcentury Coporation (Vol. 2)

Physical Description

1 folder

Blue Route: Draft Environmental Impact Statement of I-476, Response to the, 1976.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Report: An Analysis of the Some Major Economic and Environmental Benefits and Costs of the Blue Route, prepared by Systems Evaluation Associates

Physical Description

1 folder

Board of Managers Executive Committee, 1955-1980.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Minutes and correspondence from the Executive Committee of the Board of Managers

Physical Description

1 folder

Board of Managers Miscellaneous, 1969-1975.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Includes Board of Managers correspondence, By-Laws

Physical Description

1 folder

Board of Managers: Students-On-The-Board Issue, 1978-1982.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning Student Council's desire for student representation on the Board of Managers

Physical Description

1 folder

Bookstore Advisory Committee, 1967-1976.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Appointment letters to Bookstore committee, also includes letters from President Courtney Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Borough of Swarthmore, 1941-1977.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Various letters regarding relations between Swarthmore College and the Borough of Swarthmore. Includes letters and documents regarding the sale of part of the Cunningham Fields to the Swarthmore School Board. Includes documents before Friend's tenure.

Physical Description

1 folder

Building Committees- Composition and Charges, 1974-1980.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Minutes and correspondence from committees on particular building projects: New Dormitory, Science Library, Martin Hall, Swimming Pool

Physical Description

1 folder

Calendar, 1974-1975.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Documents and correspondence regarding schedule for 1975-1976 academic year, including documents on calendar reform

Physical Description

1 folder

Case Statement, 1976-1978.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Case Statement, Program for Swarthmore; Speech outlining reasons to support Swarthmore, Minutes of Capital Fund Committee, papers outlining allocation of resources, "The State of the College"

Physical Description

1 folder

Centennial Funds, Allocation of, undated.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

China Trip Participants, 1973.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Documentation, including résumés of Swarthmore faculty and group application, to visit China

Physical Description

1 folder

China Visit, 1977-1978.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Documents regarding visit of the Delegation for Luxingshe to Swarthmore in 1978 and a visit of a Swarthmore study group to China in August of 1977

Physical Description

1 folder

CICU Executive Committee Meeting, 1977-1978.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

CICU Executive Committee Meeting, 9/24-9/26/1978.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Papers from CICU Executive Committee Meeting at PACU Annual Meeting at Hershey Motor Lodge and Convention Center

Physical Description

1 folder

CICU Fact File, 1977.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

CICU Finance study, 1977-1978.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Collections, 1977-1986.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

Primarily remarks/speeches for First Collections, with some correspondence and planning materials

Physical Description

1 folder

Commencement, 1976.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, schedules, seating plans, remarks for 1976 commencement and baccalaureate. Includes copies of letters with Christopher Edley Sr, executive director of the United Negro College Fund and Congressman Andrew J. Young Jr.

Physical Description

1 folder

Commencement, 1977.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, schedules, seating plans, remarks for 1977 commencement and baccalaureate.

Physical Description

1 folder

Commencement, 1978.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, schedule, newspaper clippings for 1978 commencement. Letter from Maggie Kuhn, commencement speaker and founder of Gray Panther movement.

Physical Description

1 folder

Commencement, 1979.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

File containing schedules and letters for 1979 commencement, draft of Friend's remarks

Physical Description

1 folder

Course Enrollment, 1972-1977.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

Statistics on Swarthmore course enrollment

Physical Description

1 folder

Curricular Planning background notes, 1978.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Curriculum Committee Report, 1967?.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

Curriculum Committee Report—Includes student surveys/interviews (Gray Binder)

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Committee, 1976-1980.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

Minutes from the Development Committee of the Board of Managers—includes correspondence

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group Reports, 1973-1974.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

Materials from 2/9/74 Special Meeting of the Board of Managers; contains final reports from DPGs on Academic Program, Student Life, Physical Facilities, and Finance. Marked "Property of Phyllis Teitelbaum."

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group Reports, 1973-1974.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

Materials from 2/9/74 Special Meeting of the Board of Managers; contains final reports from DPGs on Academic Program, Student Life, Physical Facilities, and Finance.

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group: Academic Program and Physical Facilities, 1973.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports from these Development groups, includes correspondence and a student survey

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group: Academic programming, 1973.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group: Appendix, 1981.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Drafts of "Board Discussion of Swarthmore's Needs in the 1980's: Appendix to Draft Development Planning Paper" with comments.

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group: Drafts, 1973.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Report drafts of Development Planning groups on Student Life, Academics, Finance

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group: Facilities, 1973.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Development Planning Group minutes, correspondence.

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group: Steering Committee, 1973-1974.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports from Development Planning groups, and Friend's correspondence with group members

Physical Description

1 folder

Development Planning Group: Student Life, 1973.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports

Physical Description

1 folder

Equal Opportunity – Women Faculty, 1976.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Report drafted by an ad-hoc committee of women faculty of May 24, 1976 to address grievances among female employees over gender-based discrimination.

Physical Description

1 folder

Equal Opportunity Office, 1975.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and reports on establishment of Equal Opportunity Office (formerly referred to Affirmative Effort Program). Drafts of Equal Opportunity statements for Swarthmore College.

Physical Description

1 folder

Equal Opportunity, Ad Hoc Committee AA Statement, 1974-1976.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding the inclusion of a clause preventing discrimination based on age in the employment policy statement. Includes letters from Friend to the Director of Civil Rights at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare regarding Title IX.

Physical Description

1 folder

Extra-Curricular Associations and Activities, Committee on, 1974.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

File holds letters between Friend and Kenneth Lieberthal, Professor at the University of Michigan and chair on the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Guidelines on Extra-Curricular Associations and Activities, over Swarthmore College policies on extracurricular groups. Folder also includes copies of Swarthmore's extracurricular policies for 1974.

Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty Collective Bargaining Activity in Pennsylvania report, 1976.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty Committee on Women and Minorities, 1974-1976.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Copies of surveys given to different departments on the hiring of women and minorities and report of the ad hoc Committee on Women and Minorities.

Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty Committees, 1981.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Letters of appointment of faculty members to various committees, includes finalized list

Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty Committees, 1982.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Letters of appointment of faculty members to various committees, includes finalized list

Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty Procedures, Committee on, 1974-1979.
Box 16
Scope and Contents

Minutes and documents regarding equal opportunity grievance procedure for faculty. Survey of faculty procedures and correspondence regarding amending Swarthmore faculty practices (equal opportunity, organization of division chairs). Letters from professors requesting to be placed on agendas in faculty meetings.

Physical Description

1 folder

Fair Practices, 1980.
Box 16
Scope and Contents

Report: "Fair Practices at Swarthmore: A Self-Study Motivated by the 1979 Report of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education." Aslo includes two related news articles with note from Phyllis Teitelbaum.

Physical Description

1 folder

Federal Budget Cuts (Proposed, Spring 1981), 1981-1982.
Box 16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning Reagan Administration's proposed budget cuts to federal student financial aid programs

Physical Description

1 folder

Federal Department of Education, 1979.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Finance Committee, 1973-1981.
Box 16
Scope and Contents

Minutes from the Finance Committee of the Board of Managers—includes correspondence and College budget information

Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Aid, 1979-1980.
Box 16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and documentation with the Office Education of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare regarding student grants and loans. Memoranda on Swarthmore financial aid. Letter from Senator Richard Schweiker on education appropriations. Correspondence with Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.

Physical Description

1 folder

Financial Aid, 1972-1978.
Box 17
Scope and Contents

Friend has compiled government documents and letters pertaining to the granting of federal and state aid money to Swarthmore. Includes Friend's correspondence on financial aid. Restricted.

Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Foundation, 1950-1960.
Box 17
Scope and Contents

Documents and correspondence relating to Ford Foundation grants to Swarthmore College. Collects letters to various Ford foundation advisers from Presidents Friend, Courtney Smith, Joseph Shane, John Nason Edward Cratsley (vice-president).

Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Foundation - Civilization (Venture Fund), 1974.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Foundation Venture Fund, 1975-1977.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Foundation Venture Fund, 1973-1976.
Box 18
Scope and Contents

Documents and correspondence relating to Ford Foundation Venture Fund grants to Swarthmore College. Correspondence between Theodore Friend and Edward Cratsley (vice-president) to Ford Foundation officials. Reports of use of Foundation Grants at Swarthmore.

Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Foundation - Crossland Survey on American Undergraduate Education, 1975.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Foundation-Special Program, 1960-1977.
Box 18
Scope and Contents

Documents and correspondence relating to Ford Foundation grants to Swarthmore College. Assemblage of letters to various Ford foundation advisers from Friend, Courtney Smith (former Swarthmore president), Edward Cratsley (vice-president).

Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Venture Fund Proposals, 1975 – 1976.
Box 18
Scope and Contents

Proposals submitted to Friend on use of a Ford Foundation Venture Fund Grant and correspondence between Friend and faculty over grants.

Physical Description

1 folder

Friends Social Union, 1974.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Government Regulations, Ad Hoc Committee on, 1977-1978.
Box 18
Scope and Contents

Minutes and correspondence, including board approval and reports on the creation and implementation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Government Regulations, established to consider the impact of government regulations on financial support. Friend has created a collection of articles pertaining to government regulation.

Physical Description

1 folder

History of Tenure - Central Papers, 1952-1972.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Honorary Degrees, 1977-1978.
Box 19
Scope and Contents

Documents regarding selection of Maxine Singer, Margaret Kuhn, Paul Ylvisaker and Gerard O'Neill for honorary degrees.

Physical Description

1 folder

Honorary Degrees, 1978-1979.
Box 19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence about degree recipients, copies of presentation speeches. Recipients include Stephen Cary, Sadie Alexander, William McNeill, and I.F. Stone.

Physical Description

1 folder

Honorary Degrees, 1979-1980.
Box 19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on selection the recipients for honorary degrees. Recipients include Carl Levin (letter from Senator included), J. Peter Schickele.

Physical Description

1 folder

Honorary Degrees: General Documents, 1943-1978.
Box 19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence discussing changes in approval process of honorary degrees. Letters with Julien Cornell, member of board of managers. Random memoranda about the honorary degree program

Physical Description

1 folder

Honors Program: Opening Speakers, 1948-1966.
Box 19
Scope and Contents

Letters, memoranda on different speakers. Includes correspondence as well for Swarthmore presidents Courtney Smith and John Nason. Speakers include Dave Cowden, Elizabeth Cox Wright, Everett Hunt and James Michener.

Physical Description

1 folder

Inauguration planning, 1973.
Box 19A
Scope and Contents

Includes guest lists, planning meeting minutes, invitation templates, and more.

Physical Description

1 folder

Inauguration invitation acceptances, 1973.
Box 19A
Scope and Contents

Letters to Ken Landis accepting invitation to attend Theodore Friend's inauguration.

Physical Description

1 folder

Inauguration invitation regrets, 1973.
Box 19A
Scope and Contents

Letters to Ken Landis declining invitation to attend Theodore Friend's inauguration.

Physical Description

1 folder

Information Services, 1984-1985.
Box 20
Scope and Contents

Collection of newsclippings from both Swarthmore and outsider publications. Subjects extend from internal Swarthmore events to doings of alumni

Physical Description

4 folders

Institutional Assistance Grants, 1973-1976.
Box 21
Scope and Contents

Documentation on Institutional Assistant Grants (IAG) and correspondence about audit of grant money. Grant eligibility listing. Friend has also pulled together information and notes on the Basic Education Opportunity Grant from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Copies of surveys for grants.

Physical Description

1 folder

Instruction and Libraries Committee, 1975-1981.
Box 21
Scope and Contents

Minutes and correspondence from the Instruction and Libraries Committee of the Board of Managers

Physical Description

1 folder

Investment Committee, 1979-1982.
Box 21 Box 22
Scope and Contents

Minutes, reports, correspondence from the Investment Committee of the Board of Managers.

Physical Description

2 folders

J. Roland Pennock Fellowship In Public Affairs, 1975-1976.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the financial fund to establish the fellowship

Physical Description

1 folder

Judiciary Committee, 1963-1979.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

Memorandum from law firm of Duane, Morris and Heckscher addressing legal constraints in student discipline at Swarthmore. Letters regarding disciplinary actions taken by the committee, appeals to the president. Restricted.

Physical Description

1 folder

Kenan, William R. Jr. Charitable Trust, 1973-1978.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding endowment of Kenan Chair. Includes reports on funding, information of Kenan Trust.

Physical Description

1 folder

Kinlock, Hector- Visiting Scholar, 1973-1974.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning Dr. Kinlock, Professor of American History at the Australian National University, visiting scholar in 1973-74. Predates Friend's tenure.

Physical Description

1 folder

Librarian Search, 1961-1963.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Librarian Search, 1962-1964.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Librarian Search, 1964.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Librarian Search, 1973.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Liquor Regulation, 1957-1974.
Box 22
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning alcohol policy on campus, minutes and reports from related committees

Physical Description

1 folder

Mail Routing memo, 1977.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

McCabe Library, 1967-1978.
Box 23
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning library policies, hirings, displays, etc.

Physical Description

1 folder

Mertz Dorm, 1974-1975.
Box 23
Scope and Contents

Minutes of Committee for the New Dormitory, correspondence with committee members

Physical Description

1 folder

Middle States Association, 1958-1978.
Box 23
Scope and Contents

Documents received from Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary School, copies of reports on Swarthmore sent, correspondence with members of MSA.

Physical Description

1 folder

Middle States Evaluation, 1977-1979.
Box 24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding the creation and implementation of the Evaluation of Swarthmore by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Physical Description

1 folder

NAICU Government Relations Advisory Council Agenda Materials, 1979.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1971-1974.
Box 24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from/concerning the NEH; Friend served on the National Board of Consultants and on the Institutional Development Grants Panel

Physical Description

1 folder

National Science Foundation, 1960-1974.
Box 24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and other material related to the College's grants from the National Science Foundation

Physical Description

1 folder

NCAA Council's Draft of 4/28/75, 1975-1976.
Box 25
Scope and Contents

Documents related to Title IX (concerning the funding of women's athletics): correspondence from NCAA, AIAW [Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women], Swarthmore Athletics Department

Physical Description

1 folder

Nomination Committee, 1973-1980.
Box 25
Scope and Contents

Minutes from the Nominating Committee of the Board of Managers—includes correspondence and resumes

Physical Description

1 folder

Organization at Swarthmore, 1969-1976.
Box 25
Scope and Contents

Drafts of Friend's 1976 report "Organization at Swarthmore," includes correspondence and a copy of Edward Cratsley's 1969 report "Organization and Decision Making Process."

Physical Description

1 folder

Penjerdel Corporation, 1967-1976.
Box 25
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning Swarthmore's membership in the Penjerdel Corporation

Physical Description

1 folder

Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group, 1975.
Box 25
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning establishment of a Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group branch at Swarthmore—includes faculty petition

Physical Description

1 folder

Personnel memo, 1980.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Activities Building: Construction Planning Committee, 1976-1978.
Box 26
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the Physical Activities Bulding; Minutes of the Planning Committee

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Activities Project, Report of Committee for the, 1975.
Box 26
Scope and Contents

Internal report: Overview of athletic programs and facilities at Swarthmore

Physical Description

1 folder

Presidential Search, 1961-1977.
Box 26
Scope and Contents

Correspondence about the search for Theodore Friend's successor. Includes correspondence from Jerome Kohlberg Jr., Bert Fowler (on presidential papers) and David Ellis (president of Lafayette College). Letter from Elizabeth Friend on considerations taken on a president's wife. Includes articles and letters about Friend's resignation.

Physical Description

1 folder

President's Office Expenses, 1977-1978.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Program Commission for Physical Activities Project, 1974-1977.
Box 26
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to the expansion and construction of Swarthmore athletic facilities (Ware Pool, Mullan Center, Lamb-Miller Field House, Clothier Fields, Cunningham Fields). Includes briefings from architects (Mitchell/Giurgola) and consultants and correspondence with Samuel Carpenter, chairman of the Committee for the Physical Activities Project. Includes minutes from meetings of committee with representatives from Mitchell/Giurgola.

Physical Description

1 folder

Program Committee for the New Dormitory, Report of, 1975.
Box 26
Scope and Contents

Report and building proposals

Physical Description

1 folder

Property Committee, 1975-1980.
Box c
Scope and Contents

Minutes from the Property Committee of the Board of Managers—includes correspondence, 1980 maintenance survey, pictures of groundbreaking for new dormitory (1980)

Physical Description

1 folder

Request for Permission to Use Files: Peter Weber, 1974.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Research Ethics, 1976-1978.
Box 27
Scope and Contents

Papers by the Committee on Research Ethics and Committee on Classified Work about Swarthmore faculty doing classified government research. Includes letter from ACLU executive director Aryeh Neier and correspondence with Donald A. Tortorice of Duan, Morris and Heckscher on the Freedom of Information Act and classified research.

Physical Description

1 folder

Resource planning memo, 1979.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Sommerville, 1923-1974.
Box 27
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the history of the Sommerville Society, a literary club for female students. Mostly documents from before Friend's tenure, including letters from Courtney Smith, John Nason, and Frank Aydelotte

Physical Description

1 folder

South African Investments, 1978-1982.
Box 27 Box 28 Box 29
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and other materials

Physical Description

6 folders

Staff Conferences Summaries, 1974-1981.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Missing 1980

Staff Conference, 1975.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Agenda for Staff Conference; Statistical Material for Conference

Staff Conference, 1976.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Agenda, Readings, Statistical material

Staff Conference, 1977.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Agenda, Readings, Statistical Material, Committee reports for June Conference. Also Agenda and outline of January conference

Staff Conference, 1978.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Agenda and papers

Staff Conference, 1979.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Objectives for 1979-1980

Staff Conference, 1980.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Readings, Statistical material, committee reports, handwritten notes

Staff Conference, 1981.
Box 43
Scope and Contents

Agenda, Readings, Statistics, etc

Staff Conference, 1982.
Box 43
Scope and Contents

Notes of Staff Retreat, Objectives

Staff Meetings, 1970-1975.
Box 43
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents about gynecological services on campus, implementation of Title IX, Phoenix policies, and the Mid-County Expressway (Blue Route).

Staff Meetings, January – May 1976.
Box 43
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents about report by Gehring Associates on university and college public relations, Student Life Committee, guidelines for Phoenix and WSRN interviews, guidelines for off-campus activities by college groups, Long Term Planning, and the Blue Route.

Staff Meetings, June 1976 – May 1977.
Box 43
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on Title VII, Administrative Conference, Athletics department, Housing Committee, Gynecological services, Summer Theatre Festival, discrimination against disabled persons, and age discrimination.

Staff Meetings, June – December 1977.
Box 43
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on Mission Statement (Swarthmore and Haverford), Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements, mandatory retirement legislation, Faculty searches and hiring, Statistical records of enrollment/admissions/etc, Senior Interview program, Physical Education, Delta Upsilon Casino Party and gambling regulations, Graduate School statistics, and the Robert K. Enders Scholarship.

Staff Meetings, January – July 1978.
Box 44
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on Self-Study, A Better Chance (organization for minority scholarships), Title IX, enrollment and admissions statistics, College judicial system, policy on foundational resources, fall calendar, Ad Hoc Management Evaluation Committee, South Africa and anti-Apartheid debate, renting Ashton House to students, Privacy Act legislation, Equal Opportunity Grievance Procedure, proposal for Phoenix typesetter, Space Use and Energy Conservation Committee, Mary Lyons 4 Dead Dog Memorial Art Gallery, Swarthmore mission statement, ACRU, and H.R. 12050 and H.R. 11274.

Staff Meetings, September 1978 – June 1979.
Box 44
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on mission statement, retirement (Department of Labor retirement regulation, COFHE Retirement study), Blue Route, Campus Facts and institutional data, departmental endowments, employee sick leave, Ad Hoc Committee on Management Evaluation report, Self-Evaluation Steering Committee, use of gender-neutral language, Title IX self-evaluation, Rand Corporation Civil Rights prospectus, BCC budget, Department of Education proposal, Ad Hoc Mental Health Advisory Committee report, Three-Mile Island Nuclear Power Facility, and Equal Opportunity Grievance Procedure for students.

Staff Meetings, September –December 1979.
Box 44
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on visiting committees, Lang professorships, departmental endowments, Instruction and Libraries Committee, Eugene M. Lang Scholarship, tenure and faculty reappointment, American Chemical Society, curricular innovations, Hans Mueller and disability benefits.

Staff Meetings, January – May 1980.
Box 44
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on evaluation of Education Program, curricular innovations, Flack faculty award, Hans Mueller, Sproul Observatory research, Chemistry Department visiting committee report, Swarthmore Minority Student Program, tenure and hiring decisions, counsel to the College, and Wallingford-Swarthmore School District agreement with Swarthmore College.

Staff Meetings, August – December 1980.
Box 45
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on First Collection, development planning, personal objectives, mission statement, Senior Interview summary, Mellon proposal for retirement, college release of student information for draft registration, housing statistics, Science Library proposals, Ad Hoc Committee on Black Concerns, Consortium of Cable Television, sauna proposal, and evaluation of Study Abroad programs in England and France.

Staff Meetings, January – July 1981.
Box 45
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on Board self-evaluation, Ad Hoc Committee on Black Concerns, Ad Hoc Subcommittee of Student Life, ad hoc fundraising for student organizations, development planning, Property Committee, swimming pool, Jeans burning incident, Mellon fund for the 80s, Ad Hoc Committee on Women's Concerns, Retirement, cocaine, and personal objectives.

Staff Meetings, August – December 1981.
Box 45
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on development planning, Blue Route, financial report, national service proposals in Congress, Sports Hall of Fame, alcohol, Property Committee, enrollment statistics, Parish Program Committee, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee for a memorial for Courtney Smith.

Staff Meetings, January – June 1982.
Box 45
Scope and Contents

Agenda, minutes, correspondence. Documents on early retirement, fraternities (especially the termination of Delta Upsilon's lease), Alcohol education, young alumni survey, Ad Hoc Committee on Board Self-Evaluation, Act 101, report of subcommittee of the Committee on Physical Education and Athletics regarding full-time football coach position, FY 1982-83 Budget recommendations, Emergency Committee for African Refugees, Committee on Black and Minority Concerns, Financial Aid policy, Ad Hoc Committee on College Discipline and the Judicial System, "Swarthmore Summit", reports on physical education and athletics, proposal for increase in computing capacity, use of facilities by political candidates, and statistical profile of college.

Stassinopoulos, 1982.
Box 29
Scope and Contents

Papers on Cooper-sponsored lectures give by Arianna Stassinopolous [Huffington], includes correspondence and contract

Physical Description

1 folder

Student Council Minutes, 1974.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Student Housing, 1970-1979.
Box 29
Scope and Contents

Letters regarding the implementation of coed housing at Swarthmore, inter-dormitory visitation

Physical Description

1 folder

Student Life Committee, 1975-1980.
Box 29
Scope and Contents

Minutes and correspondence from the Student Life Committee (before 1976, the Student Activities Committee) of the Board of Managers

Physical Description

1 folder

Student Mores and Morals, 1949-1974.
Box 30
Scope and Contents

A collection assembled by Friend of articles and memoranda about student petitions and writings (includes a survey of environmental attitudes of physics students, petition of support of 1960's sit-down demonstrations against segregation, petition on extension of Thanksgiving vacation). Collection includes documents before Friend's tenure.

Physical Description

1 folder

Swarthmore Statistics, n.d.
Box 30
Scope and Contents

Statistics on Swarthmore College regarding data from 1950's-1970's

Physical Description

1 folder

Swarthmore Statistics, 1949-1978.
Box 30 Box 31
Scope and Contents

A collection of data on Swarthmore including graduation statistics, enrollment statistics, major and minor statistics and an amusing anecdote about Swarthmore receives disproportionate alumni representation in the House of Representatives

Physical Description

1 folder

Teacher Education Materials, 1975.
Box 31
Scope and Contents

Internal report: Review of the Program in Education at the College

Physical Description

1 folder

Teacher Education Committee, 1982.
Box 31
Scope and Contents

Internal report: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Program in Education

Physical Description

1 folder

Three-College Minutes, 1955-1960.
Box 32
Scope and Contents

Minutes from Swarthmore/Haverford/Bryn Mawr meetings

Physical Description

1 folder

Three-College Minutes, 1961-1966.
Box 32
Scope and Contents

Minutes from Swarthmore/Haverford/Bryn Mawr meetings

Physical Description

1 folder

Three-College Minutes, 1967-1971.
Box 32
Scope and Contents

Minutes from Swarthmore/Haverford/Bryn Mawr meetings

Physical Description

1 folder

Three-College Minutes, 1972-1978.
Box 32
Scope and Contents

Minutes from Swarthmore/Haverford/Bryn Mawr meetings

Physical Description

1 folder

University City Science Center -- Minutes, 1968-1971.
Box 33
Scope and Contents

Minutes and correspondence concerning the Executive Committee of the University City Science Center. Ed Cratsley and Courtney Smith served as directors. Predates Friend's tenure.

Physical Description

1 folder

Watson Foundation, 1968-1975.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Women Students' Experiences at Swarthmore, 1976-1979.
Box 33
Scope and Contents

A collection of essays of the participation of women at Swarthmore in student offices and Phi Beta Kappa. Includes draft of Supportive History of Women at Swarthmore by Phyllis Teitelbaum.

Physical Description

1 folder

World Affiars Council, 1953-1974.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Worth Health Center, 1963-1972.
Box 33
Scope and Contents

Reports and statistics from Worth Health Center. Includes invitation to the dedication of the health center, Worth blueprints and documents regarding the construction of Worth. Majority of documents are before Friend's tenure

Physical Description

1 folder

WSRN (Radio Station), 1953-1965.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Conference on Values, Social Indicators and the Future, 1974.
Box 35
Scope and Contents

A collection of articles and draft of a speech Friend gave at a conference on Values, Social Indicators and the Future, hosted by the Center for Social and Policy Studies at Swarthmore. Friend gave the introduction for Professor James Davis from the University of Chicago. (Feb. 28 – March 1, 1974).

Physical Description

1 folder

Inauguration Citations, 1973.
Box 35
Scope and Contents

Certificates for the representatives of Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Knox College, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Vassar College, George Fox College, City University of New York, Bucknell University, Dickinson College, Temple University, State University of New York, Mount Holyoke, University of Delaware, Williams College, Lebanon Valley College, Hollins College, Columbia University, Colgate University

Physical Description

1 folder

Inauguration Papers, 1973.
Box 35
Scope and Contents

Pamphlets of Friend's inaugural address as well as program for Friend's inauguration. Correspondence with well-wishers for inauguration.

Physical Description

1 folder

Injured Knee Correspondence, 12/1974.
Box 35
Scope and Contents

Sympathy cards for injured knee

Physical Description

1 folder

Personal Correspondence, 1976-1982.
Box 36 Box 37
Scope and Contents

File mainly consists of correspondence with other academics, societies Friend was elected to, requests for academic papers, notification of inclusion in biographical compilations (Who's Who, etc), reference letters, collection of negative prints of pictures of Friend, and correspondence concerning move from Buffalo to Swarthmore.

Physical Description

1 folder

Southeast Asia Course '82—F/S/P, 1980-1982.
Box 37
Scope and Contents

Papers on a class Friend co-taught with Steve Piker and Donald Swearer on the culture, history, and religion of Southeast Asia. Includes correspondence, syllabus, exam questions.

Physical Description

1 folder

Speeches, 1974-1982.
Box 37
Scope and Contents

Collection of Friend's speeches for collection, freshman welcome, commencement, and alumni events.

Physical Description

1 folder

Speeches, 1973-1974.
Box 37A
Scope and Contents

Collection of Friend's speeches for collection, freshman welcome, commencement, and alumni events.

Physical Description

1 folder

Speeches, 1975-1982.
Box 37A
Scope and Contents

Collection of Friend's speeches for collection, freshman welcome, commencement, and alumni events.

Physical Description

1 folder

Speech Materials, Ca 1966-1977.
Box 38
Scope and Contents

Collection assembled by Friend of articles on confidentially, value of college education, college rankings for speeches.

Physical Description

1 folder

Tokyo Swarthmore Gathering, 1974-1977).
Box 38
Scope and Contents

Invitations, notes, affiliate lists for gathering of Swarthmore affiliates in Tokyo on August 5, 1977.

Physical Description

1 folder

University of Delaware Honors Program.
Box 38
Scope and Contents

Documents in conjunction with Friend's service on the Advisory Committee for the Establishment of Honors for the Freshman Honors program at the University of Delaware

Physical Description

1 folder

Ser.5 Presseisen v. Swarthmore College case files.
Scope and Contents

Barbara Presseisen was hired by Swarthmore College as a Lecturer in the Education Program in September 1970, but was not reappointed for the 1972-1973 academic year. Alleging that the renewal was based solely on her sex, Presseisen filed a violation of her rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights act of 1964. A class action was added and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) joined in 1976. At the trial, held in 1977, the court ruled in favor of the defendant, Swarthmore College. Presseisen and the EEOC appealed the decision in 1978, but the appellate court affirmed the lower court's decision.

This series consists of records relating to the case accumulated by Theodore Friend in his role as Swarthmore College President. Included are copies of formal legal documents, such as legal briefs and memoranda, as well as less official matter, such as correspondence with Swarthmore staff and lawyers, handwritten notes, and other trial preparatory materials. There are a few newspaper clippings about the case, including a special student publication entitled The Presseisen Profile, dated April 22, 1977.

This series is currently stored off-site. Please allow minimum two weeks for retrieval.

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