Universities and colleges--Mergers

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Sam Fleming Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0143
Abstract These papers are made up primarily of materials relating to Sam Fleming and Vanderbilt and include items from his time as an undergraduate (1924-1928), his tenure on the Board of Trust (1952-1981), the Athletic program, and building of the new stadium, speeches and remarks by Fleming and others, and the Merger of Vanderbilt with Peabody College in 1979, when Fleming was chairman of the Board of Trust. This collection also includes nine items, historic documents or concerning historic...
Dates: 1924 - 1981
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Voices of Peabody Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0606
Abstract This collection contains 30 interviews conducted from 2005-2006 documenting the diverse experiences of the merger of Vanderbilt University with George Peabody College for Teachers in 1979. There are interviews with faculty, staff, former students, and former Board Members both at Vanderbilt and Peabody. The collection covers a range of questions including changes brought about at both institutions by the merger and reactions to the announcement of the merger and coverage by the news...
Dates: 2005 - 2006
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

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