The records document the University Lecture series, from its beginning in 1972 to 1998. The files contain information about the speakers (cv, bio, clippings, and articles), event press release, advertisement, flyer/poster, invitation, guest lists, rsvp cards, dinner seating charts, Provost's introductory remarks, correspondence and other details about the logistics of the event. For a few, there is a transcript of the lecture. There is one lecture missing (Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1982-1983). There are also files for cancelled lectures and some with information about potential speakers within the collection. The records were put together by those in charge of coordinating the event: Arlene Jacobs, Ruth Levenson, Harriette Nieves, and Mary Frances Schlichter.
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Lionel Trilling, 1972
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Robert K. Merton, 1972-1973
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Jacques Barzun, 1972-1973
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Meyer Schapiro, 1972-1973
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Ernest Nagel, 1973-1974
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Tsung-Dao Lee, 1973-1974
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Walter Gellhorn, 1973-1974
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Sol Spiegelman, 1974-1975
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Ronald Breslow, 1974-1975
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Robert Nisbet, 1974-1975
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Cyril Harris, 1975-1976
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Donald Keene, 1975-1976
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Charles Frankel, 1975-1976
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James Marston Fitch, 1976-1977
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Robert G. Davis, 1976-1977
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William E. Lechtenburg, 1976-1977
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Eli Ginzberg, 1977-1978
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Michael Riffaterre, 1977-1978
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Diana Trilling, 1977-1978
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University lectures nominations, 1978-1979
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Fritz Stern, 1978-1979
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Mario Salvadori, 1978-1979
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Louis Henkin, 1978-1979
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Wm. Theodore deBary, 1979-1980
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Edith Porada, 1979-1980
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Cyrus Levinthal, 1979-1980
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Robert Owen Paxton, 1980-1981
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Quentin Anderson, 1980-1981
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Chien-Shiung Wu, 1980-1981
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Stanley Schachter, 1981-1982
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William Kenneth Jones, 1981-1982
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Eric R. Kandel, 1981-1982
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Richard Axel, 1982-1983
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Edward Said, 1982-1983
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David J. Rothman, 1983-1984
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Marshall D. Shulman, 1983-1984
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Malvin A. Ruderman, 1983-1984
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Richard Brilliant, 1984-1985
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Joseph F. Traub, 1984-1985
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Seweryn Bialer, 1984-1985
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Arthur C. Danto, 1985-1986
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Keith Reemtsma, 1985-1986
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Carolyn Heilbrun, 1985-1986
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Carl Woodring, 1986-1987
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Kenneth Frampton, 1986-1987, 2 folders
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Maurice Rosenberg, 1986-1987
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Robert Austerlitz, 1987-1988
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Argiris Efstratiadis, 1987-1988
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Jack Beeson, 1987-1988, 2 folders
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University Lectures - suggested candidates, 1979-1980
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Robert Towers, 1988-1989
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Kenneth Jackson, 1988-1989
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Louis Lowenstein, 1988-1989
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Walter Mischel, 1989-1990
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Vincent Blasi, 1989-1990
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Alfred Stepan, 1989-1990
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Lewis P. Rowland, 1990-1991
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Bernard Tschumi, 1990-1991
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Steven Marcus, 1990-1991
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Kent Greenawalt, 1991-1992
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Thomas M. Jessell, 1991-1992
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Eric Foner, 1991-1992
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Jagdish Bhagwati, 1992-1993
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Koji Nakanishi, 1992-1993
(cancelled due to illness, rescheduled)
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David Rosand, 1992-1993
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Koji Nakanishi, 1993-1994
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Nancy Wexler, 1993-1994
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Caroline Bynum, 1993-1994
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Carol Gluck, 1994-1995
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Vincent R. Racaniello, 1994-1995
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Robert A.M. Stern, 1995-1996
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Stephen Murray, 1995-1996
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Simon Schama, 1995-1996
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Richard Axel, 1996-1997
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Ann Douglas, 1996-1997
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Ricardo Dalla-Favera, 1996-1997
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James Schamus, 1996-1997
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Ann Douglas, 1997-1998
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Karen Antman, 1997-1998
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Alan Brinkley, 1997-1998
The electronic files consist of programs, posters, guest lists, biographies, planning documents, and photographs covering the years 2002 to 2016.