University Ceremonies records, 1921-2010

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Series II: Guest records

This series contains the records from guests either in the form of responses to invitations or signatures in the University guest books. The "accepts and regrets" are letters, not forms, received from invitees. The guest books, which were kept in the Office of the Secretary (212 Low Library), can include transcriptions which identify the signees by name and title.


RSVPs or Acceptances and Regrets

These records are organized alphabetically. The responses are sometimes sorted by acceptances and regrets and sometimes by invited groups (i.e., trustees). The responses are, for the most part, handwritten personal notes, and not a reply form with check boxes.



Box 3 Folder 10 Bayar, Celal (President of Turkey) - Blue Tickets, 1954


Box 3 Folder 12 Bayar, Celal (President of Turkey) - Regrets, 1954


Box 3 Folder 11 Bayar, Celal (President of Turkey) - White Tickets, 1954



Box 1 Folder 1 Cabot Prizes - Acceptances, 1939


Box 1 Folder 2--4 Cabot Prizes - Regrets, 1939

William David Ross (Sir David) visiting professor of philosophy at Columbia University and Provost of Oriel College at Oxford



Box 2 Folder 1--3 Cabot Prizes - Regrets, 1940


Box 2 Folder 9--11 Cabot Prizes, 1945



Box 3 Folder 1--3 Cabot Prizes, 1946


Box 3 Folder 8 Cabot Prizes - Acceptances, 1953


Box 3 Folder 9 Cabot Prizes - Regrets, 1953



Box 1 Folder 5--7 Chapel Organ Dedication - Acceptances, 1939



Box 28 Folder 23 Churchill, Winston, Convocation - Acceptances and Rejects, 1946



Box 29 Folder 1 Churchill, Winston, Convocation - Acceptances and Rejects, 1946



Box 5 Folder 1 Commencement - Acceptances, 1939


Box 5 Folder 3--5 Commencement - Regrets, 1939


Box 5 Folder 2 Commencement – Letters from Trustees and Former Trustees, 1939


Box 5 Folder 9--10 Commencement - Regrets, 1940


Box 5 Folder 8 Commencement – Letters from Trustees and Former Trustees, 1940



Box 11 Folder 10--12 Commencement - Acceptances and Regrets, 1941



Box 9 Folder 1 Commencement - Acceptances, 1942


Box 9 Folder 2--3 Commencement - Regrets, 1942


Box 9 Folder 4--6 Commencement - Acceptances and Regrets, 1943


Box 9 Folder 7--9 Commencement - Acceptances and Regrets, 1944


Box 9 Folder 10--11 Commencement - Acceptances and Regrets, 1946


Box 9 Folder 12 Commencement - Acceptances and Regrets, 1947



Box 10 Folder 1--2 Commencement - Acceptances and Regrets, 1947


Box 10 Folder 3--5 Commencement - Acceptances and Regrets, 1948


Box 10 Folder 6--7 Commencement - Acceptances, 1949


Box 10 Folder 8--10 Commencement - Regrets, 1949


Box 10 Folder 11--12 Commencement - Acceptances, 1951


Box 10 Folder 13 Commencement - Regrets, 1951



Box 11 Folder 1--2 Commencement - Regrets, 1951


Box 11 Folder 3 Commencement - Acceptances, 1952


Box 11 Folder 4--5 Commencement - Regrets, 1952


Box 11 Folder 6 Commencement - Acceptances, 1953


Box 11 Folder 7--9 Commencement - Regrets, 1953



Box 29 Folder 2 Commencement - Acceptances, 1955


Box 29 Folder 3--4 Commencement - Regrets, 1955



Box 5 Folder 6--7 Commencement Supper - Acceptances and Regrets, 1939


Box 5 Folder 11--12 Commencement Supper - Acceptances and Regrets, 1940



Box 18 Folder 19 Convocation in recognition of the growing spirit of communication among the religious faiths - Acceptances and Regrets, 1944



Box 29 Folder 5 Das Memorial Lectures - Acceptances and Regrets, 1950



Box 3 Folder 5 Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, Convocation (Archbishop of Canterbury), 1946



Box 2 Folder 4--8 King George II of Greece Convocation, 1942



Box 3 Folder 7 Masaryk, Jan Dinner (Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia), 1946


Box 3 Folder 6 National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society Members Reception, 1946



Box 1 Folder 8--12 Ross, Sir W.D. Convocation - Acceptances and Regrets, 1939



Box 18 Folder 20 Scelba, Mario, Convocation - Acceptances, 1955


Box 18 Folder 21 Scelba, Mario, Convocation - Regrets, 1955



Box 3 Folder 13-14 Shah of Iran Convocation - Acceptances, 1955


Box 3 Folder 15 Shah of Iran Convocation - Regrets, 1955



Box 29 Folder 6 Special Convocation in Connection with the Congress on Education for Democracy (Fred Clarke) - Acceptances and Regrets, 1939


Box 29 Folder 7 Tea for Latin American Students - Acceptances and Regrets, 1941



Box 3 Folder 4 United Nations Secretariat Reception, 1946


Visitors' Guest Books



Box 19 Folder 19 Visitors' Guest Books, 1904 September-1939 August


Box 19 Folder 20 University Guest Book transcription, 1904-1931

Transcript with occasion, date, signatures and identification of signers


Box 19 Folder 21 University Guest Book transcription, 1932-1948


Box 19 Folder 22 Visitors Book, 1960 September-1977 October


Box 19 Folder 23 Visitors Book, 1978 April-1998 June