Columbia University bicentennial anniversary records, 1898-1957

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Series II: Conference and Convocation Materials, 1953-1954

This series contains materials related to the conferences and convocations held during the Bicentennial Anniversary year. There are transcrips and papers from the conferences and RSVP correspondence for the convocations. These materials were collected and/or transferred to the Columbiana Collection. Materials are organized by event date.


Conference Transcripts, 1954

Transcripts prepared by Charles Transcript Service


Conference I: The Metropolis in Modern Life, 1954 January 7-10



Box 32 Folder 1 I.1 The Dynamic Role of the City in Social Development, 1954 January 7


Box 32 Folder 2 I.2 The Impact of the Metropolis on the Spiritual Life of Man, 1954 January 7


Box 32 Folder 3 I.3 The Influence of the Metropolis on Concepts, Rules and Institutions Relating to Property, 1954 January 8


Box 32 Folder 4 I.4 Economic Advantages and Disadvantages of Metropolitan Concentration, 1954 January 8


Box 32 Folder 5 I.5 The Influence of Science and Technology on the Metropolis, 1954 January 8


Box 32 Folder 6 I.6 Contributions of the Metropolitan Community to the Political Institutions of a Free Society, 1954 January 9


Box 32 Folder 7 I.7 The Impact of the Metropolis on the Professions, 1954 January 9


Box 32 Folder 8 I.8 The Search for the Ideal City, 1954 January 9


Conference II: Federalism, Mature and Emergent, 1954 January 11-14


Box 32 Folder 9 II.1 Federalism in the Building and Government of Nations: The Problems of Maturing and Emergent Systems, 1954 January 11


Box 32 Folder 10 II.2 Federalism in Nations: Problems of a Working System with Special Reference to the United States, 1954 January 12


Box 32 Folder 11 II.3 Judicial Participation in the Control and Management of a Federal System, 1954 January 12


Box 32 Folder 12 II.4 Legislative and Executive Participation in the Control and Management of a Federal System, 1954 January 12


Box 32 Folder 13 II.5 The Possibilities and Limitations of Intergovernmental Cooperation, 1954 January 13


Box 32 Folder 14 II.6 Panel Discussion of Intergovernmental Fiscal Problems, 1954 January 13


Box 32 Folder 15 II.7 Supranational Experiments and Proposals on a Regional Scale, 1954 January 13


Box 32 Folder 16 II.8 Functional Developments and Problems of a Political Community, 1954 January 14


Box 32 Folder 17 II.9 The Progress of the Federal Idea with Special Reference to Europe, 1954 January 14


Conference III: National Policy for Economic Welfare at Home and Abroad, 1954 May 26-29


Box 32 Folder 18 III.1 Toward a Theory of Economic Growth, 1954 May 27


Box 32 Folder 19 III.2 Economic Potentials of the United States, 1954 May 27


Box 32 Folder 20 III.3 The Role of the United States in the World Economy, 1954 May 28


Box 32 Folder 21 III.4 Toward a More Closely Integrated Free-World Economy, 1954 May 29


Box 32 Folder 22 III.5 Economic Welfare in a Free Society, 1954 May 29


Conference V: The Unity of Knowledge, 1954 October 27-30


Box 32 Folder 23 General Session, 1954 October 28


Box 32 Folder 24 The Knowledge of Man, 1954 October 28


Box 32 Folder 25 Methods of Knowledge, 1954 October 28


Box 32 Folder 26 Languages of Knowledge, 1954 October 28


Box 32 Folder 27 Methods of Knowledge, 1954 October 29



Box 33 Folder 1 Languages of Knowledge, 1954 October 29

Morning session


Box 33 Folder 2 Languages of Knowledge, 1954 October 29

Afternoon session


Box 33 Folder 3 The Knowledge of Man, 1954 October 29


Box 33 Folder 4 Plenary Session, 1954 October 30


Conference Papers and Responses


Conference I: The Metropolis in Modern Life, 1954 January 7-9


Box 33 Folder 5 Includes papers and comments from Louis Finklestein, Paul J. Tillich, Swami Nikhilananda, S. Muhammad Ikram, George N. Shuster, Louis Chevalier, Larry Smith, Harold Mayer, Russell D. Niles, Charles M. Haar, Dana W. Atchley, John E. Burchard, Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Catherine Bauer, Alan Gregg, Myres S. McDougal, and others.


Box 33 Folder 6 Includes papers and comments from Joseph Folliet, Albert J. Reiss, Jr., Louis Chevalier, Stuart Piggot, Harold M. Lewis, Sir George Clark, Donald Young, and others.


Box 33 Folder 7 Includes papers and comments from Richard J. Neutra, A.V. Hill, Richard U. Ratcliff, Reginald Heber Smith, William Anderson, and others.


Conference II: Federalism, Mature and Emergent, 1954 January 11-14


Box 33 Folder 8 Includes papers by Norman Cousins, Carl J. Friedrich, Ingvar Svennilson, Arthur N. Holcombe, John M. Gaus, Edward W. Weidner, Hebert Wechsler, and others.


Box 33 Folder 9 Includes papers by Roy Blough, Milton Handler, Tom C. Clark, Arthur W. MacMahon, John Fischer, Charles McKinsley, and others.


Box 33 Folder 10 Includes papers by William Diebold, Jr., Paul R. Hays, Professor Dowling, and others.


Conference III: National Policy for Economic Welfare at Home and Abroad, 1954 May 27-29


Box 33 Folder 11--15 Includes papers by Gunnar Myrdal, John M. Clark, Simon Kuznets, Joseph S. Davis., 5 folders


Conference IV: National Policies for Education, Health and Social Services, 1954 June 2-5



Box 34 Folder 1 Includes papers by William G. Carr, Harold F. Clark, Barbara Wootton, Larouque, Arthur, E. Sutherland, Gordon W. Allport, and others.


Box 34 Folder 2 Includes papers and comments by Benjamin E. Youngdahl, George F. Davidson, Adlai E. Stevenson, James Russell, Barbara Ward Jackson, Henry M. Wriston, A. Whitney Griswold, Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert M. MacIver, and others.


Box 34 Folder 3 Includes papers by Richard A. Lester, William Haber, and others


Conference on Responsible Freedom in the Americas, 1954 October 25-30


Box 34 Folder 4 Includes papers by Ricardo J. Alfaro, Alceu Amoroso Lima, Jorge Basadre, M. Dantes Bellegarde, Jaime Benitez, and others.


Box 34 Folder 5 Includes papers by Harry Bernstein, Ralph Steele Boggs, Claude G. Bowers, Miron Burgin, and others.


Box 34 Folder 6 Includes papers by Carlos Davila, Fernando Diez de Medina, Gilberto Freyre, Jorge Garcia Granados, Clarence H. Haring, and others.


Box 34 Folder 7 Includes papers by Max Henriquez Urena, Ronald Hilton, B.A. Houssay, Preston E. James, Eduardo Jimenez de Arechaga, Sturgis E. Leavitt, Jorge Manach, and others.


Box 34 Folder 8 Includes papers by Alexander Marchant, Gabriela Mistral, Dana G. Munro, Mariano Picon-Salas, Galo Plaza, Salvador Salazar Arrue, Eduardo Santos, Carleton Sprague Smith, and others.


Box 34 Folder 9 Includes papers by William S. Stokes, Frank Tannenbaum, Arturo Torres-Rioseco, Otilio Ulate, William Roy Vallance, and others.


Box 34 Folder 10 Includes papers by Rafael Heliodoro Valle, Charles Wagley, Nathan L. Whetten, Arthur P. Whitaker, A. Curtis Wilgus, Silvio Zavala, and others.


Box 34 Folder 11 Includes papers by Ricardo J. Alfaro, Dantes Bellegarde, Daniel Cosio Villegas, Fernando Diez de Medina, Max Henriquez Urena, Eduardo Jimenez de Arechaga, Jorge Manach, Alexander Marchant, Richard R. Powell, Eduardo Santos, Otilio Ulate, Nathan L. Whetten, Silvio Zavala, Charles Hale, and others.


Convocation RSVPs


First Convocation, 1954 January 11



Box 35 Folder 1--3 Accepts, 1953-1954, 3 folders


Box 35 Folder 4--5 Regrets, 1953-1954, 2 folders


Second Convocation and Commencement, 1954 June 1


Box 35 Folder 6--8 Accepts, 1954, 3 folders


Box 35 Folder 9--11 Regrets, 1954, 3 folders


Special Convocation in honor of the American teacher, 1954 July 20


Box 35 Folder 12 Accepts, 1954


Box 35 Folder 13 Regrets, 1954