1950-1959 Photographs
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Item Kenneth Burke(Bennington College, 1950)Kenneth Burke was a member of the Bennington literature faculty from 1942-1962. Date issued is approximate - "in 1950's" written on back of a similar photo. Tom Brockway may have taken this photo. A similar photo of Kenneth Burke was attributed to him. http://hdl.handle.net/11209/10992Item Commons dining hall(1950)Item Kenneth Burke(Bennington College, 1950)Kenneth Burke was a member of the Bennington literature faculty from 1942-1962. Date issued is approximate - "in 1950's" written on back of photo.Item Suzanne Snowden Album(1950) Snowden, SuzanneItem Coe Norton(1950)"Other additions to the Drama Department are five men who are working on a student-faculty assistant basis. They have come to Bennington under the GI Bill of Rights in order to obtain greater experience and a fuller theatre education. Coe Norton has come from the Actor's Laboratory Theatre in Hollywood where he has played in many of their productions, among them Peer, in "Peer Gynt." He has played in various motion pictures and in coming to Bennington relinquished a part in Broadway's forthcoming musical "Lend an Ear." He is referenced in student newspapers from 1948 through 1951.Item Howard Nemerov at a Book Signing "Guide to Ruins"(Bennington College, 1950)Howard Nemerov at a book signing for his book "Guide to Ruins" which was first published in 1950, so this photo is tentatively dated in 1950.Item Collection of photographs at Bennington College in the 1950s.(1950-02) UnknownItem Max Otto Speaks with Students(Bennington College, 1950-04)Item Ira Reid and George Soule(Bennington College, 1950-04)Item Erich Fromm Speaks at Bennington's Conference on Contemporary America(Bennington College, 1950-04)Item Ira Reid, Max Otto & Frederick Burkhardt(Bennington College, 1950-04)Item Max Otto Speaks at Bennington's Conference on Contemporary America(Bennington College, 1950-04)Item Dr. Ralph Bunche and Frederick Burkhardt(Bennington College, 1950-04)Item Dr. Ralph Bunche Speaks at Bennington's Conference on Contemporary America(Bennington College, 1950-04-21)Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1903 or 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be so honored in the history of the prize. He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. In 1963, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy. Dr. Bunche spoke at Bennington's Conference on Contemporary America in April of 1950. His topic was entitled "How the United Nations Works for Peace."Item Howard Nemerov sitting and smoking a cigarette in 1952(Bennington College, 1952)Howard Nemerov, sitting and smoking a cigarette in 1952. Two images are included, as the original is torn, and there is what appears to be a magazine or newspaper clipping of the same photo glued to the back of the original.Item Item Kay Crawford Murray '56(1956)Date of photograph is estimated. Kay Crawford Murray '56 was the 1993 commencement speaker.Item Suzanne Shepherd graduating class(1956) UnidentifiedItem Item Eugene Goossen and Howard Nemerov March 25th, 1958(Bennington College, 1958-03-25)Eugene Goossen and Howard Nemerov on March 25th, 1958.