1940 - 1949 Commencement
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1940 Henry Wallace
1941 Robert Lynd
1942 William Batt
1943 Robert D. Leigh
1944 Alexander Meiklejohn
1945 Justice Frank Murphy
1946 Reinhold Niebuhr
1947 Lewis Webster Jones
1948 Erich Fromm
1949 Hubert H. Humphrey
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Item Opening Remarks of the President 1941 (Leigh)(Bennington College, 1941)Item Western Union Correspondence between Lewis Webster Jones and Anne O'Hare McCormick(Bennington College, 1945-05-22)Item Western Union Correspondence between Lewis Webster Jones and E.B. White(Bennington College, 1945-06-15)"Thanks for your friendly invitation to speak at Bennington. Sorry must decline because of incurable fear of platform and young girls. I wish I were different. E.B. White"Item Western Union Correspondence between Lewis Webster Jones and Thomas Mann(Bennington College, 1945-06-14)Item Introduction of Commencement Speaker Robert Leigh by President Lewis Webster Jones(Bennington College, 1943-07-30)In his introduction of commencement speaker, Robert Devore Leigh, President Lewis Webster Jones reveals a special announcement. The student house known as Jennings, will be renamed Leigh, after the former president and Fairview will be called Jennings Hall.Item Opening Remarks of the President 1942 (Jones)(Bennington College, 1942)Item Mr. Burkhardt's Remarks at Commencement July 2, 1949(Bennington College, 1949-07-02)Item 1947 College Week - Special Commencement Edition(1947-07-10)Special Commencement Edition of a 1947 College Week.Item 1946 College Week - Special Commencement Edition(1946-07-18)Special Commencement Edition of a 1946 College Week.Item 1945 College Week - Special Commencement Edition(Bennington College, 1945-07-19)Special Commencement Edition of a 1945 College Week.Item 1943 Commencement Photo(1943)Item 1942 Commencement Speech W.L. Batt(1942)W.L. Batt speaks at the 1942 Bennington College Commencement Ceremony.Item 1942 Commencement Photo(1942)Item 1941 Commencement Photo(1941)Item Opening Remarks of President Leigh at 1940 Commencement(1940-06-15) Leigh, RobertOpening remarks of President Leigh at the 1940 degree-conferring ceremony.Item Letter to W. L. Batt About Graduation Speech(1942-03-31) Jones, Lewis WebsterItem 1942 Commencement Plans(1942-04-14)Item March 1942 Letter from W. L. Batt to President Jones(1942-03-20) Batt, W. L.Batt writes to President Jones requesting some guidance in the writing of his graduation speech.Item W.L. Batt Accepts Offer to Speak at 1942 Graduation(1942-03-20) Batt, W. L.W. L. Batt writes to President Jones accepting his invitation to speak at the 1942 graduation.Item W. L. Batt's Invitation to Speak at 1942 Graduation(1942-02-20)