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Commencement ceremonies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Driscoll Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3124
Scope and Contents The papers consist of one scrapbook and one letter received by Driscoll Pharmacy in 1928 that was delivered via airmail piloted by Charles Lindbergh. The scrapbook comprises the bulk of the collection and dates from 1920 to 1927, with the bulk of its items dating from 1922 to 1924. The scrapbook was disassembled for preservation purposes and page numbers were added. The collection is arranged chronologically and by scrapbook page number. The scrapbook was kept by Helen Driscoll...
Dates: 1920-1928; Majority of material found within 1922-1924

Ruth Eliot Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1824
Scope and Contents

The collection includes several letters written by William Greenleaf Eliot; papers relating to Washington University; papers relating to the Church of the Messiah; and papers of the Eliot family.

Dates: 1848-1960

Norma E. Kessler Commencement Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3128
Scope and Contents

The papers are comprised of two items: Norma E. Goyer’s eighth grade diploma and the commencement program from the Ritenour Consolidated School District dated May 20, 1926. The program provides lists of eighth grade graduates from the Overland School and from the Home Heights School.

Dates: 1926 May 20

Roosevelt High School Graduation Programs

 Collection
Identifier: A3303
Scope and Contents

The collection contains seven Roosevelt High School commencement programs dated 1925-1956.

Dates: 1925-1956

Washington University, School of Medicine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3115
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a 1930 commencement program for Washington University including the School of Medicine and the Rules and Regulations of the Student Honor System for the School of Medicine. The Student Honor System was administered by a Student Honor Committee and a Discipline Committee. The School of Medicine required students to sign a pledge promising to “act in accord with honesty and truth” in regards to relations with teachers, fellow students, and others.

Dates: 1930

Woodruff Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1767
Scope and Contents The collection contains two items that are clearly from the Woodruff family, namely, the bound school notebook of F.C. Woodruff and the Missouri Historical Society family history form, filled out by Frederick Eno Woodruff. However, the remainder of the collection is a disparate assortment of documents that cannot be readily associated with the Woodruff family. Other surnames that appear in the collection more than once are Fauntleroy, Schrage, and Uhlich. ...
Dates: 1850-1957