Office of Public Affairs, Assembly Series Lectures (WUA00063), 1949-2015 | WUA University Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Office of Public Affairs, Assembly Series Lectures (WUA00063), 1949-2015

ID: WUA/01/wua00063

Primary Creator: Assembly Series Office - Washington University in St. Louis

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains recordings of the Assembly Series Lectures. Topics of the lectures vary widely.

Recordings are listed by Assembly Series Lecture (ASL) number-- a unique identifier-- then by speaker name and lecture title. The physical format of the recording is noted in brackets. Because of the large size of this collection recordings are described in separate finding aids.

Digital copies of certain lectures from the later 2000s are available for research. These digital materials are only available to be reviewed in the University Archives Reading Room. Please contact the University Archives for more information.

A printed guide to lectures from 1949 - Spring 1991 is also available; see Checklist of Video & Sound Recordings in the Department of Special Collections, available in Archives and in the circulating collection of Olin Library.

Collection Historical Note

For a half century, the Washington University Assembly Series has brought some of the most important voices in contemporary society to campus. The lectures, which represent a broad range of topics designed to complement the University's curriculum, are free and open to the public.

Support for the lecture series comes from Student Union and the University, as well as from other student groups, academic departments, and schools.

Administrative Information

Repository: WUA University Archives

Accruals: Accruals are interfiled.

Access Restrictions: This collection has some restrictions; please contact the University Archivist (314) 935-9730.

Use Restrictions:

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Acquisition Method: Recordings are transferred to University Archives by staff from the Office of Public Affairs on an ongoing basis.

Preferred Citation: [Item description]. From the [collection title, series, box, folder]. University Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.

Processing Information: Processed by University Archives Staff. Material is continually added to this collection and is processed as it is received.

Finding Aid Revision History:

Collection finding aid reviewed and updated for XML encoding by Archives staff in 2010.

This finding aid was entered into Archon by Meg Tuomala in November 2012.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Assembly Series Lectures, 1949-1959],
[Series 2: Assembly Series Lectures, 1960-1969],
[Series 3: Assembly Series Lectures, 1970-1979],
[Series 4: Assembly Series Lectures, 1980-1989],
[Series 5: Assembly Series Lectures, 1990-1999],
[Series 6: Assembly Series Lectures, 2000-2009],
[Series 7: Assembly Series Lectures, 2010-2015],
[Series 8],
[All]

Series 1: Assembly Series Lectures, 1949-1959

Folder 1: ASL49-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: What Poland Stands For, April 29, 1949: Speaker: Joseph Winiewicz; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 2: ASL49_1-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 7, 1949: Speaker: Paul G. Hoffman

Folder 3: ASL49_1-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, May 2, 1905: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Summer Session 1949

Folder 4: ASL1950_1-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Report on India Trip, February 17, 1950: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: St. Louis Council on World Affairs Luncheon

Folder 5: ASL1950_3-22

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) - original and cassette tape - copy

Item 1: History of European Civilization, May 23, 1950: Speaker: Roland G. Usher; Sponsor/Event: Final lecture of Professor Roland G. Usher

Folder 6: ASL1950_1-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Baccalaureate Address, June 5, 1950: Speaker: Vijaya Lakshima Pandit

Folder 7: ASL1950_1-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 6, 1950: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: Bernard M. Baruch

Folder 8: ASL1950_1-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Talk on World Brotherhood Organization, July 13, 1950: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Summer Session 1950

Folder 9: ASL1950_1-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Life in a University, July 23, 1950: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Kappa Sigma House Dedication

Folder 10: ASL1950_1-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Address to Students, September 21, 1950: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Freshman Convocation, Fall 1950

Folder 11: ASL1951_1-9

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (4 reels); cassette tapes can be found in Commencement Series (2 tapes)

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 6, 1951: Speaker: George C. Marshall

Folder 12: ASL1951_1-10

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, June 28, 1951: Speaker: Dr. Charles Allen Thomas; Sponsor/Event: Summer Session

Folder 13: 1951_1-10

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Address, June 28, 1951: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Summer Session

Folder 14: ASL1952_1-11

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 11, 1952: Speaker: Karl T. Compton,

Folder 15: ASL1952_1-12

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Strength Through Truth, October 1, 1952: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Washington University Centennial All-University Convocation

Folder 16: ASL52-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: U.S. Foreign Policy, October 23, 1952: Speaker: John Foster Dulles; Sponsor/Event: Washington University Centennial-Homecoming

Folder 17: ASL52-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, October 27, 1952: Speaker: Jonathan Daniels; Sponsor/Event: Washington University Centennial-Homecoming

Folder 18: ASL52-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Dating Archaeological Remains by the Carbon Method, November 12, 1952: Speaker: Willard F. Libby; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 19: ASL52-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: You and Your Place in 1952, November 19, 1952: Speaker: Gilbert C. Wrenn; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 20: ASL52-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Universal Values in the Modern World, November 26, 1952: Speaker: Ralph Linton; Sponsor/Event: Thanksgiving Assembly

Folder 21: ASL52-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Education in the Next Hundred Years, December 10, 1952: Speaker: Gerald Heard(Henry Fitgerald Heard); Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 22: ASL52-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel tape (4 reels) and CD

Item 1: Human Intelligence and the Flying Saucer, December 17, 1952: Speaker: Gerald Heard (Henry Fitgerald Heard); Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series Graham Chapel

Folder 23: ASL52-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: What the Nations Seek in Education, December 17, 1952: Speaker: George T. Stoddard; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 24: ASL53-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Moral Imagination, January 14, 1953: Speaker: Norman Cousins; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 25: ASL53-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Role of the Press in a Democracy, February 11, 1953: Speaker: Irving Dillard; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series
Item 2: Role of the Press in a Democracy, February 11, 1953: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: Norman Isaacs; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series
Item 3: Role of the Press in a Democracy, February 11, 1953: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: Audrey Kreitman; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series
Item 4: Role of the Press in a Democracy, February 11, 1953: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: Louis LaCoss; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 26: ASL53-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Brotherhood Through Knowledge, February 18, 1953: Speaker: Ferdinand Isserman; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 27: ASL53-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (6 reels)

Item 1: Address, February 21, 1953: Speaker: Harry Gibbs; Sponsor/Event: Washington University Centennial Cavalcade; Notes: Tape of KSD Radio Broadcast

Folder 28: ASL53-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Voice of St. Louis, February 22, 1953: Speakers: Arthur Holly Compton, Rex Davis; Sponsor/Event: Washington University Centennial Cavalcade; Notes: Washington University Chorus

Folder 29: ASL53-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Crisis of Truth, February 22, 1953: Speaker: Charles Malik; Sponsor/Event: Washington University Centennial Rededication Convocation

Folder 30: ASL53-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Crusade of Ideas, February 25, 1953: Speaker: Wilson M. Compton; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 31: ASL53-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Address, March 11, 1953: Speakers: James Hickok and Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 32: ASL53-9

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Firing Lines Ahead, March 11, 1953: Speaker: Eugene E. Barnett; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 33: ASL53-10

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Debate on Women's Rights, March 18, 1953: Speaker: Ross Boone, Julia Watson, Jack Pierson, and Fay Bussel; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 34: ASL53-11

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Free Men in a Frightened World, March 25, 1953: Speaker: Ralph W. Sockman; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 35: ASL53-12

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Appraisal and Summary of the Plot of Verdi's "Falstaff, April 22, 1953: Speaker: Boris Goldovsky; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 36: ASL53-13

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Role of the Creative Artist in America Today, April 29, 1953: Speaker: Aaron Copland; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 37: ASL53-14

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Dogmatism, Skepticism, and Rational Belief, May 13, 1953: Speaker: A. Cornelius Benjamin; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 38: ASL53-15

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Essence of a Business Philosophy: The "U" in Business, May 20, 1953: Speaker: Kenneth McFarland; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 39: ASL53-16

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Baccalaureate Address 1953, June 7, 1953: Speaker: Arthur Lichtenberger,

Folder 40: ASL53-17

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: American Literature and the American Language, June 9, 1953: Speaker: T.S. Eliot; Sponsor/Event: Address to the Graduating Class

Folder 41: ASL1953_1-13

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Alumni-Senior Dinner Dance, June 9, 1953: Speaker: Dr. Arthur Holly Compton and Mrs. Compton

Folder 42: ASL1953_1-14

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (4 reels)

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 10, 1953: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton,

Folder 43: ASL53-18

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Atoms, Electricity, and the Quest for the Best, September 30, 1953: Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 44: ASL53-19

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: College Football-Big Business, October 7, 1953: Speaker: Carl Snavely; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 45: ASL53-20

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Challenge of Communism in Asia, October 14, 1953: Speaker: Chester Bowles; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 46: ASL53-21

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels and copy on 1 reel)

Item 1: Fear and Freedom, November 23, 1953: Speaker: Gerald Heard (Henry Fitzgerald Heard); Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 47: ASL53-22

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels and copy on 1 reel)

Item 1: Thanksgiving Address, November 25, 1953: Speaker: Gerald Heard (Henry Fitzgerald Heard); Sponsor/Event: Thanksgiving Assembly

Folder 48: ASL54-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Freedom and the Universities, January 13, 1954: Speaker: Howard Mumford Jones; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 49: ASL54-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Fear of Freedom, March 3, 1954: Speaker: James T. Farrell; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 50: ASL54-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Fear and Freedom, March 17, 1954: Speaker: Norman Cousins; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 51: ASL54-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) - original and 4 CDs - copies

Item 1: Zen for Today, April 20, 1954: Speaker: Daisetz Suzuki; Sponsor/Event: Comparative Religion Lecture Series

Folder 52: ASL54-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) and 8 CDs - copies

Item 1: Meeting of East and West, April 21, 1954: Speaker: Daisetz Suzuki; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 53: ASL54-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) and 2 cassette tapes - copies

Item 1: United Nations--Our Stronghold for Peace, May 4, 1954: Speaker: Eleanor Roosevelt; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 54: ASL1954_1-15

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Looking Ahead, May 12, 1954: Speaker: Ethan A.H. Shepley; Sponsor/Event: Family Day Convocation

Folder 55: ASL54-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Baccalaureate Address: The World Rests Upon 3 Things-Learning, Religion and Good Deeds, June 6, 1954: Speaker: Ferdinand Isserman; Sponsor/Event: Baccalaureate Service 1954

Folder 56: ASL54-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (4 reels)

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 9, 1954: Speaker: Charles Malik; Sponsor/Event: Commencement 1954

Folder 57: ASL54-9

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: This I Believe, October 27, 1954: Speaker: Hu Shih; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 58: ASL54-10

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Why Moscow Fears the Atlantic Union, November 10, 1954: Speaker: Clarence Kirshman Streit; Sponsor/Event: Beaumont Lecture Series

Folder 59: ASL54-11

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Thanksgiving Address, November 24, 1954: Speaker: Abba Hillel Silver; Sponsor/Event: Thanksgiving Assembly

Folder 60: ASL55-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Address, February 19, 1955: Speaker: Ethan A.H. Shepley; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation-Reception for Sponsors

Folder 61: ASL55-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Problem of Refugees from Responsibility, February 19, 1955: Speaker: Abram L. Sachar; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Alumni Luncheon

Folder 62: ASL55-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Problem of Refugees from Responsibility, February 19, 1955: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: Mary Wickes and James M. Dogulas; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Alumni Luncheon

Folder 63: ASL55-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Blessings of Liberty, February 19, 1955: Speaker: Earl Warren; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Alumni Luncheon, Keynote Address

Folder 64: ASL55-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Problem of Refugees from Responsibility, February 19, 1955: Speaker: Charles W. Bryan; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Alumni Luncheon

Folder 65: ASL55-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (4 reels)

Item 1: Afternoon of Familiar Music, February 20, 1955: Speaker: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Soloists; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Special Performance at Kiel Opera House

Folder 66: ASL55-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (3 reels)

Item 1: Liberty and the University, February 20, 1955: Speaker: Grayson Kirk; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Spiritual Emphasis Assembly
Item 2: Freedom Under God, February 20, 1955: Speaker: Howard Thurman; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Spiritual Emphasis Assembly

Folder 67: ASL55-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (3 reels)

Item 1: Path to Freedom, February 21, 1955: Speaker: Florence E. Allen; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Women's Assembly

Folder 68: ASL55-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (3 reels)

Item 1: Liberal Education and Freedom, February 21, 1955: Speaker: Robert E. Wilson; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Business and Industry Dinner

Folder 69: ASL55-9

Physical Description: reel- to-reel (6 reels (2 reels in a set and 4 reels in a set))

Item 1: Fighting For...The Blessings of Liberty, February 22, 1955: Speaker: Carlos Romulo; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Washington's Birthday Assembly
Item 2: Address, February 22, 1955: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: Arthur Holly Compton; Sponsor/Event: Second Century Convocation - Washington's Birthday Assembly

Folder 70: ASL55-11

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) and reel-to-reel - copy

Item 1: This I Believe, April 22, 1955: Speaker: Gerald Heard (Henry Fitzgerald Heard); Sponsor/Event: This I Believe Lecture Series

Folder 71: ASL55-12

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (4 reels, including copy of reel 1 labeled

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 8, 1955: Speaker: Ethan A.H. Shepley; Sponsor/event: Commencement 1955

Folder 72: ASL55-13

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Should Red China Be Admitted to the U. N.?, October 26, 1955: Speakers: Bill Costello and Leon Pearson; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 73: ASL55-14

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Thanksgiving Address, November 23, 1955: Speaker: Robert I. Kahn; Sponsor/Event: Thanksgiving Assembly

Folder 74: ASL55-15

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Conquest of Space, December 7, 1955: Speaker: Willey Ley; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 75: ASL55-16

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Address, May 8, 1905: Speaker: W.H. Auden; Sponsor/Event: Oreon E. Scott Symposium, "The Writer and His Public"

Folder 76: ASL55-17

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Address, May 8, 1905: Speaker: Randall Jarrell; Sponsor/Event: Oreon E. Scott Symposium, "The Writer and His Public"

Folder 77: ASLNA

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Author and His Public (The Modern Poem): A Cry in the Night, May 8, 1955: Speaker: William Carlos Williams; Sponsor/event: Oreon E. Scott Symposium, "The Writer and His Public"

Folder 78: ASL1956_5-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, January 1, 1956: Speaker: Norman Cousins; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 79: ASL56-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Escape from the Iron Curtain, March 14, 1956: Speaker: Princess Catherine Caradja of Rumania; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 80: ASL56-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, March 21, 1956: Speaker: Huston Smith; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Series

Folder 81: ASL56-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Obligation of Excellence, April 7, 1956: Speaker: Leigh Gardine; Sponsor/Event: High School Honors Day

Folder 82: ASL56-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Washington University Athletic Policy and the St. Louis Cardinals, April 11, 1956: Speaker: Frank Lane; Sponsor/Event: Athletic Assembly

Folder 83: ASL56-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: What Is Life, April 18, 1956: Speaker: Barry Commoner; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 84: ASL56-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Choice of a President, April 25, 1956: Speaker: Thomas H. Eliot; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 85: ASL56-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Preservation of Independence, May 2, 1956: Speaker: Charles E. Wyzanski; Sponsor/Event: Sponsored by the Law School

Folder 86: ASL56-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: U.N. In Its Second Decade, May 9, 1956: Speaker: Ralph Bunche; Sponsor/Event: Eliot Honors Convocation

Folder 87: ASL1956_2-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (3 reels)

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 6, 1956: Speaker: Paul Freund; Sponsor/Event: Commencement 1956

Folder 88: ASL56-9

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Baccalaureate Address, June 11, 1956: Sponsor/Event: Baccalaureate Service 1956

Folder 89: ASL56-10

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: America Untried, October 31, 1956: Speaker: Edward Weltin; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 90: ASL56-11

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: H-Bombs: The Morning After, November 7, 1956: Speaker: E.E. Condon; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 91: ASL56-12

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Who Made America?, November 14, 1956: Speaker: Stuart A. Queen; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 92: ASL56-13

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Thanksgiving Address, November 21, 1956: Speaker: Lou H. Silberman; Sponsor/Event: Thanksgiving Assembly

Folder 93: ASL56-14

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Post-Election Economic Outlook, November 28, 1956: Speaker: Edwin G. Nourse; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 94: ASL57-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, January 9, 1957: Speaker: Paul Roberts; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 95: ASL57-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: This Land of Opportunity, February 20, 1957: Speaker: Jesse Owens; Sponsor/Event: National Brotherhood Week Convocation

Folder 96: ASL57-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Common Heritage, March 6, 1957: Speaker: Alexander Buchan; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 97: ASL57-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Woodrow Wilson, the World Leader, March 27, 1957: Speaker: Louis Brownlow; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 98: ASL57-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, MONTH 99, 1970 [sic]: Speakers: Ethan A.H. Shepley, Frank Berry, Russell C. Brock, Joseph C. Hinsey, Alfred Blalock, and William Scarlett; Sponsor/Event: Evarts A. Graham (Professor of Surgery, W.U. Medical School) - Memorial Service

Folder 99: ASL57-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: American Scholar in Greece, April 3, 1957: Speaker: George Mylonas; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 100: ASL57-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Religion as Perspective, May 8, 1957: Speaker: James A. Pike; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 101: ASL57-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) - original and cassette tape - copy

Item 1: Science and the Modern World, May 15, 1957: Speaker: Linus Pauling; Sponsor/Event: Eliot Honors Convocation

Folder 102: ASL1957_2-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (3 reels)

Item 1: Commencement Address, June 12, 1957: Speaker: Raymond R. Tucker; Sponsor/Event: Commencement 1957

Folder 103: ASL1957_2-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Baccalaureate Address, June 9, 1957: Speaker: Wesley H. Hager; Sponsor/Event: Baccalaureate Service 1957

Folder 104: ASL57-9

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) - original and 2 cassette tapes - copies

Item 1: America's Responsibility for World Leadership, October 16, 1957: Speaker: Eleanor Roosevelt; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 105: ASL57-10

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, October 30, 1957: Speaker: Leslie Chabay; Sponsor/Event: Music Assembly

Folder 106: ASL57-11

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels) - original and cassette tape - copy

Item 1: Faces of Aspiration, November 6, 1957: Speaker: Huston Smith; Sponsor/Event: Student Religious Council Day Lecture

Folder 107: ASL57-12

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Treasures Money Can't Buy, November 13, 1957: Speaker: Ivy Baker Priest: Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 108: ASL57-13

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Conquest of Nearby Space, November 19, 1957: Speaker: Willey Ley; Sponsor/Event: Engineers' Council Lecture

Folder 109: ASL57-14

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: French and American Responsibilities in North Africa, November 20, 1957: Speaker: Ian Forbes Fraser; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 110: ASL57-15

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Thanksgiving Address, November 27, 1957: Speaker: Julius Mark; Sponsor/Event: Thanksgiving Assembly

Folder 111: ASL57-16

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Address, MONTH 99, 1970 [sic]: Speakers: Helen K. Porter, Bernardo A. Houssay, William Scarlett, Severs Ochoa, and Ethan A.H. Shepley; Sponsor/Event: Dr. Gerty Theresa Cori Memorial Lecture

Folder 112: ASL58-18

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Immigrant Views Washington University, May 11, 1905: Speaker: Gustav Mesmer; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 113: ASL58-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (ASL number from original)

Item 1: New Perspectives on the South, February 19, 1958: Speaker: Hodding Carter; Sponsor/Event: National Brotherhood Week

Folder 114: ASL58-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Engineering for All, February 20, 1958: Speaker: Lillian Moller Gilbreth; Sponsor/Event: Sponsored by University Engineering Council

Folder 115: ASL58-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Making of a Moon, March 5, 1958: Speaker: Arthur C. Clarke; Sponsor/Event: Sponsored by Freshman Council

Folder 116: ASL58-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Europe - An Uneasy Ally, March 26, 1958: Speaker: Roy C. Macridis; Sponsor/Event: Liberal Arts Council Lecture Series

Folder 117: ASL58-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Look at the Future of Washington University, April 16, 1958: Speaker: Ethan A.H. Shepley

Folder 118: ASL58-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Some to Discover Islands Far Away, April 19, 1958: Speaker: Alexander Buchan; Sponsor/Event: High School Honors Day

Folder 119: ASL58-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Biographer Looks for News, April 23, 1958: Speaker: Catharine Drinker Bowen; Sponsor/Event: Sponsored by Law School

Folder 120: ASL58-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Future Is Not What It Used to Be, May 7, 1958: Speaker: Abram L. Sachar; Sponsor/Event: Eliot Honors Convocation

Folder 121: ASL1958_2-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Baccalaureate Address, June 8, 1958: Speaker: William Scarlett; Sponsor/Event: Baccalaureate Service 1958

Folder 122: ASL1958_2-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (4 reels)

Item 1: Organization, Man, and the Individual, June 11, 1958: Speaker: Howard J. Morgens; Sponsor/Event: Commencement 1958

Folder 123: ASL58-9

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Education in a Time of Testing, October 1, 1958: Speaker: Harry S. Asher; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 124: ASL58-10

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Russia: A Personal Reaction, October 8, 1958: Speaker: Leigh Gerdine; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 125: ASL58-11

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Man the Measure, October 22, 1958: Speaker: Richard J. Neutra; Sponsr/Event: Sponsored by the Architecture Council

Folder 126: ASL58-12

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Congressional Elections: Can "Ike" Save the Republicans?, October 29, 1958: Speaker: William N. Chambers; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 127: ASL58-13

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Of Ships and Shores, November 5, 1958: Speaker: Emily Kimbrough; Sponsor/Event: Sponsored by Mortar Board

Folder 128: ASL58-14

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: World Government or World Chaos, November 12, 1958: Speaker: Earl Clement Attlee; Sponsor/Event: Sponsored by Student Senate

Folder 129: ASL58-15

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Prophets, Puritans, and Thanksgiving, November 26, 1958: Speaker: David Graubart; Sponsor/Event: Thanksgiving Assembly

Folder 130: ASL58-16

Physical Description: reel-to-reel (2 reels)

Item 1: Exploding Middle East, December 3, 1958: Speaker: John H. Furbay; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 131: ASL58-17

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Effect of Russian Foreign Policy on American Education, December 10, 1958: Speaker: Alexander Calandra; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 132: ASL59-1

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Brotherhood and the Realities, February 18, 1959: Speaker: Ralph Bunche; Sponsor/Event: Sponsored by Student Religious Council

Folder 133: ASL59-2

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Future in the Sky, March 4, 1959: Speaker: I.M. Levitt; Sponsor Event: Assembly Series

Folder 134: ASL59-3

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: End and the Means, March 11, 1959: Speaker: William O. Douglas; Sponsor/Event: Tyrrell Williams Memorial Lecture

Folder 135: ASL59-4

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Music for All, March 19, 1959: Speaker: Washington University Men's Glee Club; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 136: ASL59-5

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Problems and Opportunities, April 15, 1959: Speaker: Ethan A.H. Shepley; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series

Folder 137: ASL59-6

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: University - Adventure and Humanity, April 18, 1959: Speaker: William N. Chambers; Sponsor/Event: High School Honors Day

Folder 138: ASL59-7

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Education--The Heroic Encounter, April 22, 1959: Speaker: Max Lerner; Sponsor/Event: Washington University Law Day Convocation

Folder 139: ASL59-8

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: Darwinism Today, May 6, 1959: Speaker: H.J. Mueller; Sponsor/Event: Eliot Honors Convocation

Folder 140: ASL59-9

Physical Description: reel-to-reel

Item 1: How Does a Poem Mean?, October 7, 1959: NO RECORDING AVAILABLE; Speaker: John Ciardi; Sponsor/Event: Assembly Series