PRESIDENT GEORGE N. SHUSTER COLLECTION 1939-1960 - Hunter … · 2018. 1. 18. · accomplished author, and visionary. Perhaps his greatest attribute as president of Hunter College

PRESIDENT GEORGE N. SHUSTER COLLECTION

1939-1960

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Information 3

Biographical Sketch 4 - 6

Scope and Content Note 7

Series Description 8 - 12

Container List 13 - 50 Addenda 51 - 54 Bibliography 55 - 62

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Accession Number: 93-09 Size: 15.7783 cu. ft. Location: Range 4 Section 2 Shelves 7 - 12 Provenance: Hunter College Restrictions: None.

Archivist: Prof. Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado Assistant: Mrs. Dane Guerrero Date: June 2009 Revised: April 2014

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

George Nauman Shuster was born on August 27, 1894 in Lancaster, Wisconsin. He was the first of three children born to Anthony Schuster, a contractor and a bridge builder, and Elizabeth Nauman. He was the grandson of Peter and Mary (Wilhelm) Shuster, and great-grandson of Henry Shuster, who came from Saarland (later part of Germany) in 1848 and settled in Iowa. The Schusters and Wilhelms on his father’s side and the Naumans and Gimbels on his mother’s had all immigrated to the United States from Germany in the nineteenth century. George’s two sisters, Catherine and Mary, were born in 1896 and 1904 respectively. George Nauman Shuster attended St. Clement’s Grade School from 1898 to 1906, where he received an excellent education from the School Sisters of Notre Dame. George was an avid reader and had a good command of English and German. He was quite adept at solving mathematical problems and performed well in most of his subjects. In September 1907, George was sent to St. Lawrence College at Mt. Calvary, about 15 miles northeast of Fond du Lac. While at St. Lawrence College, Shuster developed an appreciation of the traditional classical subjects of English, history, mathematics, Latin, Greek, German, French, rhetoric, religion, and basic science. Classes were small in size and this fostered a good rapport with his instructors. Upon completing his studies at St. Lawrence College, Shuster enrolled in the University of Notre Dame and received his B.A. degree in 1915. With World War I on the horizon Shuster had hoped to enter West Point, but instead worked as a reporter in Chicago for one year. He subsequently entered the U.S. Army and served for 18 months as a sergeant of the Intelligence Section, G.H.Q, and then as an interpreter in the Army of Occupation. Upon completion of his military service, he attended the University of Poitiers in France and received the Certificat d’Aptitude in 1919. Upon returning from Europe Shuster accepted a position teaching English at the University of Notre Dame. He subsequently received his M.A. degree in French literature in 1920, and became the head of the English Department until 1924. In 1924, Shuster moved to New York City and secured a one-year teaching position with the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. During this period Shuster became involved with an upstart weekly magazine which was dedicated to Catholic religious principles. He served as an associate editor of Commonweal from 1925 to 1929, and as managing editor from 1929 to 1937. From 1925 to 1926 Shuster pursued graduate work at Columbia University. From 1925 to 1935 he taught English as a professor at St. Joseph’s College for Women, and found time to edit Newman- Prose and Poetry (1925); the Malta Books (1930); and the Century Catholic College Texts in English from 1932 to 1950. Between 1922 and 1930, Shuster demonstrated an interest in writing by publishing five major works revolving around English literature and the Catholic Church. In 1930, Shuster studied at the Hochschule fur Poiltik in Berlin and received fellowships from the Vereinigung Carl Schurz (1929-1930), the Oberlaender Trust (1932), and the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation (1933-1934).

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From 1937 to 1939 Shuster was a Fellow of the Social Research Council of Columbia University and received a Carnegie Corporation grant to study the Weimar Republic and the Center Party. When Shuster returned from Germany in July 1939, he was named Dean of Hunter College and became Acting-President in September 1939, when Eugene A. Colligan took an unexpected leave of absence. Dr. George Nauman Shuster was inaugurated as the fifth president of Hunter College of the City of New York on October 10, 1940 and served until August 31, 1960. Concurrent with Dr. Shuster’s installation was the dedication of the new college facility at Park Avenue and Sixty-Eight Street on October 8, 1940. The sixteen-story edifice provided state-of-the-art accommodations for college administrators, faculty, students, and for the Board of Higher Education. The facility was initially designed to accommodate about 10,000 students as well as 675 pupils from the Hunter College Elementary School. The new building was well received by the public and within a short time came to be known as the “Palace on Park Avenue.” From June 1950 to December 1951, Dr. Shuster was on leave of absence from Hunter College and accepted the assignment as Land Commissioner for Bavaria, Germany. Dr. Shuster served as representative of the high commissioner to the Bavarian government, and was responsible for the promotion of U.S. policies in the fields of politics, economics, education and jurisprudence. During President Shuster’s tenure Hunter College’s enrollment grew from 11,000 to 17,000. He was instrumental in developing the School of General Studies; in acquiring and maintaining the Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House as a student social and religious club center; in establishing the Hunter College Concert Bureau Series; in developing the Department of Home Economics, the Division of Nursing Education, and the Graduate Program of Teacher Education; and in establishing the Office of the Dean of Faculty, the Bureau of Educational and Vocational Guidance, and the Hunter College Choir as a notable musical organization. Following his retirement from Hunter College in 1960, Dr. Shuster became an assistant to the president of the University of Notre Dame and professor emeritus of English at the South Bend campus. Dr. Shuster also assumed the directorship of the Center for the Study of Man in Contemporary Society until his retirement in 1971. Dr. George Nauman Shuster passed away on January 25, 1977, and left an impeccable legacy as an administrator, writer, and teacher. What was most remarkable about Dr. Shuster was his disposition for seeking truth in life. This was evident throughout his private and professional life and through his numerous addresses, essays, and publications.

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References

Dr. George N. Shuster entry in Catholic Authors: Contemporary Biographical Sketches, 1930 - 1947. Matthew Hoehn, ed. New York: St. Mary’s Abbey, 1948. pp. 692 - 693.

Dr. George N. Shuster entry in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James P. White & Company, 1952. Vol. H, 1947-1952, pp. 89-90.

Dr. George N. Shuster entry in Twentieth Century Authors: First Supplement: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. New York: Wilson, 1955, p. 909.

Dr. George N. Shuster entry in Current Biography. Bronx, N.Y: H.W. Wilson, 1960. pp. 378 - 380.

McQuiston, John T. “George Shuster, Hunter President From 1940 to 1960, Is Dead at 82.” The New York Times, January 27, 1977, p. 30.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The George Nauman Shuster Papers are housed at the University of Notre Dame Archives in Notre Dame, Indiana, and provide a wealth of information on one of its most distinguished and illustrious alums. The papers consist of correspondence, reports, minutes, interviews, notebooks, clippings, contracts with publishers, drafts of essays and speeches. It also includes books and materials pertaining to his visits to Germany in 1937-1938, 1945, and 1950-1951, his work with UNESCO, the James Picker Foundation for Radiological Research, the Broadcasting Foundation of America, Briar Cliff College, and the Industrial Areas Foundation. The index to the Shuster Papers can be accessed at http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/index/SHU001.htm. The President George N. Shuster Collection in Archives & Special Collections of the Hunter College Libraries, Hunter College is part administrative files and part personal papers. The Shuster Collection is arranged in twenty series and primarily focuses on Dr. Shuster’s tenure as president of Hunter College from October 1940 to January 1960. The records consist of awards, biographical sources, correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes, addresses, reports, articles, manuscripts, photographs, book reviews, transcripts, essays, programs, statements, tributes, obituaries and eulogies. In addition, an addenda consisting of personal and biographical information plus general files was added to the collection after it was initially processed. The most salient series of the President George N. Shuster Collection that should attract the attention of researchers are Series VIII: World War II Activities; Series X: Hunter College Anniversaries; Series XII: Land Commissioner of Bavaria, Office of the High Command for Germany; Series XIII: Dismissal of Four N.Y.C. Municipal College Professors; and Series XV: Writings.

Researchers should find this collection to be interesting and informative as it highlights the extraordinary exploits of a municipal college president who was an administrator, educator, accomplished author, and visionary. Perhaps his greatest attribute as president of Hunter College was in making sure that women were educated and prepared to assume new career opportunities in the 20th Century.

http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/index/SHU001.htm

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SERIES DESCRIPTION

Series I – Personal and Biographical Information Subseries 1.1 Awards Subseries 1.2 Biographical Information Subseries 1.1 Highlights an array of awards that Dr. George Nauman Shuster received between 1945 and 1968. Noteworthy awards that were bestowed upon Dr. Shuster were the Nicholas Murray Butler Silver Medal (1953), the Croix de la Legion d’Honneur Medal (1954), an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Manhattan College (1958), the Gold Medal of Mariazell of Austria (1958) and the Laetare Medal (1960). Subseries 1.2 consists of articles, chapters, encyclopedic entries, and portraits that underscore the extraordinary life of Dr. George Nauman Shuster. Biographical sources worth mentioning include the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. H (1952); Current Biography (1960); Leaders in American Education: The Seventieth Year-book of the National Society for the Study of Education (1971); Greatness Revisited (1971); and The Survival of American Innocence: Catholicism in an Era of Disillusionment, 1920-1940 (1980). Both subseries are arranged chronologically. Series II – Hunter College (Building) Project The original Gothic edifice of the Normal/Hunter College (1873 - 1936) was damaged by a fire on February 14, 1936. The conflagration destroyed the interior of the sixty-three year old facility and disrupted the education of 3,000 day and 4,000 evening students. But through the persistent lobbying efforts of Hunter alums and community residents, city officials decided to rebuild the College on the original site of 68th Street and Park Avenue. Series II consists of correspondence, reports and newspaper articles which document the plans and the construction of the new Hunter College facility. Series folders are arranged chronologically. Series III – Hunter College Dedication and Inauguration Week For the week of October 7, 1940, distinguished educators, college administrators, city officials, civic leaders, Hunter College alums and community residents assembled to celebrate the grand opening of the new 16-story edifice of Hunter College and the inauguration of a new college president. Series III documents the dedication of the “Palace of Park Avenue” and the installation of Dr. George Nauman Shuster as the fifth president of Hunter College of the City of New York. This series consists of minutes from the Public Relations Committee, correspondence, invitations, programs, invocations, addresses, an inauguration booklet, congratulatory letters, and newspaper articles. Series IV – Correspondence Series IV consists of Dr. George N. Shuster’s general correspondence from May 15, 1937 to June 29, 1961. The incoming and outgoing letters are arranged chronologically.

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Series V – Memoranda Series V contains a representative sample of memoranda that emanated from President Shuster’s office from September 1939 to November 1959. The memoranda are arranged chronologically.

Series VI – Hunter College Commencement Exercises Series VI consists of commencement addresses that were delivered by President Shuster at Hunter College from June 19, 1940 through June 20, 1957. In addition, there is a short run of correspondence from January 26, 1940 to June 23, 1943. The commencement addresses and related correspondence are arranged chronologically. Series VII – Hunter College Evening and Extension Session Series VII consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports that draw attention to the operation of the Evening and Extension Session of Hunter College from February 1939 to February 1951. The folders are arranged chronologically. Series VIII – World War II Activities Series VIII consists of awards, citations, correspondence, minutes, programs and reports which document President Shuster’s active support of the United States war effort during World War II. President Shuster was the Honorary Chairman of the East Side Defense Council (1942 - 1944) and Co-chair with Dr. Samuel W. Patterson of the Hunter College Committee on Defense (1941-1946). He appointed the Hunter College V-9 Committee to work with the U.S. Navy to encourage and facilitate the enlistment of college seniors as officer candidates for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (W.A.V.E.S.) from 1942 to1943; served as the chairman of the Yorkville Defense Council of the Manhattan Civilian Defense Volunteer Office (1942 - 1946) and supported the work of Hunter’s Naval Sponsoring Committee (1944-1946) which sponsored six LSM boats. Series VIII also documents the transfer of the Bronx Campus facilities of Hunter College to the United States Navy for the training of the W.A.V.E.S. Series IX – Hunter College in the Bronx Subseries 9.1 Restoration of Hunter College in the Bronx Subseries 9.2 United Nations Organization Occupancy During World War II the U. S. Navy took over Bronx Campus of Hunter College to prepare women volunteers for service in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (W.A.V.E.S.) through the U.S. Naval Training School (WR). Upon cessation of the war the jurisdiction of the Bronx Campus reverted back to Hunter College. Subseries 9.1 consists of correspondence, memoranda, and reports which document President Shuster’s desire to have the Bronx Campus restored to its original purpose as an institute of higher learning. In February of 1946 the United Nations Organization approached the City of New York and the Board of Higher Education and requested occupancy of designated space in the Bronx Campus. UNO’s request was approved and an agreement was signed on March 6, 1946. The accord granted UNO the right and privilege to occupy select premises until May 15, 1946. Subseries 9.2 consists of the

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agreement, correspondence, memoranda, and newspaper articles which document UNO’s temporary use of the gymnasium building, Davis Hall and the basement cafeteria during its inaugural session of

1946. Folders for both series are arranged chronologically.

Series X – Hunter College Anniversaries Subseries 10.1 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Hunter College, February 14, 1945 Subseries 10.2 President Shuster’s Tenth Anniversary at Hunter College, Oct. 1950 Subseries 10.3 Eightieth Anniversary of Hunter College, February 14, 1950 Subseries 10.1 consists of addresses, correspondence and programs which document the seventy-fifth anniversary of Hunter College. To commemorate the event Hunter College sponsored a Diamond Jubilee Essay Contest and offered a series of prizes for essays on intercultural relations. The essay contest was open to any college student or teacher in the continental United States and to any high school student in New York City. Prizes for the best essays totaled $10,200 (maturity value) in Victory Bonds. The essay contest is reflected in the general correspondence and in the minutes of the Diamond Jubilee Essay Contest Committee. In addition, there are representative samples of essays that were submitted for consideration. Subseries 10.2 consists of correspondence which acknowledge Dr. George N. Shuster’s tenth anniversary as president of Hunter College. Subseries 10.3 documents the eightieth anniversary of Hunter College through addresses, an invitation list, correspondence and an anniversary program. Folders for each of the subseries are arranged chronologically. Series XI – Golden Anniversary of the City of New York Series XI consists of President Shuster’s address and correspondence, committee plans, and a report which documents the participation of the Board of Higher Education and the municipal colleges (Brooklyn, City, Hunter, and Queens) in the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York. The B.H.E. and the municipal colleges commemorated the historic occasion in two public venues. The first was as participants in the New York City Municipal Mobilization Demonstration parade which took place on June 12, 1948. The spectacle dramatized the theme “New York at Work, 1898-1948.” The second venue was an exhibit at the Grand Central Palace that was prepared by representatives of the municipal colleges. The exhibit was on display from August 23, 1948 to September 19, 1948 and it symbolized the four municipal colleges as a unit and emphasized their collective commitment to “Knowledge” and “Wisdom.” Folders are arranged alphabetically.

Series XII – Land Commissioner of Bavaria, Office of the High Command for Germany Series XII consists of correspondence, newspaper articles and miscellaneous materials which document President Shuster’s appointment as State Commissioner for Bavaria in 1950. This appointment by the United States High Commissioner’s Office was deemed important for Bavaria which comprised the largest occupied state in the United States zone in Germany after World War II. Series XIII – Dismissal of Four N.Y.C. Municipal College Professors On April 13, 1954, Professors Charles W. Hughes, V. Jerauld McGill, and Louis Weisner of Hunter College and Professor Dudley David Straus of Queens College were notified in writing that they were suspended from their positions without pay. The Special Committee on Section 903 of the City Charter, the Feinberg Law and Related Matters filed with the Board of Higher Education a statement

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charging each with “neglect of duty” and “of conduct unbecoming a member of the staff.” Both charges were based on a “collusive understanding” among the professors to “withhold information regarding the Communist Party unit at Hunter College in violation of Board’s resolution of September

28, 1953.” Series XIII consists of correspondence, newspaper articles, charges and responses,

testimony and trial transcripts for each of the accused and suspended professors. Folders are arranged by surname of each suspended professor.

Series XIV – General Files Series XIV consists of folders on associations, committees, societies, foundations, commissions, universities, individuals, budgets, forums, symposiums, newspaper articles and reports that were maintained by President Shuster. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Series XV – Writings Subseries 15.1 Addresses, Papers and Statements Subseries 15.2 Articles Subseries 15.3 Books Subseries 15.4 Book Reviews Subseries 15.5 Radio Discussions Subseries 15.6 Miscellaneous Materials Subseries 15.1 consists of addresses, papers and statements that were delivered by President Shuster at colleges and universities, associations, foundations, radio stations, societies, religious institutes, conventions and symposiums between September 1939 and February 1968. Subseries 15.2 consists of articles that were written by President Shuster which appeared in The Commonweal, Foreign Policy Bulletin, Catholic News, Think, New York Herald, Journal American, and in This Week Magazine between May 1950 and December 1968. Subseries 15.3 consists of agreements, correspondence, contracts and newspaper articles on the publication of Brother Flo (1938), Look Away! (1939), The English Ode from Milton to Keats (1940), The World’s Great Catholic Literature (1942), In Silence I Speak (1956) and Education and Moral Wisdom (1960). Subseries 15.3 also contains the authorization for the release and publication of “The Days of Lost Tradition” and the forward in The Settlement of the Eternal City (1948) which were written by President Shuster. Subseries 15.4 consists of reviews of The English Ode from Milton to Keats (1940), The Ground I Walked On (1969), The World’s Great Catholic Literature (1942), along with reviews written by President Shuster. Subseries 15.5 consists of radio discussions that were originally aired by the National Broadcasting Company and subsequently published by The University of Chicago Round Table from 1946 to 1954. Subseries 15.6 consists of untitled works written by President Shuster.

Series XVI – The Open Mind Program Transcripts Series XVI consists of correspondence and transcripts of two Open Mind Programs that President Shuster appeared in. Both programs were hosted by Richard D. Heffner and aired on the National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (WRCA-TV) on December 2, 1955, and on July 7, 1957.

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Series XVII – Photographs Series XVII consists of black & white photographs of Dr. George N. Shuster in a variety of engagements and functions as president of Hunter College from 1940 through 1960, and subsequently as a private citizen from 1960 to 1968. The photographs are arranged chronologically. Undated photographs are arranged alphabetically by activity. Series XVIII – Scrapbooks Series XVIII consists of two scrapbooks. The first scrapbook highlights the Honorary of Doctor Laws degree that President Shuster received from Manhattan College on June 10, 1958. The second scrapbook is an assortment of newspaper articles and clippings on Dr. George N. Shuster from July 6, 1939 to October 28, 1940. Series XIX – Retirement of President George N. Shuster Subseries 19.1 consists of addresses, correspondence, articles, songs and sonnets that acknowledge and celebrate President Shuster’s retirement from Hunter College on January 26, 1960.

Series XX – The Passing of Dr. George N. Shuster

Series XX consists of obituaries and eulogies that pay tribute to the extraordinary life and times of Dr. George N. Shuster. Addenda

This section consists of files that were added to the collection after it was initially processed.

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CONTAINER LIST

SERIES I – PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Subseries 1.1 Awards Box Folder Contents 1 1 Honorably Discharge Certificate to Dr. George N. Shuster from the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office of the City of New York, December 31, 1945.

2 Dr. George N. Shuster elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, May 10, 1950.

3 Father’s Day Award presented to Dr. George N. Shuster by the National Baby

Institute, June 18, 1950.

4 The Nicholas Murray Butler Silver Medal presented to Dr. George N. Shuster by Columbia University, June 1953.

5 The Croix de la Legion d’Honneur Medal presented to Dr. George Nauman

Shuster, August 1954. 6 Dr. George N. Shuster honored by the Daughters of Hungary and the Estonian National Committee in the United States, January 7, 1955. 7 Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree conferred on Dr. George N. Shuster by Manhattan College, June 10, 1958.

8 Dr. George N. Shuster receiving the Gold Medal of Mariazell of Austria, New York Herald Tribune, November 30, 1958.

9 Presentation of the Insigns Medal to Dr. George N. Shuster by Fordham University, April 21, 1959. 10 Award presented to Dr. George N. Shuster by the Notre Dame Club of New York for Outstanding Contribution to Education, December 6, 1959. 11 Dr. George N. Shuster awarded the Laetare Medal, March 26, 1960. Presentation of the Campion Award to Dr. George N. Shuster by the Catholic

Book Club, November 22, 1968.

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SERIES I – PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Subseries 1.2 Biographical Information Box Folder Contents 1 12 George N. Shuster General Information

13 Entry of Dr. George N. Shuster in Who’s Who in America. Vol. 20, 1938 - 1939. Chicago: Marquis, 1938.

14 Administrative Committee of Hunter College. Biographical Note Concerning Dr. George N. Shuster’s Work, February 7, 1940.

15 Biographical Sketch of George N. Shuster, September 9, 1942. 16 Altman, Dorothy. “Shuster of Hunter” Pulse (February 1944): pp. 7, 26.

1990-1991 17 Goverman, Lorraine. “Presidential Profile: Dr. George Nauman Shuster.” ECHO (Winter 1944): pp. 10 -14. 18 Shuster, George N. “Spiritual Autobiography.” Institute for Religious and Social Studies. New York, 1946-1947.

19 Shuster, George N. “Spiritual Autobiography” in American Spiritual Autobiographies: Fifteen Self-Portraits. Louis Finkelstein ed. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948, pp. 25 - 37.

20 Entry of Dr. George Nauman Shuster in Catholic Authors: Contemporary

Biographical Sketches, 1930-1947. Matthew Hoehn, ed. New York: St. Mary’s Abbey, 1948. pp. 692 - 693.

21 Correspondence pertaining to Dr. George Nauman Shuster entry in the National

Cyclopedia of American Biography, January-August 1952.

Entry of Dr. George Nauman Shuster in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James P. White & Company, 1952. Vol. H, 1947-1952, pp. 89 - 90.

22 Information on Dr. George Nauman Shuster sent to Who’s Who in the East. Boston: Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, July 31, 1952. 23 Autobiographical entry by George N. Shuster in The Book of Catholic Authors by Walter Romig. Grosse Pointe, Michigan:Walter Romig, 1954, pp. 242 - 246.

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SERIES I – PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Subseries 1.2 Biographical Information Box Folder Contents 1 24 Hunter College Staff Personnel Record, 1940-1954. 25 Draft of Dr. George Nauman Shuster’s entry in Presidents of American

Colleges and Universities, 1954-1955, March 2, 1955.

26 Biographical sketch of Dr. George N. Shuster prepared by the Hunter College Publicity Department, November 11, 1957. 27 Entry of Dr. George Nauman Shuster in Twentieth Century Authors: First

Supplement: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. New York: Wilson, 1955, p. 909.

28 Ruben, Gerel. “Learning is the Basis of Life for Hunter College President George N. Shuster, Educator, Who is also Writer, Editor, and Lecturer.” IL Italo-Americano, (November 25, 1956): 1.

29 Zweig, Friderike M., ed. George N. Shuster; A Tribute. New York: Hastings House, 1959.

30 Entry of Dr. George Nauman Shuster in Current Biography. Bronx, N.Y: H.W. Wilson, 1960. pp. 378 - 380. 31 Cover Feature on George N. Shuster, Jubilee Magazine of the Church and Her

People, (December 1961): 22 - 27. 32 Lannie, Vicent P. “George N. Shuster: A Reflective Evaluation.” in Leaders in American Education: The Seventieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Robert J. Havighurst, ed. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago, 1971, 306 - 320. 33 Shuster, George N. “An Autobiography,” in Leaders in American Education: The Seventieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Robert J. Havighurst, ed. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago, 1971, pp. 271 - 303.

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SERIES I – PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Subseries 1.2 Biographical Information Box Folder Contents 1 34 Zweig, Frederick M. “George N. Shuster” in Greatness Revisited, Edited by

Harry Zohn. Boston: Branden Press, 1971, pp. 105 - 126. 35 Riccio, Barry D. “American Catholic Thought in the Nineteen Twenties: Frederick Joseph Kinsman and George Shuster” in An American Church: Essays on the Americanization of the Catholic Church. Edited by David J. Alvarez. Moraga, California: Saint Mary’s College of California, 1979. 36 Halsey, William M. “George N. Shuster: A Romantic in a Pasture of Logicians” in The Survival of American Innocence: Catholicism in an Era of Disillusionment, 1920-1940. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1980,

pp. 84 - 98. 37 Blantz, Thomas E. “George Shuster and American Catholic Intellectual Life”

in Studies in Catholic History In Honor of John Tracy Ellis. Williamston, Delaware: Michael Glazier, 1985.

38 Entry of George N. Shuster in Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement Ten, 1976-1980, Charles Scribner’s Sons, Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1995,

pp. 734 - 736.

SERIES II – HUNTER COLLEGE (BUILDING) PROJECT 1 39 Hunter College of the City of New York: Ceremonies Marking the Start of Construction, August 3, 1938 40 Correspondence June 11, 1937 - November 2, 1938

Hunter College Project 2 1 January 5, 1939 - September 15, 1939 2 September 15, 1939 - November 1, 1939 Correspondence and Reports 3 October 2, 1939 - October 31, 1939 4 November 1, 1939 - November 29, 1939 5 December 1, 1939 - December 13, 1939 6 January 3, 1940 - October 29, 1940 7 November 2, 1940 - December 26, 1940 8 January 30, 1941 - March 23, 1942

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SERIES II – HUNTER COLLEGE (BUILDING) PROJECT Box Folder Contents 3 1 Albert A. Volk Company Inc., Claims, 1940-1941 2 Hunter College Cornerstone Ceremony, December 7, 1939 The Committee on Ceremonial Occasions Correspondence, Minutes and Reports

March 28, 1939 - December 7, 1939 3 Newspaper Articles, December 7, 9, 1939

SERIES III – HUNTER COLLEGE DEDICATION AND INAUGURATION WEEK Public Relations Committee 3 4 Invitation List, ca. 1940

5 Minutes, April 9, 1940 - June 6, 1940 George N. Shuster – Correspondence

6 Incoming, April 2, 1940 - October 11, 1940 7 Outgoing, April 10, 1940 - November 3, 1940 8 Greeting from the Board of Higher Education and the Faculty of

Hunter College of the City of New York to Hunter College of the City of New York, July 15, 1940

9 Hunter College Dedication Week Program, October 8-11, 1940 Hunter College Dedication Addresses, October 8, 1940 10 Invocation by Reverend William Adams Brown Presentation of the New Building by the Honorable

Stanley M. Isaacs, 1940 Acceptance of the New Building by the Honorable

Ordway Tead, 1940 “The Palace of Park Avenue” Dedicatory Ode by Robert P. Tristram Coffin Presentation of the Organ by Mrs. Theodore S. Simis Address by the Honorable Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Mayor of the City of New York, 1940 Address by Professor Harry J. Carman, 1940

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SERIES III – HUNTER COLLEGE DEDICATION AND INAUGURATION WEEK Box Folder Contents Hunter College Dedication Addresses, October 8, 1940 3 10 Address by Mrs. Walter S. Mack, Jr., 1940 Benediction by William Adams Brown, 1940 11 Original Draft and Final Edition of the Dedicatory Ode, 1940 12 Dinner Program for the Celebration of the Dedication of the New Building of Hunter College of the City of New York, 1940 Address regarding the New Building by Mr. R.H. Shreve of Lamb & Harmon, Architects, 1940 Hunter College Inaugural Ceremony Addresses, October 10, 1940 4 1 Invocation by Reverend Paul Wolfe Installation of Dr. George N. Shuster by the Honorable

Ordway Tead, 1940 Address by Dr. George N. Shuster, 1940 Address by the Honorable Fiorello H. LaGuardia, 1940 Address by Van Wyck Brooks, 1940 Address by Jacques Maritain, 1940 Benediction by Reverend Louis Finkelstein, 1940 2 Inaugural Dinner Addresses, 1940 3 Inaugural Dinner Program, October 10, 1940 4 4-5 The Inauguration of George N. Shuster: The Fifth President of Hunter College.

Hunter College of the City of New York, 1940 6 Inauguration Book Recipients, 1941 7 Greetings and Felicitations, 1940

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SERIES III – HUNTER COLLEGE DEDICATION AND INAGURATION WEEK Box Folder Contents Congratulatory Letters

Incoming 4 8 January 10, 1939 - February 27, 1940 9 February 28, 1940 - June 13, 1940 10 September 4, 1940 - October 13, 1940 11 October 14, 1940 - December 31, 1941

Outgoing 12 October 11, 1939 - February 24, 1941

5 1 Articles, 1940

SERIES IV – GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Incoming 5 2 May 15, 1937 - September 29, 1943 3 January 13, 1944 - October 14, 1953 4 January 28, 1954 - January 16, 1962 Outgoing 5 May 19, 1937 - November 24, 1943 6 March 24, 1944 - December 22, 1953 7 April 28, 1954 - January 23, 1958 6 1 February 25, 1959 - June 29, 1961 2 Dr. Margaret Wilson -Art Collection, 1936-1940

SERIES V – MEMORANDA 6 3 September 1939 - May 1942 4 October 1943 - October 1946 5 January 1947 - May 1949 6 February 1950 - November 1954 7 April 1955 - November 1959

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SERIES VI – HUNTER COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Box Folder Contents Addresses 7 1 June 19, 1940 June 15, 1941 June 20, 1943 June 18, 1944 June 24, 1945 June 23, 1946 2 February 1947 January - June 1948 February - June 1949 January - June 1950 January - June 1951 3 January - June 1952 4 January - June 1953 5 January- June 1954 6 January - June 1955 7 June 1956 8 February - June 1957

Correspondence 9 Incoming, January 26, 1940 - June 23, 1943 Outgoing, December 3, 1943 - June 23, 1943

SERIES VII – HUNTER COLLEGE EVENING AND EXTENSION SESSIONS Correspondence, Memoranda, Minutes, Reports 7 10 February - June 1939 8 1 February - June 1940 2 September 1939 - January 1940 3 September 1939 - January 1940 4 April 1940 - July 1942 5 Fall 1943 - Spring 1944 6 1943 -1944 7 1945 8 1946 -1947 9 1 1948 -1949 2 1948 -1949 3 1950 -1951

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SERIES VII – HUNTER COLLEGE EVENING AND EXTENSION SESSIONS Box Folder Contents 9 4 Miscellaneous Materials

SERIES VIII – WORLD WAR II ACTIVITIES Awards & Citations 9 5 Citation to Hunter College for Patriotic and Effective Services

Rendered in Behalf of the Fourth War Loan, February 15, 1944 United States Treasury in Acknowledgement of Patriotic Participation in the War-Financing Program of World War II This citation is awarded to Dr. George N. Shuster for Meritorious Service Rendered in the Fifth War Loan, June 12 to July 8, 1944

United States Treasury Department War Finance Committee for New York Citation to Hunter College, January 6, 1945 and August 3, 1944 United States Treasury Department Citation to Hunter College for Meritorious Service in the Seventh War Loan, May 14 to June 30, 1945

United States Treasury Department Citation to Hunter College in Recognition of their having sponsored Three Douglas C-54 Trans-Atlantic Mercy Planes, July 2, 1945 United States Treasury Department Citation to Hunter College for Patriotic Cooperation Rendered in Behalf of the War Finance Program, July 7, 1945

Citation presented to Hunter College in appreciation for the sale of 4th War Loan & Bonds amounting to $111,610.75 to equal the purchase price of an Ambulance Plane, n.d. 6 Chronicle of the Anti-Fascist History of George N. Shuster, January 26, 1942 The Citizen’s Dinner Committee program: The Four Public Colleges of New York City – Their Role in a Democracy at War, January 26, 1942

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SERIES VIII – WORLD WAR II ACTIVITIES Box Folder Contents East Side Defense Council 9 7 George N. Shuster - Correspondence,

Incoming, May 6, 1942 - February 2, 1944 Hunter College Committee on Defense Samuel W. Patterson, Correspondence, Citations, Memos 8 February 23, 1944 - August 20, 1946

9 December 9, 1941 - October 22, 1945

George N. Shuster - Correspondence 10 Incoming, July 2, 1941 - January 22, 1942 11 Incoming, February 2, 1942 - June 16, 1945 12 Outgoing, November 14, 1941 - January 15, 1944

13 Outgoing, March 1, 1944 - October 10, 1945 10 1 Interim Reports, April 1942, March 1943

2 Minutes, December 1941 - February 1946 3 Reports, 1942 - 1946 Hunter College Committee on the United States Navy’s V-9-W9 Program George N. Shuster – Correspondence 4 Incoming, March 12, 1943 - June 21, 1943 Outgoing, March 19, 1943 - October 11, 1943 Minutes, April 9, 1943 - October 2, 1944 5 Hunter College Food for Europe Committee, 1945-1946 Manhattan Civilian Defense Volunteer Office George N. Shuster – Correspondence 6 Incoming, January 27, 1942 - January 2, 1946 7 Outgoing, January 27, 1942 - August 3, 1943 8 Manhattan Control Center, 1942 - 1943 Naval Sponsoring Committee Samuel W. Patterson - Correspondence 9 Incoming, October 22, 1944 - January 23, 1946 Outgoing, November 6, 1944 - December 1, 1944 George N. Shuster - Correspondence 10 Incoming, May 2, 1944 - November 18, 1944 Outgoing, June 15, 1944 - February 6, 1946

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SERIES VIII – WORLD WAR II ACTIVITIES Box Folder Contents 10 11 Office of War Information, February 26, 1945 - May 3, 1945 12 Pan Hellenic Association War Reports, December 1944 Programs 13 A Call to the Hunter Anti-War Conference, Hunter College Chapel

March 28-29, 1934 We Fight For These, Hunter College Auditorium, Spring Semester (Films) April 20, 24, 27, 1942 The Lucius N. Littauer Lectures on America’s War Effort, Hunter College, Fall Season, October-December 1942

United We Fight, Hunter College, Fall Semester, October-November 1942

United We Fight, Hunter College, Fall Semester,

November-December 1942 The World We Face, Hunter College, Spring Semester,

March-April 1943 The World We Face, Hunter College, Spring Semester, April-May 1943 Attack To Win, Hunter College, Fall Semester, October-December 1943 On To Victory, Hunter College, Spring Semester, March-May 1944 The Lucius N. Littauer Lectures American Democracy Look Ahead, Hunter College, Spring Semester, February-April 1944 Victory Is Ours, Hunter College, Fall Semester,

October-November 1945 The Way Ahead, Hunter College, Spring Semester, March-April 1946

11 1 The Lucius N. Littaeur Lectures, 1939-1941

2 The Public Information Poll of the City College Defense Council, ca. 1942

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SERIES VIII – WORLD WAR II ACTIVITIES Box Folder Contents United Service Organizations, Inc. George N. Shuster - Correspondence 11 3 Incoming, June 5, 1942 - October 20, 1943 Outgoing, September 22, 1943 - October 25, 1945 Use of Bronx Campus Buildings by the U.S. Navy for Training of the

Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (W.A.V.E.S.) George N. Shuster – Correspondence 4 Incoming, November 7, 1942 - January 26, 1943 5 Incoming, February 1, 1943 - January 15, 1945 6 Outgoing, November 4, 1942 - December 7, 1944 7 Bureau of Naval Personnel. U.S. Naval Training School (WR) The Bronx, New York. First Draft Narrative Prepared Under the

General Supervision of the Director of Naval History, ca. 1946 Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (W.A.V.E.S.) George N. Shuster – Correspondence 8 Incoming, December 10, 1942 - July 14, 1944

9 Alums Who Served as W.A.V.E.S., 1943 Awards

10 Information about the W.A.V.E.S., 1944

11 W.A.V.E.S. Letters, November - December 1942 12 Miscellaneous Materials on the W.A.V.E.S. 13 Newspaper Articles on the W.A.V.E.S., 1943 14 War and Peace Memorial, 1946 Yorkville Defense Council George N. Shuster – Correspondence 15 April 27, 1942 - December 15, 1942 Outgoing, June 4, 1942 - December 11, 1942

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SERIES IX – HUNTER COLLEGE IN THE BRONX Subseries 9.1 Restoration of the Bronx Campus Facilities Box Folder Contents George N. Shuster – Correspondence 12 1 Incoming, January 4, 1945 - July 30, 1946 2 Incoming, August 6, 1946 - February 24, 1948 3 Outgoing, January 10, 1946 - February 25, 1948 4 Estimate for the Rehabilitation of the Bronx Buildings of Hunter College of the

City of New York, June 22, 1946, January 20, 1947 5 The City of New York, Board of Higher Education. Proposal for Bids, Bid, Agreement, and Specifications for Furnishings All Labor and Materials Necessary and Required For New Library, Classroom and Administration Building of Hunter College: Bronx Unit, April 24, 1957

Subseries 9.2 Occupancy by the United Nations Organization 13 1 Agreement Between the City of New York, the Board of Higher Education, and United Nations, March 6, 1946 Correspondence

2 February 25 1946 - March 29, 1946 3 April 11, 1946 - November 21, 1947 4 Newspaper Articles, 1946 5 Miscellaneous Materials 6 Studies in Municipal Problems #10 City Employment as the College Student Sees It by Gloria Brody, ca. 1946

SERIES X – HUNTER COLLEGE ANNIVERSARIES Subseries 10.1 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Hunter College 13 7 Address by President George N. Shuster on WNYC Radio, February 12, 1945 Addresses and Poetry 8 Mary R. Beard, n.d.

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SERIES X – HUNTER COLLEGE ANNIVERSARIES Subseries 10.1 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Hunter College Box Folder Contents Addresses and Poetry 13 8 Ruth Lewinson, President of the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College, address delivered at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria, ca. February 1945 Ruth Lewinson, Poem: “Alumnae Valentine,” February 14, 1945 Brochure and Exhibit Committee George N. Shuster – Correspondence 9 Incoming, June 21, 1944 - October 10, 1945 Outgoing, June 20, 1944 - September 7, 1944 Convocation, February 14, 1945 George N. Shuster – Correspondence 10 December 14, 1944 - February 6, 1945 Correspondence George N. Shuster 11 Incoming, June 21, 1944 - February 17, 1948 12 Outgoing, June 20, 1944 - June 20, 1945 Hunter College Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Program George N. Shuster – Correspondence 13 June 26, 1944 - February 5, 1945 14 Hunter College Elementary School Program, February 15, 1945 15 Hunter College High School Program, February 16, 1945 Exhibit at the New York Public Library, February 13, 1945 Address 14 1 Ruth Lewinson, President of the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College, February 13, 1945 George N. Shuster – Correspondence September 7, 1944 - February 27, 1945

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SERIES X – HUNTER COLLEGE ANNIVERSARIES Subseries 10.1 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Box Folder Contents Exhibit at the New York Public Library, February 13, 1945 14 2 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebration Program for the Opening of the Exhibition at The New York Public Library, February 13, 1945

Materials Loaned to Professor Edna Wells Luetz for the exhibit at The New York Public Library, February 13, 1945

3 Miscellaneous Materials 4 Program and Details for the 75th Anniversary, 1944 - 1945 5 Public Relations Committee, 1944 - 1945 Hunter College Diamond Jubilee Essay Contest 6 General Information, December 20, 1945 Correspondence

7 Incoming, November 23, 1944 - April 30, 1946 8 Outgoing, January 3, 1945 - May 31, 1946 Diamond Jubilee Essay Contest Committee Correspondence and Minutes 9 March 1945 - September 1945 People Who Declined to Serve as Judges 10 Correspondence, April 1945 - January 1946 Essays and Correspondence Group A: College Students 11 Barrett-Greenlee, 1946 12 St Hill-Richardson, 1946 Group B: Teachers 13 Branower-Lang, 1946 14 Levin-Warfield, 1946 Group C: High School Students 15 1 Abramowitz-Halpern, 1946 2 Hartzband-Robinson, 1946

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SERIES X – HUNTER COLLEGE ANNIVERSARIES Subseries 10.2 President Shuster’s Tenth Anniversary at Hunter College Box Folder Contents Tenth Anniversary of Dr. George N. Shuster’s tenure as President of Hunter College - Correspondence 15 3 Incoming, May 10, 1949 - May 17, 1949 Outgoing, May 16, 1949 - May 26, 1949

Subseries 10.3 Eightieth Anniversary of Hunter College 15 4 Address by John Foster Dulles, February 14, 1950 5 Correspondence, June 22, 1949 - February 23, 1950 6 Invitations and the Invitation List for the 80th Anniversary Dinner, February 14, 1950 7 Miscellaneous Materials 8 Program of the 80th Anniversary of Hunter College, February 14, 1950

SERIES XI – GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Address 15 9 Shuster, George N. “Hunter College of the City of New York,” ca. July 1948 10 The Committee of the B.H.E. for the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York – Exhibition in Celebration of the Golden Anniversary of New York City at the Grand Central Plaza, August 23, 1948 - September 19, 1948 George N. Shuster - Correspondence 11 Incoming, April 7, 1948 - July 22, 1948 12 Outgoing, April 20, 1948 - June 30, 1948 13 Miscellaneous Materials 14 “New York at Work” Parade, June 12, 1948 15 Progress Report to Mayor William O’ Dwyer from the Mayor’s Committee on the Golden Anniversary, April 22, 1948

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SERIES XII – LAND COMMISSIONER OF BAVARIA, OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSION FOR GERMANY Box Folder Contents George N. Shuster 16 1 Correspondence, March 17, 1950 - December 14, 1950 2 Miscellaneous Materials 3 Newspaper Articles, 1950, 1951 4 Petition of Support for President George N. Shuster by members of the Hunter College Staff, May 26, 1950 5 The Shuster Case, ca. 1950 6 Brief account by George N. Shuster, ca. 1950 7 Letter from George N. Shuster to Walter Winchell, May 24, 1950

SERIES XIII – DISMISSAL OF FOUR N.Y.C. MUNICIPAL COLLEGE PROFESSORS 16 8 Correspondence, April 6, 1954 - November 1, 1954 9 Newspaper Articles, 1954 McGill, V. Jerauld 10 Brief on Behalf of Jerauld V. McGill, ca. 1954

Testimony 11 November 20, 1953

12 January 29, 1954 13 Meeting of the Special Committee, March 30, 1954 14 Charges, April 12, 1954 Transcript of Trial 17 1 May 27, 1954, pp. 1-173 2 May 27, 1954, pp. 174 - 390-B 3 June 9, 1954, pp. 391 - 615 18 1 June 17, 1954, pp. 616 - 826 2 July 15, 1954, pp. 827 - 1056

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SERIES XIII – DISMISSAL OF FOUR N.Y.C. MUNICIPAL COLLEGE PROFESSORS Box Folder Contents Weisner, Louis 18 3 Pre-Trial Testimony, March 26, 1954 4 Charges, April 13, 1954 Transcript of Hearing 5 June 1, 1954, pp. 1-101 6 June 1, 1954, pp. 102 - 232 Hughes, Charles W. 19 1 Testimony, March 26, 1954 2 Charges and Responses, April 12, 1954 Transcript of Trial 3 June 1, 1954, pp. 1-128 4 June 1, 1954, pp. 129 - 268 5 Report of the Trial Committee, McGill, Weisner, Hughes, September 17, 1954 Straus, Dudley David 6 Testimony, December 22, 1954 Straus, Dudley David 7 Charges and Responses, January 11, 1955 Transcript of Trial 8 March 25, 1955, pp. 1-106 9 March 25, 1955, pp. 107 - 188

SERIES XIV – GENERAL FILES 20 1 American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1950 - 1953 2 American Association of University Professors, 1959

3 Report on Academic Salaries, 1958 - 1959 4 American Association of University Women, 1957, 1959 - 1960 5 American Chemical Society, 1947, 1949, 1952 6 American Committee of United Europe, April 16, 1953

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SERIES XIV – GENERAL FILES Box Folder Content 20 7 American European Foundation, Inc. 1957, 1960 8 American European Friendship Association, 1952 - 1961 9 The American Federation of Arts, October 21, 1954 10 American Historical Association, 1951, 1957-1958, 1961

11 American Jewish Committee, 1957, 1959 12 American Jewish Congress, 1946 - 1954 13 American Society for Testing Materials, 1953 - 1954 14 American University, 1951-1956 15 American Youth for Democracy, 1947-1949 21 1 Association of Urban Universities, 1957 2 Atomic Energy Commission, 1953 - 1954 3 Atomic Industrial Forum, 1954 - 1955 4 Board of Higher Education, Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws, April 20, 1953 5 Brooklyn College Calendar Nos. 70 - 86, pp. 45 - 58, ca. 1954 - 1955 Queens College Calendar Nos. 87- 97, pp. 59 - 70, ca, 1954 - 1955 6 Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1943 - 1944 7 Columbia University, 1950, 1954, 1956 - 1958

8 Committee on Distribution of Students, February - September, 1940

Faculty Personnel & Budget Committee 9 1954 - 1955 10 1955 - 1956 11 1956 - 1959 22 Minutes

1 1955 - 1957 2 1956 - 1957

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SERIES XIV – GENERAL FILES Box Folder Content 22 3 Fast, Howard, May-June 1952 4 Freshmen Orientation Brochures, 1958 - 1959, 1961, 1964 5 French University of New York Convocation, April 1, 1953 6 German Requests, 1952 7 Gorney, Jay, 1953 8 Hunter College Concert Bureau Subscriptions, 1947 - 1948 9 Hunter College Departmental Reports, 1931, 1940 10 Hunter College Honors Courses, 1937, 1940 Hunter College in the Bronx (aka Bronx Campus), 1929, 1940 11 Convocation Marking the 20th Anniversary, 1931-1952 12 Field Day Programs, 1950, 1952, 1954 13 “Hunter Looks Forward,” July 6, 1955 14 The Lehnerts’ Rock Garden, May 2, 1938 15 Programs from the Little Theatre Programs, 1931, 1934, 1948 23 1 Hunter College Promotional Brochure, n.d. 2 Introduction: A New Concept of Social Unity by Rita Shelley, n.d.

3 Jewish Theological Seminary and Institute for Religious Studies, 1941-1943 4 Le Comte Du Nouy Foundation Award, October 1957 5-6 Miscellaneous Materials 7 Modern Language Association Symposium, December 28 - 30, 1948 8 National Council of Teachers of English, 1959 9 Newspaper Articles, 1938 - 1939, 1945, 1949 - 1961, 1963

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SERIES XIV – GENERAL FILES Box Folder Content 23 10 New York Life Insurance Company, May 3, 1958

11 Poling, Daniel, 1957-1959 12 Report on Survey of the Accounting Practices in the Municipal College System, June 28, 1957 13 The Role of the College Woman in a Shaken World – Symposium, October 11, 1940

24 1 Report to the Directors of the American Committee on United Europe, November, 1953

2 Report of the Hungarian Students of Hunter College, March 11, 1958

3 Report of the Survey Staff on the City Colleges, January 7, 1944 4 Review of Organization By-Laws, 1940 - 1941 5 Ryan, Mary Agnes (1959 - 1960) 6 Support Staff Job Descriptions, 1953 7 Symposium on Radiation Hazards to the Mankind: Their Impact On Education and Import to Society, February 20, 1957 8 Suggestions for the Contents of the Cornerstone Box for the New Bronx Buildings, March 1959 9 Teacher Retirement Data, 1939, 1944, 1952, 1957-1961

10-11 Tead, Ordway, 1940 - 1941, 1950 - 1959 25 1 UNESCO Appointment, 1958 UNESCO Data George N. Shuster - Correspondence 2 Incoming, June 2 - 25, 1958 Outgoing, March - June 1958 3 Works Progress Administration - Hunter College Project, 1939 4 World’s Fair Scrapbook, July 1, 1940 - August 7, 1940

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.1 Addresses, Papers, Reports and Statements Box Folder Content 25 5 World’s Fair Scrapbook, July 1, 1940 - August 7, 1940

Address by Dr. George N. Shuster, Academic Dean and Acting President of Hunter College on the occasion of his introduction to the staff of Hunter College presented on September 21, 1939. Address presented at a meeting of the American Federation of Teachers on November 17, 1939. “Education Looks Ahead” presented by Acting President Shuster at the Cooper

Union Forum, Cooper Union, New York City on December 10, 1939. Radio Address of Acting President George N. Shuster presented on WOR on the anniversary of Hunter College, February 14 1940. “Thanksgiving Day Alumnae Day” presented at Hunter College on

November 20, 1940. Baccalaureate address of Dr. George N. Shuster presented at Hunter College,

June 15, 1941. The text of a radio address by George N. Shuster titled “An answer to Senator

Nye” which appeared in The Capital Times on October 20, 1940. Address by President Shuster at Wadleigh High School, November, 1941. Address by President Shuster at Brooklyn Technical High School, November 28, 1941.

“College Women and the War” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges, held in Baltimore, Maryland, on

January 2, 1942. Address given before the meeting of the Association of Junior Leagues of America at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on May 7, 1943. Thousands of Lives, Hunter College, 1943

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.1 Addresses, Papers, Reports and Statements Box Folder Contents 25 6 “Educational Opportunity for All” radio address presented at the Freedom House Program, Fall 1944. “Christ Church Forum on Building for a Better World” presented on

September 21, 1944. 7 Addresses presented at The Sponsoring Ceremony LSM

(Landing Ships Medium) 280, 281, 282, 283, 284 by Hunter College of the City of New York on November 15, 1944.

8 Address presented at the Institute for Religious Studies in New York, on November 21, 1944. 9 Address presented at a luncheon meeting of the Tuition Plan Inc. at Louis

Sherry’s on February 15, 1945. 10 Address presented on February 16, 1945. Address presented at a luncheon meeting of the Foreign Policy Association held at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria on February 17, 1945. 11 Remarks prepared by Dr. George N. Shuster for participation on Buffalo Town Meeting Radio Program on June 14, 1945 (Dr. Shuster’s remarks were not used in this forum). “Education as an Adventure” presented at the Baccalaureate Exercises of

Hunter College on June 24, 1945. Inter-Group Relations at Hunter College, N.Y.C., September 1945 Address presented at a (Hunter College) Lower Classmen Assembly on October 24, 1945. Statement by the President of Hunter College. The Alumnae News,

March, 1946, p.1. Address presented at the Educational Conference celebrating the Inauguration of Dr. James Lewis Morrill as president of the University of Minnesota on April 24, 1946. Address presented at Hunter College ca. June 1946.

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.1 Addresses, Papers, Reports and Statements Box Folder Contents 25 11 Baccalaureate address presented at Hunter College on June 23, 1946. “Good, Evil and Beyond” presented at the University of Michigan on

August 8, 1946. 12 “The Paradox of UNESCO” presented before the Association of American Colleges held in Boston at the Hotel Statler on January 14, 1947. Address presented at a Hunter College Freshmen Assembly on

February 11, 1947. 13 Address presented at a Foreign Policy Association luncheon held at the

Waldorf-Astoria on February 15, 1947. Remarks by Dr. George N. Shuster on Columbia Broadcasting System Radio Program “Opinion Please” on February 21, 1947. Commencement address presented at Lehigh University on March 2, 1947. Address presented at the National Catholic Education Association Convention in Boston, Massachusetts on April 8, 1947. “Can UNESCO Succeed” presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 16, 1947. Address presented on WMCA Radio and sponsored by the Parent’s League of New York, Inc., on April 26, 1947. Address presented at the Assembly Hall of Hunter College on May 21, 1947. 26 1 “What the Past Ten Years Have Done to Me Spiritually” presented at the Chicago Institute of Religious and Social Studies at Hotel Bismarck on November 5, 1947. 2 “The Administration of a Municipal College” presented at the Ninth Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, ca. 1948. Address presented at the Social Scientific Society of New York on April 8, 1948.

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.1 Addresses, Papers, Reports and Statements Box Folder Contents 26 2 “The Forty-Eighters in America” presented in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress on May 12, 1948. Address presented at Seton Hill College celebrating the Inauguration of Dr. William Granger Ryan as President of Seton Hill College on

November 11, 1948. Address presented in Cleveland, Ohio on March 21, 1949. Address presented at the Academic Convocation at the University of Dayton, Ohio on March 16, 1950. 3 Address presented at the Annual Institute of the New York Section of National Council of Jewish Women, held at the Hotel Pierre on October 20, 1952. 4 Address presented at the Third Gabriel Richard Lecture co-sponsored by the National Catholic Association and Loyola University of New Orleans on November 6, 1952. Address presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Society held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 13 - 14, 1952. 5 Address presented at a meeting of the Christian Democratic Union of Central Europe on March 13, 1953. 6 Address presented at a dinner meeting of the National Civil Liberties Clearing House at the Hotel 2400 in Washington, D.C. on March 19, 1953. 7 “Beyond a Troubled Day” presented at Sarah Lawrence College Commencement on May 28, 1953. 8 “National Man and International Society” presented at the Dedication of Carnegie Endowment International Center on October 19, 1953. 9 Paper presented at the Golden Anniversary Convention of The Religious Education Association of the United States and Canada, at the University of Pittsburgh on November 8 - 10, 1953.

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.1 Addresses, Papers, Reports and Statements Box Folder Contents 26 10 Address presented at the Annual Conference-Luncheon of the United Parents Association of New York City, Inc. held at the Waldorf Astoria on December 12, 1953. 11 “Cultural Relations Between the Old World and the New” presented at the Conference on the European Contribution to the Cultural Life and Humanism among the Peoples of the Americas, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 16 - 22, 1954. “The Meaning of Civil Liberty” presented at the New School for Social

Research on October 5, 1954. “Longfellow – Adventures in Simplicity” presented before the Poetry Society of America on December 30, 1954. 12 Address presented at a meeting of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York held on January 18, 1955. Address presented at the Council on Social Work Education held in Chicago, Illinois on January 28, 1955. Address presented to Hunter College Freshmen on September 1956. Address presented at meeting of the New Jersey Association of Deans & Counselors in Atlantic City, N.J. on November 9, 1956.

Address presented at the Jewish Theological Seminary on November 20, 1956.

13 “The Meaning of Higher Education in the United States” presented at the What America Stands For Symposium held at the University of Notre Dame on

March 29, 1957.

27 1 Address presented at the (Hunter College) Freshmen Convocation on September 13, 1957.

2 Address presented at the National Convention of the National Catholic

Music Educators’ Association on May 11, 1958.

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.1 Addresses, Papers, Reports and Statements Box Folder Contents 27 3 “On Catholic Education” presented at the Symposium on the Catholic

Contribution to American Intellectual Life sponsored by the Thomas Moore Association and the Department of Library Science, Rosary College on June 14 - 15, 1958.

4 Address presented at the Taminent Institute Conference, ca. August 1958.

“Education and Freedom” presented at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota on April 5, 1959.

5 Address presented at the Anniversary Dinner of the 175th Anniversary

of the German Society of the City of New York held at the Astor Hotel on April 7, 1959.

“The Principal Question” commencement address presented at City College of the City of New York on June 17, 1959.

6 Statement on the “Right to Work” Laws, September 4, 1959. 7 Address presented at the (Hunter College) Freshmen Convocation

on September 18, 1959.

8 “The Outlook For Cultural Cooperation” presented at The National Council of English Conference in Denver, Colorado on November 26, 1959.

9 “Reflections” presented on January 8, 12, 1960. “The New Frontier” presented before the Fifth Annual National

Mass Media Awards of the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, N.Y. on January 27, 1960.

10 “Founder’s Day Address” presented at Hunter College of The City

University of New York, February 14, 1968.

Undated Addresses 11 “Accidental Cohesion” “Joseph B. Cavallaro”

12 Untitled and Undated Addresses

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.2 Articles Box Folder Contents 27 13 A Chronological List of Publications Written, Translated and/or edited by

Dr. George N. Shuster. 14 Shuster, George N. “The Tragedy of Mark Twain.” Catholic World (March, 1917): 731-737.

---. “The Retreat of the American Novel.” Catholic World (November, 1917): 166 - 178.

---. “Catholic Literature: As a World-Force.” Catholic World (July, 1920): 454 - 462.

---. “Joris Karl Huysmans: Egoist and Mystic.” Catholic World (July, 1921): 452-464. ---. “The Surrender of Robert Louis Stevenson.” Catholic World (1924): 89 - 95. ---. “Have We Any Scholars?” America: a Catholic Review of the Week (August, 1925): 418 - 419. ---. “Opportunities of the Educated Layman.” Catholic Action (June 1932): 5 - 6 ---. “History: A Barrier or a Blessing?” The Catholic Historical Review

(July, 1936): 185 - 190. ---. “Symposium on the Significance of Max Scheler For Philosophy and Social Science.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

(March, 1942): 269 - 272. ---. “Political and National Divisions as Sources of Prejudice.” Journal of Educational Sociology (February, 1943): 348 - 351. ---. “The Greek Tradition.” Commonweal (September 10, 1943):509 - 513. ---. “No Abiding Place.” The Commonweal (December 24, 1943): 248 - 250. ---. “Historicism and Literature.” Journal of Bible and Religion (August 1946): 135-138. ---. “Good, Evil, and Beyond.” Annals of the American Academy of Political

and Social Science (January, 1947): 169 - 176.

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.2 Articles Box Folder Contents 27 14 Shuster, George N. “Education and Wisdom.” The Commonweal (April, 1949): 36 - 45. ---. “German Reeducation: Success or Failure.” Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science (May, 1949): 12-18.

15 ---. “Our Era of Pictures.” This Week Magazine (May 14, 1950): 5 - 34.

---. “Catholic Culture in America.” Today (March, 1953): 12 - 13. ---. “Academic Freedom.” The Commonweal (April 10, 1953): 11-13.

---. “The American Occupation and German Education.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (April 30, 1953): 159 - 162. ---. “Foreign Language Teaching and International Conciliation.” PMLA

(April, 1954): 3 - 8. ---. “Educating the Modern Child.” Think (March 1955): 6-7, 36. ---. “Longfellow- Adventures in Simplicity.” The American Benedictine Review (Summer, 1955): 148 - 155. 16 ---. “Art at War with the Good.” in Great Dilemmas in Literature: Past and Present. Edited by Robert M. MacIver. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956,

pp. 25 - 36. ---. “The New Schoolboy’s Shining Face.” American Scholar (Winter 1955/1956):

69 - 79. ---. “Shuster Tells How People Defied Reds.” New York Herald Tribune, October 30, 1956. n.p. ---. “Shuster Says Reds Trapped Themselves.” New York Herald Tribune, October 31, 1956, p. 14. ---. “The Coming German Elections.” Foreign Policy Bulletin (August 15, 1957): 177-178. ---. “Our College.” The Hunter Alumni News, November 1957, pp. 1-2.

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.3 Books Box Folder Contents 27 16 Shuster, George N. “How Can a N.Y. Youngster Get Into College?”

Journal American (January, 1959): n. p. 17 ---.“Dearth of Teachers Menaces College.” Journal American, (1959) n.p. ---. “What is Education?” Daedalus (Winter, 1959): 25 - 39. ---. “The School: Not Little and Red any Longer.” (February, 1963): pp. 9 - 12. ---. “Our Teachers: Should They Lobby or Strike?” Catholic News (November 28, 1968):11. ---.“Turning To a New Page in Portuguese History.” Catholic News

(December 5, 1968): 9.

---. “American Scholarship: Nostalgia and Prediction.” The Review of Politics (October, 1969): 436 - 441.

28 1 ---. Brother Flo: an imaginative biography. New York: Macmillan Company, 1938. ---. Look Away! New York: Macmillan Co., 1939. Correspondence and Contract

July 20, 1949; January 30, 1950 2 ---. The English Ode From Milton to Keats. New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. Correspondence and Contract, May - November 1940

3 ---. The World’s Great Catholic Literature. New York: Macmillan Co., 1942. Correspondence, September 1941 - November 1943 ---. Foreword in The Settlement of the Eternal City by Giuseppe DiGioia.

New York: J.M. Barrett Corporation, 1948.

Cardinal Mindszenty 4 Correspondence, June - September 1956 Memoranda, October 24, 1956 “Cardinal Mindszenty,” n.d. Newspaper Articles, 1956

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.4 Book Reviews Box Folder Contents 28 5 Shuster, George N. In Silence I Speak: the Story of Cardinal Mindszenty Today and of Hungary’s “New Order.” New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. Book Reviews, 1956 - 1957 Correspondence 6 Incoming, August 1956 - March 1958 Outgoing, October 1956 - July 1958

7 Shuster, George N. Education and Moral Wisdom. New York: Harper, 1959. Correspondence and Contract, June 15 - 29, 1959 8 Reviews of The Catholic Spirit in America, 1927 Reviews of The Vatican as a World Power, 1939

Reviews of The English Ode from Milton to Keats, 1940

9 Reviews of The World’s Great Catholic Literature, 1942 10 Reviews of Germany: A Short History, 1944 Review of Modern Education and Human Values, 1948 Reviews of Religion Behind the Iron Curtain, 1954 Reviews of Education and Moral Wisdom, 1960 Review of The Ground I Walked On, 1961

Reviews of UNESCO: Assessment and Promise, 1963 Review of Catholic Education in a Changing World, 1968 Review of Evolution in Perspective, 1970

11 Reviews written by Dr. George N. Shuster, 1940 - 1972

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SERIES XV – WRITINGS Subseries 15.5 Radio Discussions Box Folder Contents 28 12 The University of Chicago Round Table, 1946 - 1954 Subseries 15.6 Miscellaneous 28 13 Miscellaneous Writings Series XVI – THE OPEN MIND PROGRAM TRANSCRIPTS The National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (WRCA-TV) The Open Mind Program, July 7, 1957 28 14 “The Meaning of Freedom – America” Host: Richard D. Heffner Guest: Dr. George N. Shuster Guest: Norman Cousins The Open Mind Program, December 29, 1957 “America’s Image of Self” Host: Richard D. Heffner Guest: Leo Rosten Guest: Max Lerner Guest: Dr. George N. Shuster

SERIES XVII – PHOTOGRAPHS 29 1 President Shuster’s Portraits, 1940’s -1960’s 2 Celebration for H. Broderick Cohen, ca. 1940 3 President Franklin D. Roosevelt at George N. Shuster’s Inauguration, October 28, 1940 4 President Shuster on stage with Eleanor Roosevelt, ca. 1940 5 Amphibious Command Ships Sponsored by Hunter College, November 15, 1944 6 President Shuster presents awards to the Hunter College Home Economics Students, 1947-1949

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SERIES XVII – PHOTOGRAPHS Box Folder Contents 29 7 President Shuster meeting with presidents of N.Y.C. municipal colleges,

ca. 1947 8 President Shuster with Hunter Alumnae, 1949 - 1950’s 9 President Shuster in “A Flash of Lightning” December 1949 10 President Shuster with Hunter’s Cosmopolitan Society, May, 1950 11 President Shuster in Berlin, Germany, January, 1951. 12 President Shuster with Mayor Impelliteri and the Board of Higher

Education at City Hall, ca. 1951 13 President Shuster presenting the Catholic Literary Award to Graham Green, 1952 14 President Shuster at the Gabriel Richard Lecture at Loyola University, 1952 15 President Shuster at Rhodes School Graduation, January 24, 1953 16 President Shuster at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, May, 1953 17 President Shuster Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of New York City, 1954 18 President Shuster in attendance at a Hunter College Elementary School Event, February, 1954 19 President Shuster with unidentified individuals 20 President Shuster with “Skating Queen” Phyllis Weiner, October 11, 1954 21 President Shuster at the Anniversary Celebration of AUFBAU, October 24, 1954 22 President Shuster at the Dedication of the New Bleachers at the Bronx Campus of Hunter College, November 27, 1954

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SERIES XVII – PHOTOGRAPHS Box Folder Contents 29 23 President Shuster at the Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. Exhibit December 7-9, 1954 24 President Shuster with students in the Board of Higher Education Meeting Room, January, 1955 25 President Shuster with the Board of Higher Education, Spring 1955 26 President Shuster at Marquette University, November 11, 1955 27 President Shuster at Commencement at the Bronx Campus of Hunter

College, 1955-1957 28 President Shuster at the Senior Ball in the Vanderbilt Hotel, 1956 29 President Shuster at an Official Reception with West German Officials,

January, 1956 30 President Shuster at College Teacher Education Conference at Hunter College, n.d. 31 President Shuster as a Waiter for World University Service, April 30, 1956 32 President Shuster as a Panelist at the New York Times Youth Forum,

November 18, 1956 33 President Shuster in front of Hunter College, ca. late 1950’s 34 President Shuster at a radio interview with John Wingate (WOR) February 28, 1957 and March 1, 1957 35 President Shuster at Notre Dame University, April, 1957 36 President Shuster at a radio interview with Frank Farrell (WABC) and British actress Dana Winter, April 16, 1957 37 President Shuster receiving the Austrian Gold Medal of Honor, September 27, 1957 38 President Shuster with author Edgar Alexander, November, 1957 39 President Shuster at Bronx Campus Field Day, ca. 1958

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SERIES XVII – PHOTOGRAPHS Box Folder Contents 29 40 President Shuster receiving the Educator of the Year Award, ca. 1958 41 President Shuster at the presentation of the Salk Scholarship for Medical Study, May 27, 1958 42 Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Manhattan College, June 10, 1958 43 President Shuster with Mrs. Shuster at Fordham University’s Honor of Link Understanding, 1959 44 President Shuster at the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany Reception, February 11, 1959 45 President Shuster at an unidentified conference, August 3, 1959 46 President Shuster at his Hunter College Retirement Convocation, January 26, 1960 47 President Shuster at a Roosevelt House Celebration, March 15, 1960 48 President Shuster at the Inauguration of Dr. Robert Cross, February 14, 1968 49 Busts of Dr. George N. Shuster, n.d. 50 Family photographs, n.d. President Shuster at 51 Hunter College Commencement, n.d New York City Department of Commerce & Public Events, n.d. News Conference with WNYC, n.d. Roosevelt House with Students, n.d.

Student Dinner – Dance, n.d.

52 Unidentified Events, n.d.

53 President Shuster receiving an award from the German Consul General, n.d.

54 President Shuster with Students, n.d. 55 President Shuster with Students on the Bronx Campus of Hunter College, n.d.

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SERIES XVIII – SCRAPBOOKS Box Folder Contents 30 Scrapbook of Dr. George N. Shuster receiving an Honorary of Doctor Laws degree at Manhattan College, June 10, 1958. 31 Scrapbook of newspaper articles and clippings on Dr. George N. Shuster and Hunter College, July 6, 1939 - October 28, 1940.

SERIES XIX – RETIREMENT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE N. SHUSTER Academic Convocation in Honor of President George N. Shuster Correspondence 32 1 Incoming,

December 29, 1959 - January 28, 1960

Outgoing, 2 February 4, 1959 - April 10, 1959

3 January 8, 1960 - February 2, 1960 4 February 3, 1960 - August 10, 1960 5 Program, January 26, 1960 6 Award presented by the Trustees and Faculties of New York University to the B.H.E. of the City of New York and the Faculties of Hunter College, Greeting, George N. Shuster, January 26, 1960. Addresses 7 Benton, William. “A Tribute to George Nauman Shuster: Youth and

Political Leadership,” presented at Hunter College Commencement, June 16, 1959.

Fairchild, Hoxie N. “A Word of Thanks to Dr. George N. Shuster,”

October 30, 1959. Stein, Elizabeth P. “Dr. George Nauman Shuster President of Hunter

College,” November 2, 1959. 8 “Geo. Shuster Departs.” Notre Dame Alumnus (March - April 1952): n.p. (Translated by Rev. Bernard J. III, C.S.C. from a German Newspaper).

Rees, Mina S. “Dr. George N. Shuster: An Appreciation and a Salute.” The Hunter College Alumni News (May 1959): 2 - 3.

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Addresses 32 8 Esterow, Milton. “Shuster to Leave Hunter in a Year.”

The New York Times (February 17, 1959): 33L.

“President Shuster to Retire; BHE Searching for Successor.” Hunter Arrow (February 19, 1959): 1, 3.

A.T.W. “The President Reminisces.” The Hunter College Alumni News (January 1960): 3.

Brewer, Sam Pope. “Shuster Honored By Hunter Degree.” The New York Times, January 27, 1960, p. 23. Richman, Alan. “Convocation Honoring Shuster Lauds 20 Years of Leadership.” Hunter Arrow (February 8, 1960): 1, 3. “A Toast To Life.” New York Herald Tribune This Week Magazine

(July 24, 1960): 2 George N. Shuster Testimonial Volume 9 Correspondence, June 12, 1959 - September 4, 1959 10 Miscellaneous Materials Songs and Sonnets in Honor of Dr. George N. Shuster 11 “Hail and Farewell” by Liboria E. Romano (Class of 1955) “Prexy Shuster” by Dr. Edith Adelaide Hahn, February, 1959

SERIES XX – THE PASSING OF DR. GEORGE N. SHUSTER Obituary 32 12 McQuiston, John T. “George Shuster, Hunter President From 1940 to 1960, Is Dead at 82.” The New York Times

(January 27, 1977): 38. Died. George Nauman Shuster. Time (February 7, 1977): 77. 13 Eulogy for George Nauman Shuster delivered by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. at the Sacred Heart Church, Notre Dame, Indiana,

January 28, 1977.

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SERIES XX – THE PASSING OF DR. GEORGE N. SHUSTER Box Folder Contents 32 14 Eulogy for George Nauman Shuster delivered by Mina S. Rees at St. Vincent

Ferrer Church, April 29, 1977. 15 Memorial Service Program for George N. Shuster 1894 - 1977 held on

April 29, 1977, at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York City. 16 Tribute to the Late President George N. Shuster by Ethel G. Berl at the

One Hundred and Seventh Birthday of Hunter College, April 30, 1977.

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ADDENDA SERIES I - PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Subseries 1.1 Awards Box Folder Contents Hunter College Dedication and Inauguration Week 33 Greeting from the University of California to Hunter College of the City of New York, September 11, 1940 Greeting from The Council, Senate, and Faculty of New York University to the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York and the Faculty of Hunter College, October 1, 1940 Greeting from the Trustees, President and Faculty of the Indiana University to the Board of Higher Education

and Faculty of Hunter College. Greeting: Indiana University sends its congratulations upon the occasion of the celebration of her seventieth birthday, the dedication of the New Building, and the inauguration of George N. Shuster as President of the College, October 1, 1940

Greeting from Ohio State University to the Board of Higher Education and the Faculty of Hunter College of the City of New York, October 8, 1940 Greetings from the President, Trustees, and Faculties of Temple University to Hunter College on the occasion of the Inauguration of Dr. George N. Shuster, October 9, 1940 World War II Activities This Citation for Meritorious Service is hereby awarded to Hunter College…for an outstanding contribution to the 1944 New York War Fund Campaign. This Mark of Commendation is awarded by the NAVY Department to Hunter College for effective co-operation with the U.S. Navy in the training of recruits of the Women’s Reserve, February 1943/December 1945. Hunter College Diamond Jubilee The President, the Director and the Faculty of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art to the President and Faculty of Hunter College… ca. 1945.

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SERIES I - PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Subseries 1.1 Awards Box Folder Contents Testimonials 33 George Nauman Shuster appointed as Alternate

Representative of the United States of America to the First Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, October 16, 1946.

George Nauman Shuster elected Fellow of The American

Academy of Arts & Sciences, May 10, 1950. Lifelong membership to the Nursing Profession, June 1956. Testimonial to Dr. George Nauman Shuster by the Catholic Book Club on the occasion of the presentation of the Campion Award…, November 22, 1968. The National Committee for the Alfred E. Smith Memorial St. Vincent’s Hospital Extends its Gratitude to Dr. George Shuster, n.d.

SERIES XIV – GENERAL FILES 34 1 American European Friendship Association, Inc. Sixth Annual Friendship Week, June 22 - 28, 1955 2 Annual Report of the President of Hunter College for Fiscal Year 1939 -1940 (December 15, 1940) 3 Blantz, Thomas E. “Personal Liberty, Social Responsibility, and George N. Shuster: An Inquiry,” November 7, 1987 4 Chase, Edith. “Outcomes of Graduate Study of Women Students: A Summary of the Achievements of Hunter College Graduates Who Held Awards for Graduate Study, 1940 - 1950.” Faculty Handbook 5 Fall 1949 6 1953 - 1954

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SERIES XIV – GENERAL FILES Box Folder Contents 34 7 Remarks made by Acting President Eleanor H. Grady at Hunter College Commencement, June 1951 8 Grady, Eleanor Hudson, Weintraub, Ruth G. and Ruth E. Salley.

“A Backward Glance,” November, 1948. (Survey). 9 International Affairs Major, 1948 - 1949 10 Metaphysics of Christianity Chapters 1-3 (Title of paper translated from German)

11 The Physically Handicapped Student in American Colleges and Universities, June 1944 12 Prayers of the Wise Given to the Friends of Edgar Alexander, Christmas 1946 (Title of paper translated from German)

13 Report of the Coordinating Committee for Graduate Studies Activities During the Academic Year, 1958 - 1959

14 Report of the Office of the Dean of Faculty, March 1, 1948

15 Report of the President of Hunter College for the Years 1941-1942 and

1942 - 1943

16 Mary A. Ryan’s Complaint Regarding the unsuitability of Hunter College for Catholics, 1959 - 1960

17 Steiner, Arpad. “A Mirror for Scholars of the Baroque,” June 1940 Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools

35 1 Accredited Lists, 1941 Accredited Colleges, 1942 2 Hunter College of the City of New York Report to the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Part A, February 1956. 3 Ibid., Part B1 4 Ibid., Part B2

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools 35 5 Report of the Evaluation of Hunter College New York, New York by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, March 11-14, 1956

6 Hunter College Special Committee on Middle States Evaluation, 1957, 1958 36 Attendance of the Holy Joseph Patron Saint of the Entire Catholic Church for Everyday of the Month, n.d.

(Title translated from German) The Millions Book of the Assembly of All Saints. Redeemer, 1886 (Title translated from German) Greater Catechism for Users in Catholic Schools, 1865 (Title translated from German) Kyriale Romanum, 1906

Tribute to the Late George N. Shuster, by Professor Ethel G. Berl

George N. Shuster 1894 - 1977-- Memorial Service April 29, 1977, 34 Some Recollections of Hunter College by Ethel G. Berl, Delivered at the Alumni Luncheon, May 11, 1996

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Articles: Shuster, George N. “Catholic Literature As a World-Force.” Catholic World (1920): 454 - 462. ---. “Joris Karl Huymans:” Egoist and Mystic.” Catholic World (July, 1921): 452 - 464. ---. “The Surrender of Robert Louis Stevenson.” Catholic World (1942): 89 - 95. ---. “History: A Barrier or a Blessing?” The Catholic Historical Review (July, 1936): 185 - 190. ---. “Symposium on the Significance of Max Scheler For Philosophy and Social Science.”

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (March, 1942): 269 - 272. ---. “Political and National Divisions as Sources of Prejudice.” Journal of Educational Sociology

(February, 1943): 348 - 351. ---. “Historicism and Literature.” Journal of Bible and Religion (August 1946): 135 - 138. ---. “Good, Evil, and Beyond.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

(January, 1947): 169 - 176. ---. “German Reeducation: Success or Failure.” Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science (May, 1949): 12 - 18. ---. “Our Era of Pictures.” This Week Magazine (May 14, 1950): 5, 34.

---.“Academic Freedom.” The Commonweal (April 10, 1953): 11-13. ---. “The American Occupation and German Education.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (April 30, 1953): 159 -162. ---.“Educating the Modern Child.” Think (March 1955): 6 - 7, 36. ---. “Foreign Language Teaching and International Conciliation.” PMLA (April, 1954): 3 - 8. ---. “The New Schoolboy’s Shinning Face.” The American Scholar (December 2, 1955): 69 - 79. ---. “Shuster Calls Cardinal Key Figure in Hungary.” New York Herald Tribune, October 29, 1956. n.p. ---. “Shuster Tells How People Defied Reds.” New York Herald Tribune, October 30, 1956. n.p. ---. “Shuster Says Reds Trapped Themselves.” New York Herald Tribune, October 31, 1956. n.p. ---. “The Coming German Elections.” Foreign Policy Bulletin (August 15, 1957): 177 - 178. n.p. ---. “How Can a N.Y. Youngster Get Into College?” Journal American (January, 1959): n. p.

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Articles: Shuster, George N. “Dearth of Teachers Menaces College.” Journal American (1959): n.p. ---. “What is Education?” Daedalus (Winter 1959): 25 - 39.

---. “Our Teachers: Should They Lobby or Strike?” Catholic News (November 28, 1968):11. ---. “Turning To a New Page in Portuguese History.” Catholic News (December 5, 1968): 9. ---. “American Scholarship: Nostalgia and Prediction.” The Review of Politics (October, 1969): 436 - 441. Books: Shuster, George N. The Catholic Spirit in Modern English Literature. New York: Macmillan Co., 1922. ---. English Literature. Boston, New York: Allyn and Bacon, 1926. ---. The Hill of Happiness. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1926. ---. The Catholic Spirit in America. New York: L. MacVeagh, Dial Press, 1927. Kevenhoerster, Bernard, and George N. Shuster. Saint Anselm’s Church: 613 Tinton Avenue New York

City. [s.i.: s.n.], 1929. Shuster, George N. The Catholic Church and Current Literature. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1930. ---. The Germans; An Inquiry and an Estimate. New York: L. MacVeagh, Dial Press, 1932. ---. Strong Man Rules: An Interpretation of Germany Today. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1934. ---. Like a Mighty Army; Hitler versus Established Religion. New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1935. ---. A Modern Job Speaks with God. London, New York: Longmans, Green, 1937. ---. Brother Flo: an Imaginative Biography. New York: Macmillan Co., 1938. ---. Look Away! New York: Macmillan Co., 1939. Voight, F. A., Everett, R. Clincy, and George N. Shuster. The Menace To Free Worship. S.I.: Survey Graphic, 1939. Cuddihy, Robert J., and George N. Shuster. Pope Pius XI and American Public Opinion. New York