Robert Manning Strozier Speeches and Addresses, 1947-1960
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Strozier, Robert Manning, 1906-1960
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of speeches and addresses written by Dr. Strozier while employed as the Dean of Students at the University of Chicago and as the President of Florida State University. Also this collection contains memorabilia from Dr. Strozier's Inauguration ceremony at Florida State University.
- Extent:
- 0.50 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Robert Manning Strozier Speeches and Addresses, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/HPUA2001-012
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection consists of speeches and addresses written by Dr. Strozier while employed as the Dean of Students at the University of Chicago and as the President of Florida State University. Also this collection contains memorabilia from Dr. Strozier's Inauguration ceremony at Florida State University.
https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:hpuastrozierpapers
- Biographical / historical:
Robert Manning Strozier was born July 20, 1906, in McRae, Georgia. He lived at various times in McRae, Vienna and Moultrie, and then went to Atlanta where he received a bachelor's and a master's degree from Emory University. In 1930, as a teacher of French, he began his educational career on the faculty of Georgia College for Men at Tifton. Later he served on the faculties of West Georgia College and the University of Georgia. His postgraduate work was continued at the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in 1945, and at the Sorbonne, where he later returned to make a series of lectures. While studying at Chicago he met and married Margaret Burnett in 1936. Dr. and Mrs. Strozier were the parents of three children. Strozier became president of Florida State University (FSU) in September, 1957, after 28 years of college teaching and administration in three Georgia institutions. He was also dean of students and professor or romance languages at the University of Chicago.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was artificially constructed from materials discovered in FSU Libraries Archives Biography Vertical File.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Purdue University--Students.
Florida State University--Alumni and alumnae
Florida State University--Students
Florida State University--Presidents
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago--Students
Deans (Education)--Illinois--Chicago--Correspondence
Student government.
Humanities.
Foreign study.
Students--Political activity.
Students--Civil rights
The Post War Florida, 1945-1960
Paris (France)--Description and travel
Mount Dora (Fla.)--History
Statesboro (Ga.)--History.
Speeches, addresses, etc. - Names:
- Chicago Musical College
Phi Beta Kappa
Association for Childhood Education (U.S.)
Music Teachers National Association
Rotary Club (McRae, Ga.) - Places:
- Hillsborough County (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Lake County (Fla.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.
- Preferred citation:
Robert Manning Strozier Speeches and Addresses, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/HPUA2001-012
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
