Records of the Office of University Advancement consisting of Commencement files, 1968- . Files include materials on commencement planning, the University Marshal, academic traditions and regalia, publications and programs, speeches, photographs, materials about speakers, and related papers. Key personal names include Richard Nixon, Lawton Chiles, John C. Pace, Mary Firestone Baars, J. Patrick Moynihan, Malcolm B. Johnson, Gloria Jahoda, James B. Wilson, Dean Rusk, Eudora Welty, Governor Reubin O. Askew and Bob Graham, Lawrence W. Tyree, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, James V. Buchli, Sam J. Ervin, John Brademas, Jerry L. Maygarden, Arthur V. Doerr, Jack and Carolyn Fleming, Nancy Gilliam, H. Lawrence Garrett III, Harold B. Crosby, James A. Robinson, and Morris L. Marx. Topics include history of the University, honorary degrees, the Corpus Christi, Panama City, and Eglin campuses of the University, special materials on the number of graduates (10,000th, etc.), and handling of student demonstrations during the Vietnam War.
