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Box 1257

 Container

Contains 31 Results:

Series I: Essays & Orations, 1908-1947

 Series — Multiple Containers
Abstract

Contains booklet and paper formatted essays and orations from 1908-1947. Also contains oratory programs from 1915, 1922, 1925, and 1927. Orations are arrange by date and then alphabetically by author.

Dates: 1908-1947

Oliver Prize Orations

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2002.100
Abstract

Established in 1906 by R.B. Oliver, the Oliver Prize was awarded to one male student, for the best oration, and to one female student, for the best essay, at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. Some winning orators also participated in the Inter-State Oratorical Association. This collection consists of the speeches and essays written by the winners. The contests lasted until 1959.

Dates: 1907-1959

Oratory Programs, 1915, 1922, 1925,1927

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1915, 1922, 1925,1927

Fitzgerald, John. "Graceo=American Ideals", 1908

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 02
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1908

Horner, Vernon. "The Dawn of a New Era", 1908

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 03
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1908

Hotchkiss, Alma. "The Man of the Hour", 1908

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1908

Osias, Camilo. "The Aspiration of the Filipinos", 1908

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 05
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1908

Abernathy, Earl. "The Spirit of the West", 1909

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 06
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1909

Booth, Zoe. "Soldiers of Peace", 1909

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 07
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1909

Bowman, Nelle. "Indifference In American Sentiment", 1909

 File — Box: 1257, Folder: 08
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains essays and orations from the Oliver Prize Orations. The essays and orations are in booklet, bound, and paper format. The essays and orations are mixed together and arranged by year then alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1909