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Box 1258

 Container

Contains 29 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

Ivy, Conway. "Tolstoi", 1911

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1911

Limbaugh. "The Peril of American Politics", 1911

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1911

Miller. "The Love of Kind", 1911

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1911

Pendarvis, Wilbur O. "The Convict Citizen", 1911

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1911

Rodgers. "Significance of Solitude", 1911

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1911

Skewes, James H. "The Leaven Optimism", 1911

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1911

Wile, Ada. "The Price of Civilization"

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1908-1947

Burke, Amos L. "A Blot on America's Escutcheon", 1912

 File — Box: 1258, 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: 1912