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Box 2630

 Container

Contains 46 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

Cosgrove, Gerald. "The Twentieth Century Crisis", 1931

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1931

Dent, Alice. "A Defense Of The Joys of A Missouri Boyhood In The Sixties Against A Challenge From Modern youth", 1931

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1931

Hartz, Edwin. "The Modern Youth", 1931

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1931

Hoehn, Genevieve. "Shakespeare's Macbeth Has Lived Because Of Inherent Qualities Rather Than Because Of Adaptions Made By Davenant And Others", 1931

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1931

Macom, Arthur. "Battles of Battles", 1931

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1931

Macom, Arthur. "The Problem Of The Ages", 1931

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1931

Crosby, Francis. "Road To Peace", 1932

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1932

Duncan, Glenn. "Gestures Without Soul", 1932

 File — Box: 2630, 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: 1932