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 Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Wriston, Henry Merritt, 1889- Henry M. Wriston Collection, 1916 - 1972 2007-10 Material in English 5.75 12 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. Henry Merritt Wriston (1889-1978) was a 1911 graduate of Wesleyan University and served as president of Lawrence College and Brown University. He was also active in United States foreign policy issues. The Henry M. Wriston Collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, publications, reprints, and speeches. Topics include higher education, university administration, United States politics, and foreign relations. Many of the speeches were delivered at Brown University. The Addition of June 2008 includes materials digitized for a website project. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Henry M. Wriston Papers, Collection #2007-10, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Majority of collection transferred from Lawrence University in 2007. These materials consist of copies from the original papers housed at Brown University, donated by Theodore Crane. The Reminiscences are photocopies donated by Theodore Crane in 1971. Originals are housed at Brown University. The Interview was acquired in 1968.

Addition of June 2008 (Acc. 2008-14) given by Mariah Klaneski, June 2008.

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Processed by Madeleine Sage-El (Class of 2009), February 2007

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, March 2007

 Biographical Note

Henry Merritt Wriston was born on July 4, 1889 in Laramie, Wyoming, and grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. Wriston graduated from Wesleyan University with a bachelor's degree in 1911, a master's degree in 1912, and then earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University. After serving as an instructor and then full professor of history at Wesleyan from 1914 to 1925, he was appointed president of Lawrence College (now University) in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the age of 35, Wriston was reported to be the youngest college president in the country.

In 1937, Wriston became president of Brown University. He made major changes to the curriculum and the faculty, encouraging students to do their own research and drop in on classes in which they were interested. The changes prompted John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to donate $4 million in 1955 in recognition of Wriston's accomplishments.

In 1954, John Foster Dulles appointed Wriston to a committee to improve the efficiency of the diplomatic corps. Wriston continued to be involved in politics and public issues following his departure from Brown in 1955. In 1960, President Eisenhower appointed him as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Nation Goals. He also served in various capacities with the American Assembly, the World Peace Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the New York Stock Exchange.

Wriston died on March 8, 1978. His first wife, Ruth Colton Bigelow, preceded him in death. Wriston was survived by his second wife, Marguerite Woodworth, whom he married in 1947. Wriston was also survived by two children, Walter B. Wriston and Barbara Wriston.

 Collection Overview

The Henry M. Wriston Collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, publications, reprints, and speeches. Topics include higher education, university administration, United States politics, and foreign relations. Many of the speeches were delivered at Brown University.

Materials in the Addition of June 2008 (Acc. 2008-14) were used in creating the website http://www.henrymerrittwriston.org/. They include materials from other repositories and the Wriston family, as well as photographs and audio recordings.

Collection Arrangement

Within each series, materials are arranged chronologically.

 Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Wriston, Henry Merritt, 1889- Lawrence College (Appleton, Wis.) Brown University. Universities and colleges--United States. United States--Foreign relations. United States--Politics and government--20th century. Education--Aims and objectives. Education, Higher. College presidents--United States--Biography. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Alumni and alumnae. Related Material

Vertical File, Wesleyan University Archives

Henry Wriston Papers, Brown University

Henry Wriston Collection, Lawrence University

Henry Merritt Wriston website: http://www.henrymerrittwriston.org

 Detailed Description of the Collection Biography 1Installation of Dr. Wriston, Brown Alumni Monthly, v.37:6. January 1937 A New President Comes to Brown, Brown Alumni Monthly, v. 37.7. February 1937 Colby and Rockefeller Opinions. 1937-1943 Liberal Policy Marks Wriston’s First Year, BDH. February 3, 1938 Guest Speaker at Amherst, Amherst Alumni Council News, v. 13:1. October 1939 The Merritt System, Sir Brown. October 1941 Crusader From the Campus, Newsweek, v.18:p.68. November 24, 1941 Not a Candidate, Brown Alumni Monthly, v.42:6. January 1942 Brown University is Guided by a Firm but Liberal Hand, Christian Science Monitor. May 4, 1942 Dr. Henry M Writson by Richard L. Stokes, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 1942 Andrews and Wriston, Presidents of Brown, Pawtucket, RI Paper. July 1943 What of Brown? Providence Journal. January 14, 1945 After Ten Years as Brown’s Leader, Brown Alumni Monthly v. 47:6. March-April 1947 Birthday Cake, Brown Alumni Monthly v. 47:6. March-April 1947 Dutcher, George Matthew. An Historical and Critical Survey of Wesleyan University and Related Subjects pp39-40. 1948 Dr. Wriston is First Individual to Head Universities Association, Providence Journal. November 28, 1948 Wriston Chosen to Head AAU, Brown Daily Herald. November 30, 1948 Typical Two Week Period, by Jerry Berkelhammer, Brown Daily Herald. February 19, 1951 Wriston Will Tour Europe, Brown Daily Herald. March 1, 1951. Island Laboratory for Basic Ideas, by Clifford C. Nelson, New York Times Magazine. May 21, 1951 Wriston of Brown, by Selig Greenberg, Providence Journal Company. July 1951 An Ideal Choice for the Post, Brown Alumni Monthly v. 54:6. March 1954 A Man of No Ordinary Stature Prepares to Retire, Providence Journal. March 31, 1955 Wriston Will Discuss Foreign Service on Nationwide Tour. March 8, 1955 Tribute to Henry Merrit Wriston, Pembroke Record. May 13, 1955 To Be a Witness/ The Heralds Tribute, Brown Alumni Monthly. May 1955 Wriston to Direct American Assembly, Brown Alumni Monthly. October 1955 Wriston to Direct Educational Group, Brown Daily Herald. September 20, 1955 400 Pay Homage to Wriston at Testimonial, Brown Daily Herald. September 23, 1955 Wriston Speaking by Ruth E. Sandborn, Brown Alumni Monthly v. 56:2. November 1955 A Man of no Ordinary Stature by George Banta, JR., Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta. December 1955 Honors at Home: A Moving Valedictory for Dr. and Mrs. Wriston, Brown Alumni Monthly. January 1956 Death of Griswold Touches Off Talent Hunt for New Yale Head, New York Times, Sunday. May 5, 1963 End of a Notable Presidential Term, Brown Alumni Monthly. March 1964 Life With Henry by John K. McIntyre ’39, Brown Alumni Monthly. May 1965 Correspondence Newhall, Richard A. May 1, 1916 Preble, Mrs. I. W. June 14, 1937 Barden, Graham A. (House). May 25, 1949 Honorary Degree 1950-1963 Materials Collected for Brown History, Particularly on H.M. Wriston 1911-1966 Publications List, 1937-1955 List, 1955-1962 Forerunners of Colonel House and John Lind. New York Times, v. 65, p.2. March 6, 1916 Presidential Special Agents in Diplomacy. American Political Science Review, v. 10, pp. 481-499. August 1916 President Wilson's Mexican Policy. Springfield Republican. October 13, 1916 Are Alliances Un-American. New York Times. March 11, 1917, p II, 2:7 The Church and the Nation. Zion's Herald v. 95, pp 640-941. May 9, 1917/ Patriotic Rally: The Penny Press. May 10, 1917 Review of Hackett's Ireland. Historical Outlook, v. 10, p266. May 1919 Review of Muhlon's The Vandal of Europe. The Historical Outlook, v. 10, p268. May 1919 An Archive Building at Washington. Review of Reviews, v. 70, pp. 191-192. August 1924 Delta Tau Delta Attains Highest Scholastic Record in Fraternity's History. The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta LX, pp.74-75. January 1937 Nature of a Liberal College. Review: Brown Alumni Monthly 37:10 pp. 272-273. May 1937 Report of Commission on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenture. AAc Bulletin, v. 24:107. March 1938 Review of John B. Johnston's Scholarship and Democracy. Journal of Higher Education, v.9:403-404. October 1938 Perspective Upon Education. Educational Recordbv.31:suppl. 13, pp 90-107. January 1940 College Students and the War National Policy Papers no.2. June 30, 1940 Academic Tenure. American Scholar v. 9:3 pp. 339-349. July 1940 Faith in Democracy. Pathfinder. June 21, 1941 For Defense Today- For Hope Tomorrow. Brown Daily Herald. October 14, 1941 Review of Arthur D. Howden's Mr. House of Texas. American Historical Review v. 47, pp. 166-167. October 1941 Denies Intention of Running for Public Office. December 2, 1941 Prepare for peace, Chapter III. Strategy of Peace. 1941 Wriston Brands Rivers and Harbors Bill as Political Pap. Brown Daily Herald. January 8, 1942 Review of Nicholas J. Spykman's American Strategy. American Journal of International Law. July 1942. To the Men of Brown: An Open Letter. November 1, 1942 Review of Hans Kahn's World Order in Historical Perspective. American Historical Review v.48:4. July 1, 1943 Challenge to Freedom. Brown Alumni Monthly (Excerpts). 1943 Challenge to Freedom. Reviews: William Frankin Sands, Charles E. Noyes. 1943 Dr. Wriston Lauds Dewey's Stand on U.N. Brown Daily Herald. October 20, 1944 Strategy of Peace. Reviews: James W. Ryan- Political Science Review, F.L. Schulman- American Political Science Review, Norman Angell- SRL. 1944-1945 Review of James T. Shotwell's The Great Decision. American Journal of American Law v. 39. 1945 It will be a Triumphant Year, If… Brown Alumni Monthly v. 47:2. September-October 1946. Review of Sidney Hook's Education For Modern Man. Philosophical Reviews. January 1947 Wriston not Interested in Atomic Energy Post. Brown Daily Herald. February 20, 1947 Debate With Senator Pepper. Brown Daily Herald. April 11, 1947. Harvard Crimson. April 12, 1947 What Good is a College Degree. American Magazine v. 143:26-27+. 1947 (Vacation Issue) Dr. Wriston Condemns U.S. College Plan. Providence Evening Bulletin. January 3, 1948 Wriston Asserts Draft Necessary. Brown Daily Herald p.1. May 18, 1948 Review of James Bryant Conant's Education in a Divided World. Providence Sunday Journal. October 21, 1948. Wriston Attacks System of Accrediting Schools. Brown Daily Herald. December 7, 1948 Sojourn Among the Bureacrats. Brunonia, v. 2:4 pp3+. April 1947 Wriston Sees School Crisis. Providence Evening Bulletin. September 11, 1949 Wriston Signs Freedom Scroll. Brown Daily Herald. October 3, 1950 American Institutions of Higher Learning Must be Prepared to Face Financial Storm. Brown Daily Herald. November 6, 1950 Wriston Favors Conant Plan for Draft. Brown Daily Herald. November 17, 1950 UMT Controversies Discussed by Wriston and Carmichael. Brown Daily Herald. November 28, 1950 Crisis Committee Statement. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. December 12, 1950 Washington Was Right (Editorial). Hartford Times. November 8, 1951 Review of Merlo J. Pusey's Charles Evans Hughes. Saturday Review of Literature pp. 15-16. December 15, 1951 Finance Higher Education. Brown Alumni Monthly v. 52:3. January 1952 President Wriston Favors Eisenhower in Presidential Race. Brown Daily Herald. February 6, 1952 Dr. Wriston Comments on Contemporary Education. Brown Daily Herald. Interview by Robert F. Hewes. May 29, 1953 Harvard President Nominee Given Start by Dr. Wriston. Evening Bulletin Providence. June 5, 1953 Dr. Wriston Sees Soviet Likely to Modify Policy. Brown Daily Herald (by Selig Greenberg). After June 1953 Wriston Declares Retirement. Brown Daily Herald. September 17, 1953 Review of A. Whitney Griswold's Essays on Education. Yale Review. Fall 1954 Young Men and the Foreign Service. Reprint From Foreign Affairs. June 15, 1954 2 Wriston: Builder of Schools, Lily Ponds and Mentality. Brown Daily Herald. November 5, 1954 Optimism Manifest in Terms of the Present. Brown Daily Herald. May 7, 1955 Review of P.A. Reynol's British Foreign Policy in the Inter-War Years. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Society Science. July 1955 Review of Russell Kirk's Academic Freedom. Yale Review. Summer 1955 The Secretary of State Abroad. Foreign Affairs v. 34:523-40. July 1956 Education and the National Interest. Foreign Affairs v35 pp.564-80. July 1957 Wriston Speaking Review by Marylynn Monk Boris '52 (Pembroke). Pembroke Alumna. January 1958 Diplomacy in a Democracy Review by W.C. Olson. World Politics 10: 318-325. January 1958 Wriston Asserts- Vigilance Committee Interview. Brown Daily Herald. February 20, 1959 Humanists and Generalists. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: 325. September 1959 The Special Envoy. Foreign Affairs 30. January 1960 The Futility of Accrediting. Journal of Higher Education: 31. June 1960 The Individual. Goals for Americans p. 35-58. November 27, 1960 The Importance of Goals. General Electric Defence Quarterly v.4:1. January-March 1961 Wriston Opinions Interviews. Brown Daily Herald. March 2, 3, 6, 1961 The Age Revolution. Foreign Affairs 39, July 1961 Thoughts for Tomorrow. Foreign Affairs 40. April 1962 Goal for Young American Parent-Teachers. Association Magazine 56. May 1962 Review of Harold W. Dodd's The Academic President. Journal of Higher Education. June 1962 Condemnation of the Status Quo. Wisconsin Education Association. May 1963 Dr. Wriston's Academy Views (Editorial). Providence Sunday Journal. June 16, 1963 Publish or Perish. Saturday Review p.59. July 17, 1965 Taking the National Pulse. Saturday Review p.25-29. September 11, 1965 The Selection of Presidents. Wesleyan University Alumnus v. 50:4. May 1966 The Brave New World. Res Publica v. 1:2. May 1966 Letter to Editor. New York Times. December 3, 1972 Reprints List, 1955-1962 Speeches List, 1937-1955 List, 1955-1962 Why You Should Vote for Mr. Hughes at 20th Century Club, Middleton. (No text). Article: Penny Press, October 24, 1916 p.5 The Issues of the Campaign Republican Rally, Middleton. Article: Penny Press, November 4, 1916 p.1 Municipal Ownership of Street Railways. Article: Penny Press, May 24, 1917, p.10 The Crisis of the War. Article: Penny Press, March 1, 1918 p.10 The College Man As a Citizen. Wesleyan University, Freshman Fundamental Course, May 22, 1918 Integrity of Teaching. Educational Week Address, Meriden, Connecticut. December 9, 1921 Clubs and Lodges. Middletown Press, January 10, 1923 p.10 American Foreign Relations and the Party System. League of Women Voters, West Hartford, Connecticut. October 3, 1924 Wesleyan College History Freeman Fundamentals. Article: Wesleyan Argus, October 23, 1924 p.1 The American Foreign Service Middletown Teachers' Association, Memorial Chapel. October 28, 1924 Treaty of Lausanne, Middletown Teachers Association. Article: Evening Press, December 10, 1924 Relative Emphasis in Instruction in International Law, Conference of Teachers of International Law. April 22, 1925 Art is More Than Logic but Less Than Faith Convocation. February 4, 1937 Installation Address, Sayles Hall. February 3, 1937 Past and Present, Pembroke Convocation. February 5, 1937 Brown Alumni Address, Brown Club dinner, N.Y. February 15, 1937 Brown Alumni Advisory Council. February 21, 1937 The Education of George Washington 1st Light Infantry Dinner, Providence. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel, Brown. February 21, 1937. February 29, 1939 College Foundations for Adult Learning. Phi Beta Kappa Dinner, Providence. February 24, 1937 The Temper of the Modern College, Providence Chamber of Commerce. March 4, 1937 Wholesale Or Retail, Churchmen's Dinner, YMCA, Providence. March 9, 1937 Blind Spots, Rhode Island Secondary School Principals Association, Providence. (Also Language Leaflet No2-Washington, D.C. 1939) March 10, 1937 Defensive Mood, Wesleyan Alumni Dinner, Boston. April 2, 1937 Why is it so Hard? Convocation-Brown. April 8, 1937 Common Mission of Church and College, Churchmen's Dinner, Providence. April 20, 1937 The Major Premise, Pembroke Convocation. April 20, 1937 Fraternities, Interfraternity Governing Board Banquet. April 28, 1937 Spring Day, Brown Convocation. May, 1937 Whither Education. Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Providence. October 28, 1937 Whosoever Shall Seek to Save His Life Shall Lose it. Convocation- Wesleyan University. November 7, 1937 Thanksgiving Dinner That Was Never Eaten. Honors Award, Brown University. November 23, 1937 Education and Patriotism. Society of Colonial Dames, Providence. November 15, 1937 Library As an Obstacle to Education. Tavern Club, Boston. December 2, 1937 Will the College Disappear? New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Boston. December 3, 1937 Books to Memorize. Pembroke Chapel. December 7, 1937 Some Matters of Current Interest. Faculty Club, Providence. December 16, 1937 College Parable. Brown Chapel. January 4, 1938 Dedication of School of Design Metcalf Bldg. June 9, 1937 Richness in Life. Class Day- Brown. June 18, 1937 Back to the Blanket. Ivy Day-Pembroke. June 18, 1937 Class of 1897 Reunion Dinner, Brown. June 19, 1937 Alumni Meeting, Brown. June 21, 1937 Education or Training. Society for Promotion of Engineering Education, Boston. July 1, 1937 Freshman Welcome Sayles. September 16, 1937 The Constitution. Convocation- Brown. September 2, 1937 Academic Freedom and Tenure. Association of American Colleges, Vassar College, N.Y. October 22, 1937 Graduate Record Exam. February 10, 1938 Alumni Advisory Council. Brown Alumni Monthly v. 38:3. February 12, 1938 3 State of Brown University. Brown Club, N.Y. February 16, 1938 Fight the Good Fight. Phi Beta Kappa, Providence. March 2, 1938 Christian Philosophy of Life. Student Christian Movement, Northfield. March 4, 1938 Higher Education in a Democracy: The Function of the Privately Endowed College. March 10, 1938 High School Senior and the Universities. Radio- Columbia Broadcast, Boston. March 12, 1938 Churches and Education. First Baptist Church, Providence. April 28, 1938. Delta Phi Banquet. Nyatt, Rhode Island. May 7, 1938 Distraction or Fulfillment. Brown Christian Association, Providence. May 12, 1938 Self Pity. Class Day, Brown. June 17, 1938 Alumni, Brown Alumni Monthly. June 30, 1938 In Quietness and in Confidence. Convocation- Sayles. September 28, 1938 Man or Machine. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Providence. October 5, 1938. Article: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 1938 Alumni Day Dinner, Brown Alumni Monthly. October 7, 1938 Christmas. University Club, Providence. December 19, 1938 Science and its Limitations. Metcalf Chemical Research Lab. December 28, 1938 Welcome. Archaeological Institute and Philological Association, Providence. December 28, 1938. How to Make Democracy Work. Junior-Senior Chapel. January 5, 1939 Alumni and Their Function. Alumni Advisory Council. February 11, 1939 Education of Abraham Lincoln. Pembroke Chapel. February 14, 1939 Alumni Speech, Brown Club, Washington. February 23, 1939 Sigma Xi Dinner, Brown, Providence. March 18, 1939 College and University Libraries. Chapter From: The Library of Tomorrow, Ala Chi. April 1939 Liberal Learning. Duke Centennial Celebration. April 21, 1939 Education for the Defense of Democracy. A.K.A. Education and Democracy. Academy of Political Science, N.Y. May 3, 1939 Responsibility Spring May, Brown. May 11, 1939 General Record Examination Freshman and Sophomore Chapel. May 16, 1939 Issues May 16, 1939 University Policies Cammarian Club Annual Dinner, Faunce House. May 26, 1939 Shall We Go To War. Convocation, Sayles Hall. September 27, 1934 Brown University 1939, Alumni Dinner, Crescent Park. October 6, 1939 Social Significance of Science. Natural Academy of Science, Providence. Scientific Monthly 50, p 264-66. October 23, 1939 Perfect Peace, Convocation, Wesleyan University. November 12, 1939 Foreign Language. New England Foreign Language Association, Rhode Island Group, Faunce House. November 25, 1939 War and Education. Brown Alumnae Club, N.Y. January 31, 1940 Debunked Too Much. New York Brown Club. February 5, 1940 Brown University's Public Relations. Brown Alumni Monthly v40:7 pp.175-76. March 1940 Reform of Education. Phi Beta Kappa Dinner, Providence. March 4, 1940 Lenten Discussion. Faunce House, Brown. March 20, 1940 American Policy: Positive or Negative. Academy of Political Science, New York. April 11, 1940 Problems of Higher Education. University Club, Providence. April 22, 1940 Students and the War. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. January 16, 1940 Peace As a Flight From Reality. April 23, 1940 Educational World: Pan American Scientific Congress. American Council for Adult Education, Brown Alumni Monthly. May 13, 1940 Cultural Self Reliance and the Democratic Process. Association Alumni Meeting, Brown Alumni Monthly (Sept. 1940). June 17, 1940 Are We Going to War. Convocation, Brown. September 25, 1940 Tomorrow At Brown. Alumni Day Dinner, Brown Alumni Monthly v 51:4 (Nov. 1940). October 11, 1940 Symposium on Student Appraisal. Carnegie Foundation, Lake Mohonk. October 14, 1940 Third Term. NBC, Providence (WEAN). October 21, 1940 In the World Ye Shall Have Tribulations. Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. October 24, 1940 Personal Powers of the President. NBC, Providence (WEAN). October 29, 1940 Military and Moral Initiative. National Interfraternity Conference Dinner, New York. November 29, 1940 Discussion of S.C. Pepper's Article 'Universities Discover Art.' Informal Conference on the Arts, Carnegie Corporation. December 17, 1940 Higher Education: A Rhode Island Asset. Chamber of Commerce, Providence. December 19, 1940 Reality of Education. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. February 14, 1941 Preparing for Peace. New England Council, Providence. March 14, 1941 Good or Bad College. Convocation, Dedication of Fraternity Quad, Lawrence College, Appleton. March 22, 1941 Universities and the Crisis. International Student Service, New Haven. April 5, 1941 After the War-What? April 15, 1941 American Commitments. Peace Week, Brown. April 24, 1941 Design in America. Lord and Taylor Design Award Luncheon, New York. April 29, 1941 United States Naval Academy. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. May 6, 1941 Simplicity and Time Factor. New England Modern Language Association, Providence. May 9, 1941 National Unity. Under the Elms, Brown. June 13, 1941 Postulate for Educational Reform. Associated Alumni, Providence Sayles. June 16, 1941 Citizens Emergency Committee. Farm and Home Hour, NBC, New York. July 19, 1941 Outlooks and Insights. Friends of Libraries Luncheon, American Library Association, Boston. June 23, 1941 4 We Must Have Priorities in Spending. Citizens Emergency Committee Radio Address, Congressional Record. July 19, 1941 Character in Action. Convocation, Brown. September 24, 1941. Brown Alumni Monthly. October 1941 After the War, What? Controllers Institute of America, New York. September 30, 1941 United We Give. United Campaign Dinner, Pawtucket. October 20, 1941 Government of Laws. October 23, 1941 "Laws and Men." Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. October 28, 1941 Government Use of the Machine in War. American Academy of Political Science Dinner, New York. November 13, 1941 As a Little Child. Convocation- Wesleyan University. November 23, 1941 Youth, Farm and Home. December 3, 1941 Wake Up, America. Broadcast Debate with T.V. Smith, New York American Economic Foundation. December 7, 1941 Statement on War. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. December 9, 1941 Unity For War and For Peace. Bond Club, New York. December 17, 1941 Long View on Strategy. American Political Science Association, New York. December 3, 1941 Abraham Lincoln. Temple Bethel Brotherhood, Providence. February 12, 1942 Levee-En-Masse. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. March 3, 1942 Sub-Soil of Peace. Phi Beta Kappa Dinner, Providence. Library Quarterly v. 12:3. March 7, 1942 Mote-Pluckers or Beam-Casters. Under the Elms, Brown. May 15, 1942 Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman. Ivy Day, Pembroke. May 15, 1942 Leadership. Pembroke Semi-Centennial Convocation. May 16, 1942 World Charter. Annual Alumni Meeting, Sayles Hall. May 18, 1942 Normalcy. Convocation- Sayles Hall. June 22, 1942 Losing the War. Pembroke Assembly, Providence. August 4, 1942 Recruiting College Students. Special Meeting, Sayles Hall, Brown. September 11, 1942 Getting Ready to Go to War. Commencement First Baptist Meeting House, Providence. October 5, 1942 Reading About the War. Friends of the Library, Providence. October 5, 1942 Do it Now. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. October 13, 1942 United War Fund and Lease-Lend. Speakers Bureau, Providence. October 13, 1942 Alumni Dinner- Security, Homecoming, Providence. October 17, 1942 Wartime Program-Nationally. Wisconsin Citizens Public Expenditure Survey, Milwaukee. October 27, 1942 Substitute of Unity. United War Fund, Biltmore, Providence. October 30, 1942 War Production Conference Welcome. Providence. November 12, 1942 In Union There is Strength. United War Fund Rally, Providence. November 12, 1942 Liberal Education and the War. Pembroke Assembly. December 1, 1942 Sons of God. Convocation, Wesleyan University. November 15, 1942 Problem of the Liberal Arts College. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. January 13, 1943 Does Liberty Consist in Two Dollars a Day Extra? Class Day, Brown. February 2, 1943 What Can I Do For the War Effort. Class Day, Pembroke. February 1, 1943 Social Hypochondria. Alumni Advisory Council, Providence. February 20, 1943 New and Old Bill of Rights Compared. New England Council, Providence. March 12, 1943 Future of the Liberal Arts. Brown Club, Boston. March 31, 1943 Army Indoctrination Lectures. 6 Lectures. April-May 1943 Calm and Crisis. Chapel- All Classes. May 4, 1943 Recruiting Students for Pembroke. Alumnae Meeting. May 29, 1943 Reality of a Liberal Education. Class Day, Brown. June 1, 1943 How to Achieve the Inevitable. Commencement, Brown. June 2, 1943 Sensitivity. Convocation, Alumnae Hall, Brown. July 6, 1943 Coherence. Assembly, Pembroke. July 13, 1944 First Steps in Peace Making. American Bankers Association, New York. September 15, 1943 Graduation- Pre-Meteorological Army Unit. World Organization or Alliance. September 17, 1943 Which Freedom for China? Chapel, Brown. September 28, 1943 Endowed Freedom. Inauguration of Victor Lloyd Butterfield as President of Wesleyan University. October 23, 1943 Post-War Education. New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Boston. December 3, 1943 Free Enterprise. National Association of Manufacturers, New York. December 10, 1943 Coming Crises. Navy Unit, Brown. December 17, 1943 Remarks to John Carter Brown. Library Associates. January 10, 1944 Significance of Christian Principals. Brown Christian Association. January 20, 1944 Functional Approach to Peace. New York Chamber of Commerce, New York. March 2, 1944 Victory F.O.B. Radio Broadcast WPRO (Columbia Network). March 18, 1944 Education in the Post-War World. Brown Club, New York. March 23, 1944 What is Man? Commencement, University of Vermont. May 29, 1944 Selling America Short. Navy Unit, Brown. June 2, 1944 What of the Returning Soldier. Commencement Alumni Meeting. June 19, 1944 Use of Force for Peace. Chapel, Brown. September 19, 1944 Treaty of Peace. Brown Christian Association, Faunce House. October 5, 1944 Future of Germany. Assembly, Pembroke. September 28, 1944 5 Morality as a Function of Politics. Baccalaureate, Brown. October 22, 1944 Dewey v. Roosevelt. Student Political Action Committee, Faunce House. November 6, 1944 To the Memory of Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Dinner New York. November 15, 1944 Political Aspects of the War in 1945. Chapel, Brown. January 2, 1945 Effective Democracy. Chamber of Commerce, Providence. January 15, 1945 Opportunity or Privelege. February 25, 1945 Industrial Research and the Mechanics Program. Industrial Research Directors, New York. March 16, 1945 Responsibility of the Individual. Pembroke Assembly. April 3, 1945 Remarks at V-E Day Convocation. May 8, 1945 Educational Housing. Alumni Meeting, Sayles. June 18, 1945 Private Life of the Mind. Chapel, Brown. September 18, 1945 Babel. Chapel, Brown. November 13, 1945 Deservedly Confident. Chapel, Brown. January 22, 1946 Provision for Tomorrow. Alumni Advisory Council. March 16, 1946 Vitality. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. March 19, 1946 Yesterday and Today. Saint George's School, Middletown, Rhode Island. May 25, 1946 The Sphinx Speaks. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. June 4, 1946 Veterans' Extension Division Welcome, Brown. September 25, 1946 Doing and Reading. Convocation, Brown. September 25, 1946 Independent Mind. Convocation, Pembroke. September 26, 1946 Quest for Peace. Inauguration of James Case, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1946 The Next Step. Educational Records Bureau, New York. October 31, 1946 Economic Democracy. Chamber of Commerce, Pawtucket. December 2, 1946 Brown and the Community. Campaign Dinner, Providence. December 3, 1946 Precise Fears and Vague Hopes. Junior-Senior Convocation. January 9, 1947 University, A Beautiful Place. February 18, 1947 Lilienthal. Freshman-Sophomore Convocation. February 19, 1947 America's Leadership Toward World Government. Student Federalists, Brown. February 26, 1947 Crossley as I know Him. American Institute of Chemists, New York. May 2, 1947 Gideon's Mastery. Freshman-Sophomore Chapel. May 21, 1947 Alienation of the Intellectuals. Alumni Dinner, Brown. June 15, 1947 Deal Courageously. East Dennis Church, Massachusetts. August 10, 1947 Freshman Dinner, Sayles Hall, Brown. September 15, 1947 Crisis-1947 Style. Convocation, Brown. September 24, 1947 Science and the Liberal Arts. Carnegie Foundation, New York. November 19, 1947 Should there be an Ivy League? Varsity B Club, Sayles Hall. November 25, 1947 Local Irresponsibility. Rotary Club Luncheon for Francis J. Brady. December 2, 1947 Where Do We Go From Here? New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Boston. December 12, 1947 Discontent. Sophomore Chapel, Brown. January 2, 1948 Precise Fears and Vague Hopes. Stevens Institute of Technology. January 31, 1948 Remarks to Brown Club. February 18, 1948 The Marshall Plan. Rally, Sayles Hall. March 5, 1948 Science and the Scientist. Sigma Xi Dinner, Providence. April 15, 1948 Not as Other Men. Sophomore Chapel, Brown. April 2, 1948 National Defense. Coffee House, Faunce House, Brown. April 22, 1948 Graduate Education. New England Conference on Graduate Education, Brown. April 30, 1948 Observations on Foreign Language Teaching. New England Modern Language Association, Brown. May 8, 1948 Charles Evans Hughes. Convocation, Brown. September 29, 1948 Perspective. Convocation, Pembroke. September 30, 1948 Private Collges. Alumni, Vermont (Rutland). October 6, 1948 A Fire Bell in the Night. October 13, 1948 The Beam and the Mote. Freshman Chapel, Brown. November 16, 1948 The President's Commission. American Association of University Women, Providence. November 9, 1948 Implications of the Report of the President's Commission on Higher Education. New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Boston. December 3, 1948 Security (III). Sophomore Chapel, Brown. December 8, 1948 Peace (II). Junior Chapel, Brown. December 9, 1948 Political Strategy for Business. January 19, 1949 Federal Aid to Education. Rhode Island Secondary Principals Association, Brown. January 26, 1949 Relations of politics and University. Assembly, Wesleyan University. March 3, 1949 Dare We Choose Peace. March 7, 1949 Not by Bread Alone. March 10, 1949 Choosing a Concentration. Sophomore Chapel, Brown. April 20, 1949 Un-American Textbooks. Alumni Dinner, Brown. June 17, 1949 Remarks. Brown Club, Hartford. September 8, 1949 Who Besides the Russians? New England Council, York Harbor, Maine. September 16, 1949 Escape From Naivite. September 29, 1949 Conservation. New England Tax Officials Assn., Providence. October 6, 1949 Yugoslav Relief. United Yugolsav Relief Fund Dinner, New York. October 18, 1949 Vocation and Liberal Education. Placement Talks, Brown. November 3, 1949 College Graduate and Research. Associated Industries of Rhode Island, and National Association of Manufacturers, Providence. November 4, 1949 Imperialists. Freshman Convocation, Brown. November 22, 1949 6 Bread or Freedom. December 17, 1949 Which Way Independence? January 7, 1950 A Clinical Report. January 24, 1950 State Department and Peace. March 9, 1950 Policy v. Action. Lincoln Society Coffee Hour, Brown. April 17, 1950 Preacher as Teacher. Yale University Divinity School. April 18, 1950 The President and the College. Coffee Hour, Faunce House. May 8, 1950 Economic Life XVI: Teaching. Rainbow. May 1950 The Meeting House and the University. Northern Baptist Convention, First Baptist Meeting House, Providence. May 22, 1950 Education for Democracy. Providence College Commencement. June 6, 1950 College Teachers in the Free Society. Harvard Foundation for Advanced Study and Research, Dinner, Cambridge. June 20, 1950 Your Reasonable Service. Convocation, Brown. September 18, 1950 A Modern Myth. Colgate Founder's Day, Hamilton, New York. September 21, 1950 Outlook for the Independent College. Middlebury College Sesquicentennial, Middlebury, Vermont. September 29, 1950 Political Strategy for Business. Economic Club, Chicago. April 26, 1949 Education of a Minister for Today's World. Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Laymen's Dinner, Rochester, New York. What Next in Korea? Sophomore Chapel, Brown. October 18, 1950 Faith (II). Religious Embassy Group, Brown. November 6, 1950 Financial Prospects of American Colleges. TIAA Annual Dinner, New York. November 16, 1950 Preventing War. Senior Chapel, Brown. December 1, 1950 Admission Officer and Registrar From the President's Point of View. New England Association of Collegiate Registrars, Providence. December 2, 1950 Tensions. Convocation, Pembroke. February 1, 1951 Washington and Citizenship. Sophomore-Junior Chapel, Brown. February 22, 1951 Alumni Speech. Brown Club, New York. April 12, 1951 MacArthur's Recall. Freshman Chapel, Brown. April 18, 1951 Anglo-American Relations. Coffee Hour, Faunce House. April 19, 1951 MacArthur's Speech. Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. April 20, 1951 British-American Tensions. Faculty Club Luncheon. May 2, 1951 Kefauver Report. Sophomore-Junior Chapel, Brown. May 3, 1951 Freedom (II). Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. May 11, 1951 How to Live Together and Like It. National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York. May 24, 1951 One Hundred Years- Success or Failure. Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. June 9, 1951 Valioity of Limited Objectives. Naval College, Newport. September 10, 1951 What is it All About: The Idea of a University. Convocation, Brown. September 17, 1951 Avoid Materialistic Objectives. James Bowdoin Exercises. October 17, 1951 Obsolescence. Freshman Chapel, Brown. December 5, 1951 Foreign Policy and College Students. Sophomore-Junior Chapel. December 6, 1951 Straight Line-Shortest Distance. American Mathematical Society, Providence. December 28, 1951 New Order. Phi Beta Kappa, Brown. February 20, 1952 Role of Higher Education in Furthering the Security of the Nation. West Point Sesquicentennial. March 5, 1952 American Leadership. Chancellor's Dinner, Syracuse University. April 26, 1952 Fifteenth Brown Network Celebration. Broadcast WEAN. April 30, 1952 Basic Factors Influencing our Strategy. Naval War College, Newport. June 11, 1952 Sword of Damooles. Convocation, Brown. September 15, 1952 Freedom for Eastern Europe. Freshman Chapel, Brown. September 24, 1952 Unification of Europe. Sophomore-Junior Chapel. September 25, 1952 Nixon and Stevenson Funds. Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. September 26, 1952 Politics-1952. Student Rally, Sayles Hall, Brown. October 9, 1952 Inauguration of James Stacy Coles, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. October 13, 1952 Cox Committee Hearing on Foundation. Washington D.C., November 21, 1952 Fraternities. National Interfraternity Conference Award. November 28, 1952 Great Britain. Barus Lecture, Alumnae Hall. December 10, 1952 Prejudice. Freshman Chapel, Brown. January 7, 1953 Academic Freedom (II). Alumni Advisor Council, Providence. January 31, 1953 Academic Freedom (III). Phi Beta Kappa, Providence. March 5, 1953 Academic Freedom. American Association of University Professors. March 31, 1953 French-American Relationships. Alliance Francaise, Providence. April 11, 1953 Who Should Go to College. Rhode Island School Superintendents Association, Providence. April 15, 1953 Freedom from Fear. Freshman Chapel, Brown. April 15, 1953 Education on the Razor's Edge. Southern Methodist University, Dallas. May 12, 1953 Southampton Toast. Installation of Chancellor, University Dinner, Southampton, England. July 3, 1953 If Wishes Were Horses. Convocation, Brown. September 21, 1953 Spiritual Hospitality. Vesper Service, Brown. September 27, 1953 Character and Vocation. Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. October 14, 1953 Corporate Gifts. New England Colleges Fund Luncheon, Boston. October 20, 1953 Ideology of the West. Naval War College, Newport. October 23, 1953 Voices of America. Leaders of Institutes on World Affairs, New York. October 27, 1953 Dare to be a Daniel. Senior Chapel, Brown. December 2, 1953 Greetings to President Pusey. Harvard Club, Boston. December 7, 1953 How to Live with Allies. Institute of Life Insurance, New York. December 10, 1953 Freedom (III). Sophomore Chapel, Brown. January 7, 1954 Fraternities and Discrimination. Open Meeting, Brown. February 22, 1954 Future of the College President. Founders Day, Union College, Schenectady, New York. February 25, 1954 7 The Cold Peace. Phi Beta Kappa, Brown. March 4, 1954 The Spirit Giveth Life. Freshman Chapel, Brown. April 2, 1954 Foreign Service (II). Overseas Writers, Washington. April 22, 1954 Foreign Service (III). Faculty Club Luncheon, Brown. May 10, 1954 Foreign Service IV. Sophomore Chapel, Brown. May 13, 1954 Let us Have Peace. Centennial Convocation, Rhode Island College of Education, Providence. May 16, 1954 Policies for Higher Education. Fourth Bicentennial Conference, Columbia University, New York. June 3, 1954 McCarthy and Senate Reform. Under the Elms, Brown. June 4, 1954 Jewish Tercentenary. State House, Providence., 1954 Stars in Their Courses. Convocation, Pembroke. September 1954 Freedom or Tyranny. Sophomore Chapel, Brown. October 7, 1954 Is There an American Creed. Conference, Wellesley College. October 13, 1954 Pride Goeth Before a Fall. Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. October 20, 1954 Be Yourself. Freshman Chapel, Brown. October 23, 1954 At Red Feather Luncheon. Community Chest Campaign, Providence. November 5, 1954 Peace (III). Vespers, Brown. November 21, 1954 Freedom (II). Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. December 1, 1954 Paine's (Common Sense). Radio Invitation to Learning, CBS. December 12, 1954 Reflection Time. Junior-Senior Chapel. December 15, 1954 India and the United States and the Impact on South East Asia and the Far East. Rhode Island Teachers in-Service, Providence. January 4, 1955 International Development: 1954 in Review. Oberlin College Assembly. January 6, 1955 Academic Deans. American Conference of Academic Deans. January 11, 1955 Truth in All its Forms. Founders Day, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. January 15, 1955 Remarks to Alumni Advisory Council, Providence. February 5, 1955 Liberal Arts at Mid-Century. Men's Club, Hitchcock Church, Scarsdale, New York. February 25, 1955 Foreign Service (II). Career Planning Committee, Brown. March 7, 1955 United States: Paradox or Power. Association of International Relations Clubs, St. Louis. April 1, 1955 Educational Facilities and Prospects in Providence in Higher Education. Radio, WHIM broadcast. April 12, 1955 Evening on College Hill. Television Interview, WJAR. May 3, 1955 Babel (II). Junior-Senior Chapel, Brown. April 13, 1955 Choosing a New College President. Faculty Club Luncheon, Brown. May 4, 1955 Banding Conference. Sophomore Chapel, Brown. May 5, 1955 Perspective on Security. Conference on Overseas Information Service. May 6, 1955 V-E Day- Ten Years Later. May 11, 1955 How to Finance Higher Education in the Future. Conference on Financing Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania. May 21, 1955 United States as a World Power. American Iron and Steel Institute, New York. May 26, 1955 Political Factors in National Strategy. Global Strategy Group, Naval War College, Newport. June 8, 1955 Looking at the College Presidency in Retrospect. Institute of College and University Administration, Harvard. June 24, 1955 The Foreign Service and Representation Abroad. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. November 10, 1955 Wriston Recorded: Wriston and Brown. RCA Victor Recording, Brown Alumni Monthly v.56:8. May 1956 Commencement Address. Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. June 10, 1956 Freedom and Responsibility. Volunteer Youth Leaders, Rockford, Illinois. September 12, 1956 New Range of Overseas Careers. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, New York. March 7, 1957 Survival and Freedom. Mike Wallace Interview. August 18, 1958 Point of View in International Affairs. Wesleyan University. December 10, 1958 How Beautiful America. Brown, Class of 1961. February 18, 1959 Seven Days. Junior Chapel, Brown. February 19, 1959 World Not to Get Out of Hand. Television: Providence Evening Bulletin, WJAR. February 24, 1959 Revolution of the American Citizen. United States Air Force Academy, Co. Assembly: International Stability and Progress. April 3, 1959 Thinking by Deputy. Vassar College Commencement. June 8, 1959 Awareness. Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1959 Student Responsibility. Junior-Senior Chapel. June 6, 1946 Function of Diplomacy. Advertising Council of America. November 20, 1959 Rugged Individualism. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Annie Talbot Cole Lecture. March 22, 1960 How Can You Get Things Done in a Democracy. Great Challenge Series 1960, Symposium. April 3, 1960 Labels for People. Convocation, Brown. March 1, 1961 War and Peace. Brown Alumni, Hotel Roosevelt, New York. April 24, 1961 The United States and Tomorrow's World. United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1961 The United States and the United Nations. TC-CBC, Great Challenge Series 1961/62. February 1, 1962 Reminiscences 8 Henry Merritt Wriston: Reminiscences of his career since 1907, May 1971

This document only includes the Wesleyan University section. It was assembled by Theodore R. Crane (Brown, class of 1950) with the assistance of Donald L. Salmon and Harold E. Van Horn.

 Interview Conversation of Henry Merritt Wriston, Class of 1911, with Alphonsus J. Mitchell, Office of Public Relations, Wesleyan University, April 19, 1966

Interview took place in Wriston's apartment, New York City. Lois E. Smith transcribed the tape recording. 2 copies.

 Addition of June 2008 (Acc. 2008-14) 9 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume I 9 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume IA 9 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume II 9 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume III 9 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume IV 10 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume V 10 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume VI 10 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume VII 10 Essays and Talks, 1916-1974, Volume VIII 11 Materials from the American Assembly 11 Materials from the Brown University Archives

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 11 Materials from the Century Association Archives Foundation 11 Materials from Cassie Quintal 12 Materials from Kathy Wriston

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 12 Materials from Wriston family 12 Other materials collected for website 12 List of Wriston speeches 12 Photographs from Cassy Quintal

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 12 Audio for website

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 12 Audio: Wriston and Brown

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 12 Family audio

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