File #909: "1966 Yearbook, V.U. History, Staff."

1966 Yearbook, V.U. History, Staff.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Left page: TITLE PAGE: STAFF AND THE CAMPUS: Drawing of Jefferson Academy. Text: This was the home of Jefferson Academy from its organization in 1801, until it was absorbed by Vincennes University in 1811. It was on the southern edge of the present campus, near the Harrison Mansion, and contained two small classrooms. It was torn down soon after the Civil War. Staff Text: Describes responsibilities of staff. Pictures: Mrs. Frances Harris, Reading Laboratory Assistant; Miss Virginia Thorne, English Department Secretary; Miss Marva Goins, Technology Department Secretary; Miss Winifred Armstrong, Tourist Information Center; Mrs. Ruth Carter, Tomahawk Room Hostess; Mrs. Effie Gayer, Tomahawk Room Hostess; Mrs. Georgia Newcomb, Tomahawk Room Hostess. Right page: Text: Describes the competence of staff who are often taken for granted: Pictures: Mrs. Doris Daugherty, Comptroller and Assistant Treasurer to Board of Trustees; David Wittrock, Director of Public Relations; Jack Bottenfield, Assistant to the President; Miss Medrith Jordan, Registrar; Phillip Summers, Director of Student Finance and Special Programs. Bottom picture: Vincennes University building from 1807 to 1839, on land now bounded by Fifth, Perry, Sixth, and Hart Streets; including a two and a half story brick building and the first medical school in Indiana. The land was purchased by the Bishop of Vincennes and used as a Catholic college, an orphanage, and St. Rose Academy.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1966

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