A Guide to the University of Virginia Commencement Addresses, 1911-2006
A Collection in
The University of Virginia Archives
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number RG-30/9/1.061
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Preferred Citation
University of Virginia Commencement Addresses, Accession #RG-30/9/1.061, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These speeches were transferred to the University of Virginia Library, ca. 1957-2006, by University officials and have been combined under this new number on October 10, 2006. Persons involved in these transfers include: William H. Wranek, Alexander G. Gilliam, John Charles Thomas, Harland Harris, and Information Services.
Scope and Content
These files contain copies of speeches given at University of Virginia Commencement Exercises, approximately 40 items (1 Hollinger
box), 1911-2006 (incomplete).
Of special interest are the speeches by President 
Roosevelt ("the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor"), 1940, and Edgar Shannon, 1970, on
May Days
and the student strike at the University of Virginia.
With the collection is a list of known commencement speakers, 1908-1989, compiled by then Assistant University Archivist Jeanne C. Pardee.
Arrangement
The speaker's name and title make up the file heading and all speeches are arranged in chronological order.
