A Guide to the University of Virginia Valediction Addresses, 1948-1949, 1969-1998
A Collection in
The University of Virginia Archives
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number RG-30/9/1.062
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Preferred Citation
University of Virginia Valediction Addresses, Accession #RG-30/9/1.062, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These addresses were transferred from the University of Virginia Office of Major Events to the University of Virginia Library on July 14, 1997 and June 1, 1998.
Scope and Content
The collection contains copies of addresses delivered at the University of Virginia between 1948 and 1998. There are speeches delivered by Morris S. Lazaron, 1948; Rev. Peter L. Ireton, 1949; John A. Russell, Jr., 1969; Raymond C. Bice, 1980; Edward M. Kennedy, 1984; Arthur Ashe, 1990; Katie Couric, as printed in the UVA Alumni News , 1992; Tom Brokaw, 1993; Brit Hume, 1994; Marian Wright Edelman, 1995; James Carville, together with excerpts, 1996; Wyatt Andrews, 1997; and, Christopher Reeve, 1998.
With the collection is a list of valedictory speakers, 1971-1998, compiled by the University of Virginia Office of Major Events.
Arrangement
The speeches are arranged in chronological order.