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Box 5

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Financial Audit Report, 1954, 1967-1970 and 1985

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Scope and Contents

Also includes Potts's reports to Voorhees Board of Trustees regarding status of the college and strategic planning.

Dates: 1878-1992

South Carolina Area Trade School (SCAT): Speeches, 1962 and 1968

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Scope and Contents

Includes program and speech given at 1962 Honors' Day ceremony; speech regarding SCAT's 15th anniversary; and a commencement speech.

Dates: 1878-1992

Voorhees Officials Meeting, circa 1968-1969

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Scope and Contents

Includes transcript of meeting, in Potts's absence, regarding student grievances; trustee minutes regarding student unrest.

Dates: 1878-1992

Speeches, 1962-1984 by Potts

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Scope and Contents

Topics includes programs to raise student academic levels; Voorhees' transition from a junior college; administration role in facilitating change; 1969 address to campus unrest; along with general commencement speeches.

Dates: 1878-1992

Clippings, 1954-1968, 1985

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Scope and Contents

Topics include Potts's appointments; Voorhees accreditation and expansion; and Leonard Dawson presidency.

Dates: 1878-1992

Muriel and John Potts's Faculty Employment Contracts, 1970-1971.

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Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection includes materials relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography and material regarding Potts's service as a United States navy recruiter. His family papers include Potts's narrative history of the family, with some correspondence, clippings, ephemera and related matter. Materials also include Potts's and his wife Muriel, her family, and their children, with data on the Logan family, including notes...
Dates: 1878-1992

Dedication and Tributes, 1973 and 1986

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Scope and Contents

Includes materials regarding the dedication of Elizabeth Evelyn Wright and John Foster Potts Sr. College Library.

Dates: 1878-1992

Edwin A. Harleston Paintings Loan, 1971

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Scope and Contents

Includes legal papers regarding the loan to Voorhees.

Dates: 1878-1992

Retirement, 1955, 1969-1970

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Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Voorhees staff and students urging Potts to take a leave of absence, instead of retiring; documents regarding pension plan.

Dates: 1878-1992

Event Programs and Invitations, 1956-1970 and 1987

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Scope and Contents

Includes autographed program from Carmen Jones highlight by Muriel Rahn. Also includes football homecoming program; President Leonard Dawson inauguration program; speech by Potts

Dates: 1878-1992