Box 5

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

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

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

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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.

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

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 His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography and material regarding Potts's service as a United States navy recruiter.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...

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

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Includes legal papers regarding the loan to Voorhees.

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

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