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Title
Audio Recording of President Richard M. Nixon's visit to Wilkes College on September 9th, 1972
Subject
- Wilkes College
- Hurricane Agnes, 1972.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Description
This is an audio recording of President Richard M. Nixon's visit to Wilkes College on September 9th, 1972 to present a $4 million check to the college to assist in flood recovery after the Hurricane Agnes flood on June 22-23rd, 1972. The Nixon visit is recorded for 7-8 minutes and is followed by an audio recording of Dr. Francis J. Michelini receiving the Henry D. Paley Memorial Award for "Outstanding Advocacy Service to American Higher Education" awarded by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities on February 7th, 1991, with guest speaker Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The full audio tape recording is approximately 37 minutes 5 seconds long. Tape recording digitized by Media Preserve, LLC in Summer 2020.
Date
09-09-1972; 02-07-1991
Location Covered
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Time Period Covered
1972-09-09; 1991-02-07
Original Format
Sound Recordings
Contact
Wilkes University Archives at 570-408-4264 or email at ask.archives@wilkes.edu
Contributing Institution
Wilkes University
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
