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Nutting for President Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: NUT

Scope and Content

Correspondence, comments on the campaign, campaign literature, Free City Day information, news clippings, campaign buttons, and a petition with signatures.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970

Creator

Language of Materials

English.

Background

Willis D. Nutting taught in the History Department and in the General Program of Liberal Studies at Notre Dame. He held two degrees from Oxford University (where he went as a Rhodes Scholar) and two (including his Ph.D.) from the University of Iowa.

In 1970, when Nutting was about to retire, Stephen Raymond organized a campaign to have him appointed president of Notre Dame instead. Those who supported this movement argued that Father Hesburgh should be elevated to a new rank of Chancellor, in which position he would be free to concentrate on activities outside Notre Dame, while Nutting would direct the internal affairs of the university.

Extent

5 linear inches.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collected by Stephen Raymond, who started and directed the Nutting for President movement at Notre Dame.

Title
Nutting for President Collection
Subtitle
Guide
Author
University of Notre Dame Archives
Date
2005
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

Contact:
607 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
(574) 631-6448