Nutting for President Collection
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
- Nutting for President (Organization)
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.
Subject
- Nutting, Willis Dwight, 1900- (Person)
- University of Notre Dame (Organization)
- 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