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Steve Allen narrates this solicitation for support of the Arizona State University Alumni Association ca. 1965. The audio features Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and Sun Devil Marching Band music, the ASU College Bowl team, the announcement of Miss America Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Spanish professor Irma Wilson, and President G. Homer Durham and the ASU Concert Choir.
An amateur silent motion picture documenting the Arizona State College Homecoming in 1954. Parade floats and the Sun Devil Band are featured on Central Avenue in Phoenix near the hotel Westward Ho. ASC President Grady Gammage and his wife Kathryn drive by in an open car. Displays and house decorations on the Tempe campus are presented. Alumni and staff are depicted eating at the Homecoming banquet.
Audio recording of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Memorial Union, October 25, 1954. Jim Creasman is master of ceremonies. Arizona State College cheer "With an A" is performed. Featuring speeches from Governor Howard Pyle, Senator Carl T. Hayden, student president Bill Coulson, head of the physical sciences department George M. Bateman, President Grady Gammage, members of the alumni association, and others.
Promotional film for the university originally on 16mm film. Color and sound with narration.
Records for the ship Grey Hound, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente y Co. On this trip, the Grey Hound brought five settlers from China to work in the countryside.
Section of Arizona State University: Documentary History of the First Seventy-Five Years containing citations justifying the honorary degrees awarded to specific recipients, 1940-1960.
Records for the ship Live Yankee, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices Puente y Co. Upon arrival, Torices Puente y Co. instructed the settlers as to their legal status as was required by the government. The government also required that the company check on the mental health of their settlers after arriving in Cuba. Also lists the amounts paid to ships, captains, etc. by Torices Puente y Co for this shipment and a shipment of settlers aboard the P Wakefield.