Vol 1 -- Binder 1 (pp. 92-118), 1967

The Harold L. Dorwart papers contains correspondence, articles, clippings, brochures, and handwritten accounts by Harold L. Dorwart during his tenure as Seabury Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and later Dean of Trinity College. Includes materials related to the 1968 sit-in at Trinity, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit to campus in 1954, as well as other documents illustrating cultural and political events that took place both at Trinity and around the country.

Labeled "Trinity College 1967-68: A Documentary History," this small collection of papers assembled in February 1979 by Dr. Harold Laird Dorwart (1902-1998) covers one of the more unusual times in the history of Trinity College -- one of immense change in not only the curriculum, but also policy -- as Trinity prepared for and moved into the early years of coeducation. Many of the documents that comprise this collection cover a very short time frame, namely Dr. Dorwart’s tenure as Dean of the College from 1967 until his retirement in late 1968.

In a detailed introduction to the collection, Dorwart identified how he came to be Dean and what he thought were the major crises of his time in that role. A few of those events include: parietals [college visiting rules]; in loco parentis [in place of parents]; student involvement in college affairs; campus recruiters; tuition increases; scholarships for blacks; and the 1968 sit-in. Dorwart also identified the kinds of materials he included in the volumes and how they were assembled.

Crises were not the only events marking Dr. Dorwart’s tenure. There were a number of special occasions, lectures, and concerts that took place during the span of Dr. Dorwart’s term as Dean, even an exhibition of the prestigious McMurray Collection of Hudson River School paintings. Perhaps the most high-profile event to occur while Dr. Dorwart was actively teaching at Trinity was the visit from then U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on October 20, 1954, when the President received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Material (mostly news clippings) related to the visit is found in the collection.