Memorial Union Building Fund
1945-1953
Alumni Association
(UA 6/1/6)
Size: 1 box
History:
The first serious consideration beyond the conversational stage of raising funds for a student union occured at the February 21, 1943 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association. William Call '13, chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee, proposed making an immediate start on plans aimed at securing funds for a building that would provide suitable facilities for the extra-curricular activites, both social and educational, for students and faculty. The building would also serve as a memorial dedicated to alumni who were serving in the armed forces. At a meeting of the Alumni Association Board, February 1945, President Harold Stoke offered the services of the University in planning and organizing the Fund drive on a larger scale and soliciting and collecting funds. The Board voted to accept the University's help elected an executive committee for an expanded drive to obtain a minimum of $250,000.
Scope and Content:
This series contains some of the materials used in soliciting funds for the memorial union building. It also contains names of veterans who served in the wars, obtained in 1953 from the office of the Mayor of Manchester, NH.
| F. 1 | Memorial Union Building, Campus drive, 1945-46 |
| F. 2 | Procedure Suggestions from Porter Butte, Planning Consultant, Nov. 29, 1948 |
| F. 3 | Fund Raising, printed materials |
| F. 4 | Minutes, MUB Planning Committee, Nov. 1953 |
| F. 5 | Names of Korean Wat Veterans |
| F. 6 | Names of WWII Veterans Killed in Action |
| F. 7 | Names of WWII Veterans, A-Czech |
| F. 8 | Names of WWII Veterans, Czer-Haley, E |
| F. 9 | Names of WWII Veterans, Haley, J - Macek |
| F.10 | Names of WWII Veterans, MacEw-Quim |
| F.11 | Names of WWII Veterans, Quin-Z |
| F.12 | Bronze Tablet, nos. 1 and 3 |