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UA.01.056.1 Records of LSU ROTC
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.056.1
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Records of LSU ROTC
Extent: 2.5 Linear feet
Language: English
Scope and Contents: According to the information contained in the archival boxes and my research on the subject, after forty-one years of existence, the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Explorer Battalion was deactivated on May 11, 1991. The La Salle University’s ROTC program was not an isolated incident. According to the 1991 La Salle Summer magazine, fifty such units were also deactivated - seven of which were in Pennsylvania.
Created in 1950, their first training was held at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In that summer the program commissioned roughly 1,000 second lieutenants until the program was discontinued. The discontinuation seemed to mirror the changing climate in America’s approval or disapproval of warfare, particularly the Vietnam Conflict, and the loss of life of those who fought them – unlike the Korean Conflict before it; which many La Sallian’s proudly serviced –the 1950s was a considerably different era/America to say the less. The proverbial writing was on the wall, may have been written during the “College Hall Sit-In”- or “Sounds of Silence” as it was reported in the La Salle Magazine in the summer of 1969, but cannot be conclusively proven based on my personal research. Economic also played a role according to the assistant Army Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, G. Kim Wincup at the time described it as “a pretty painful process” to reduce the Army ROTC size by (7000,00) by 20% that was printed in the La Salle University Magazine (Summer 1991). However, in hindsight, perhaps it was an example of the growing student’s political voice on campuses around the country. Some believe it was a national movement, similar to the Civil Rights or Women Suffrage movement by college students all over the country for student power/voice. Although the archival finding in the Connelly Library was more statistical, which is typical of any military records, it did provide some insight into the individuals that chose to enlist in the name of national security and those who did not. Others chose roles that was just as important, for instance the writers of magazine telling the cadets story. After the discontinuation, the program had resurgence and the program was re-established under new leadership. As my “Archival Collection Assignment” hopefully demonstrates, military records are based more on numbers, names and dates, not individuals. Unless one is familiar or have experienced the military culture, it can be a task to connect the dots when it comes to personal history - the La Salle University’s ROTC Program history is just one of many.
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UA.01.057.02 Faculty Senate Records
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.057.02
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Faculty Senate Records
Date [inclusive]: 1966-2000
Extent: 6.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.057 Dr. Robert Courtney Papers
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.057
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Dr. Robert Courtney Papers
Date [inclusive]: 1950s-1970s
Extent: 5.0 Linear feet (5 record cartons)
Language: English
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UA.01.058 La Salle Early History Collection
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.058
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: La Salle Early History Collection
Date [inclusive]: 1860s-1910s
Extent: 1.0 Linear foot (1 record carton)
Language: English
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UA.01.059 Records of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.059
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Records of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Date [inclusive]: 1980s-2010s
Extent: 16.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.060 Records of the Provost's Office
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.060
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Records of the Provost's Office
Date [inclusive]: 1960s-1990s
Extent: 16.0 Boxes
Language: English
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UA.01.061 Photograph Collection
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.061
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Date: 1910s-2010s
Extent: 65 Linear feet
Language: English
Scope and Content: The Photograph Collection consists of thousands of images that document the history of La Salle from the early 20th century to the present. The collection features both black and white and color images of campus, campus buildings, university events, athletic teams, student organizations, classroom scenes, faculty and staff portraits, and more. The bulk of the photographs were produced by the campus News Bureau, Athletics staff, Yearbook staff, or University Marketing and Communications. The collection includes some photographs that were donated by student organizations or individual members of the campus community.
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UA.01.062 Records of the School of Arts and Sciences
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.062
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Records of the School of Arts and Sciences
Date [inclusive]: 1900-1900
Extent: 12.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.063 Bro. Joseph Burke Papers
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.063
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Bro. Joseph Burke Papers
Date [inclusive]: 1900's
Extent: 20.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.064 Graduate Programs
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.064
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Graduate Programs
Date [inclusive]: 1980s-2000s
Extent: 3.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.065 Records of The Masque
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.065
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Records of The Masque
Date [inclusive]: 1930s-2000s
Extent: 5.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.066 Records of La Salle Summer Music Theater
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.066
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Records of La Salle Summer Music Theater
Date [inclusive]: 1970s-1980s
Extent: 2.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.067 ROTC photographs
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.067
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: ROTC photographs
Date [inclusive]: 1950s-1980s
Extent: 3.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.01.068 Dr. John Rossi Papers
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.01.068
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Dr. John Rossi Papers
Date [inclusive]: 1960s-2000s
Extent: 4.0 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.02.001 Joseph E. Hill Papers
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.02.001
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Joseph E. Hill papers
Date: 2010
Extent: 0.5 Linear feet
Language: English
Scope and Contents: This collection consists of a memoir and an unpublished, unperformed play written by Joseph E. Hill. The 400 page memoir, entitled, The Wrong Side of the Tracks was completed in 2010. It describes his early life growing up in an Irish-Catholic family in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood and his struggles with his alcoholic father. Later the memoir chronicles his time at La Salle College, from which he graduated in 1960, and his years as a teacher in Philadelphia. The play, Pearse, is an historical drama about the fictional Padraic Henry Pearse's involvement in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.
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UA.02.002 Thomas J. Gola Papers
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.02.002
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Thomas J. Gola papers
Date: 1947-2014
Extent: 19.8 Linear feet
Language: English
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UA.02.003 Jim Butler Papers
La Salle University Archives
Collection Number: UA.02.003
Repository: La Salle University Archives
Title: Jim Butler Papers
Date [inclusive]: 1980s-2000s
Extent: 6.0 Linear feet (shelf 21, A1)
Language: English
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