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"The story of Queen's" [Address by Dr. McNeill at the Centennial Celebrations]. October 1941. McNeill Convocation Address of 1936

Excerpts of Famous People speaking. Side One: Robert C. Wallace (Oct. 19, 1951); William Archibald Mackintosh (January 1, 1956); James A. Corry (on his installation on Oct. 20, 1961); John James deutsch (on his installment in 1968); and an interview with Principal Ronald L. Watts (1984). Side Two: Jean Royce (1977) - Tape cuts off part way through Jean Royce and the rest of the side is blank.

Excerpts of Famous People Speaking. Side One: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1938); Eleanor Roosevelt (1948); Robert Oppenheimer; and Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (October 19, 1951) Heard. Side Two: John Diefenbaker (1961); John Diefenbaker (addressing Convocation); Lester B. Pearson (Brockington lecture 1969); Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968) and Lorne Greene (Upon receiving an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree in 1971) are heard.

Address upon receiving an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Queen's University. Recorded in Kingston, Ont., May 30, 1986. Side One: Author, Peter C. Newman, talks about education and Queen's University as well as Canada. School of Business - MBA degrees given. Side Two: blank. print through only.

Convocation address by Sauve recorded at Queen's University, May 23, 1986. Side One: Governor General of Canada, Jeanne Sauve Hooded. Address by Sauve - Anti war. Address in English and French. Doctor of Philosophy degree granted, Master of Arts degrees granted. Side Two: blank.

Office of the Chaplain, Brockington Lecture by Buckminster Fuller

Proceeding from the assumption that Queen's is Good but not Great, Prof. William Nichols addresses the questions of why not and why can be done to move Queen's closer to greatness. Side One: Nichols portrays Queen's as a Hierarchical community that lends itself to a certain etiquette but constrains thought, risk taking and boldness which is necessary to archiving greatness. Side Two: greatness is a perceptual question, a state of mind. Queen's has a nice, safe environment but does not provide the stimulation to aspire to greatness. Last 1/4 of tape blank.

Address by Joey Smallwood in the AMS Speakers Committee Lecture series, Queen's University. March 14, 1984. Side One: Smallwood compares and contrasts conditions in Newfoundland before and after Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949. He outlines the many benefits Newfoundland has realized in. Side Two: The 35 years following Confederation and emphasizes that Newfoundlanders are a fortunate and grateful group of Canadians who are proud to belong to and be a part of Canada. Question and answer period follows.

Address in AMS Speakers committee series, Queen's University. Side One: Professor Calvin Gotlieb discusses two important issues resulting from the new focus on information technology: The political and cultural effects of the concentration of information processing; and the issue of privacy, which is associated with the rise in personal and corporate information now stored in computer data banks. Side Two: side 2 of above talk, followed by question and answer period.

This recording represents an effort to understand the Soviet Union and the Soviet People in the Realization that this is a necessary prelude to peaceful cohabitation. Side One: Mr. Pearson outlines similarities and differences between Canada and the Soviet Union in the Cultural, Geographic, Economic, Historical and Political Contexts. He notes that Canada should have strong cultural and personal ties with the Soviet Union but in fact, we don't. He describes reasons for this and efforts to overcome the charms of misunderstanding including specifically the peace initiation of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Side Two: continuation of above talk. Question and answer period.