Scope & content
The Sesquicentennial Celebration records are organized in one series of documents, arranged alphabetically by speaker. The collection comprises a selection of introductions, addresses and speeches made by participants and guests at Brown University's 150th anniversary, celebrated from October 11-15, 1914.
Several of the documents are in the form of a revised manuscript and include an abstract. Several are abstract only. Notable speakers were Brown President William H. Faunce and honorary degree recipient and former United States President William H. Taft.