Physical Location:
Related Materials:
For materials on the
Public Lectures (1952-1962), under the School of Education, please see Box 15.
Physical Location:
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Faculty Forum, Public Lectures (1962-1964), please see the Graduate School (Box 15);
Physical Location:
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For materials on the
Public Lectures (1962-) under the Earl Warren Institute of Ethics and Human Relations, please see Box 15;
Physical Location:
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For materials on the
Public Lecture Series (1976-), please see the Department of Continuing Education (Box 18).
Scope and Content Note
Includes a pamphlet for the first annual Library Lecture Series: Jewish Horizons in the Mid-Sixties, event description, and
Arnold J. Band CV.
Variant Names: Turner Library Lecture in Literature.
Biography/Organization History
Historical Note:
The Turner Library Lecture series was created under the auspices of Library Chairman, Justin G. Turner and Library Director,
Louis Shub.
The lectures for the first series, taking place between November 4, 1964-February 3, 1965, featured the "Art of Democracy:
United States of America-Israel" by Dr. Franklin Murphy; "The Evolving Masks of S. J. Agnon" by Dr. Arnold Band; "Art of Jewish
Education" by Dr. Walter
Ackerman, and "Myth and Reality in Jewish Fiction" by Louis Shub. The lecture series was designed to explore the comprehensive
horizons of the Jewish Humanities.