Duncan S. Ballantine presidential records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-Ballantine-RSCA-ORPR-US

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of Duncan S. Ballantine, Reed College president from 1952 to 1954. The collection includes documents relating to administration, the bookstore, budgets, calendars, divisions, research, selective service, self-study 1953, songs, trips, trustees, tuition, the U.S. government.

Dates

  • 1952 - 1954

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is closed.

Biographical / Historical

Duncan S. Ballantine was born in Garden City, New Jersey, in 1912. Before arriving at Reed, Ballantine was an associate professor at MIT, where he helped to establish a core humanities program. In 1952, Ballantine became president of Reed College. At Reed, Ballantine made changes to disciplinary processes and faculty governance procedures. Then, the Velde Committee, a subcommittee of the House Un-American Activities Committee, arrived in Portland. The Velde Committee suspected three Reed faculty members of harboring communist sympathies. Ballantine and the Board of Trustees decided to break one faculty members tenure, and the professor left the college.

Ballantine resigned in 1954. He went on to serve as the President of the American College for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey.

[Information from Presidents of Reed on the Reed website.]

Extent

5.6 Linear Feet (12 manuscript boxes)

Language

English

Overview

This collection contains the personal papers of Duncan S. Ballantine, Reed College president from 1952 to 1954.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Physical Location

Archives Main Shelving (L014), Range C Section 6.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unknown. Presumed transferred pre-1989.

Author
Isabel Lyndon
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Undetermined
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Reed College Special Collections and Archives Repository

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