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Commencement Exercises, June 1959
(Graduation ceremony, June 1959, Marion Anderson is the speaker. (Much of the footage is underexposed.)Features: Marion Anderson)
University of Michigan Orchestra, Spring 1959, 1959
(Joseph Blatt conducts the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra in performances of Stravinsky and Beethoven (reel 1) and Brahms, Debussy and Mozart (reel 2) ["Right of Spring" is not cleared for broadcast use.]Features: Joseph Blatt, Symphony Orchestra)
Commencement Exercises, June 1958
(Footage of graduation, Harlan Hatcher presenting Honorary Degrees, main address by Henry T. Heald, President of the Ford Foundation. Features: Harlan Hatcher, UM-Pres.; Henry T. Heald, James Doolittle, Clifford Cook Furnas, James Churchill Zeder, Theodore Heuss, Sir Leslie Knox Munro)
Preston Slosson Retirement, July 1961
(Longtime UM history professor gives his views on the Korean problem, Berlin and British troops in Kuwait. (There is a separate sound track on film.)Features: Preston Slosson, UM-Hist.)
Leslie Bassett, Prix de Rome, July 1961
(Footage of UM composer and winner of the Prix de Rome, working at his piano in his Ann Arbor home. Features: Leslie Bassett, UM-Music)