Research Guides: History 252: The History of Haverford College: Conflict, Consensus, and the Liberal Arts (HC): More Modernism, More Discontents: Haverford During World War II

Primary Sources

Haverford Bulletin 1943-1944
Call Number: HCA R2 SA, Gummere Morley LD2206 .B9
President Morley's President's Report in the Haverford Bulletin. The report talks about the various issues brought about by the war. Morley also mentions the different units allowed to train on campus.
Haverford Bulletin 1944
Call Number: HCA R2 SA, Gummere Morley LD2206 .B9
Morley's President's Report after submitting his resignation to the Board of Managers. He talks about the Accelerated graduation program and other wartime changes the college has undergone.
Haverford Bulletin 1945
Call Number: HCA R2 SA, Gummere Morley LD2206 .B9
This is Morley's last report to the Board of Managers. He wrote this report after having already left the college. He approaches the report in a holistic sense. It provides great insight to how he saw the college change during the war and his time as the President of Haverford.
Haverford Bulletin 1945
Call Number: HCA R2 SA, Gummere Morley LD2206 .B9
President MacIntosh (Vice-President when Morley resigned) gives the Acting President's Report. He talks about the campus programs for the war efforts, as well as post-war planning.
Our Day in the German Gestapo
Rufus M. Jones describes his and other American Friends Service Committee members visit to the German Gestapo. The Friends went to ask for permission to provide aid to the Jewish German citizens.
In Eschelon, 1944
In Eschelon was the yearbook for the men who participated in the Air Force training unit on Haverford's Campus.

Primary Sources-Digitized

Haverford in Wartime-Alumni
Alumni published a small pamphlet for other alumnus. The cover was titled "Haverford in Wartime". It described the various changes on campus due to Total War. Call Number: Felix Morley HCA R2 SF, Box 1
Haverford News 12-15-42
Morley addresses plans for the college after America enters WWII. Call Number: LD2218.6 H4 (December 15, 1942)
Haverford News 02-09-43
Article on the Relief and Reconstruction unit on campus. As well as an article on the men that left the college after being drafted. Call Number: LD2218.6 H4 (February 9, 1943)
Board of Managers Minutes 11-19-43
Board of Managers minutes regarding various military units on campus at the beginning of 1993. Call Number: HCV R1 IA
Board of Managers Minutes 01-19-45
The Board of Managers made an official statement on behalf of the college to the U.S. government opposing the call for military training during peacetime. Call Number: HCV R1 IA
Haverford in Wartime-Howard Teaf
Professor Teaf was an economics professor at Haverford for 39 years. He wrote "Haverford in Wartime" to describe the effect that war had on shaping the college. Call Number: 910A Manuscripts

Secondary Sources

The Spirit and the Intellect, 1833-1983
Author: Gregory Kannerstein
Published: 1983
Call Number: LD2213.S6

This history of Haverford College was published for the Sesquicentennial. Gregory Kannerstein, "Mr.Haverford", compiled the book, with most chapters being written by others. Relevant sections are Chapter 3, pg. 34, pg. 55.

Images

The Haverford News, April 18, 1945.

The Haverford News, April 18, 1945. The S.S. Haverford Victory was a Victory-class cargo ship that was dedicated to Haverford College for their contributions to the war effort during WWII.

Both can be found in the Haverford News located in the Special Collections Archives. LD2218.6.H14 1944-1946