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Title: Inauguration ceremony for new college president W. O. Mendenhall, Whittier, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: September 21, 1934
1934-09-21
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Rites Held at College,” Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep 1934: 8.
A procession of academics and distinguished guests moves toward the outdoor amphitheater where the inauguration ceremony will be held for W. O. Mendenhall.
William O. Mendenhall was installed as the president of Whittier College in a ceremony on September 21, 1934. Among the distinguished guests were Lou Henry Hoover, Dr. Robert L. Kelly, and Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
Text from negative sleeve: MENDENHALL, WILLIAM ORVILLE WHITTIER COLLEGE 1934 Also Mrs. Herbert Hoover x
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6559
ark:/21198/zz002cwss9
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Rites & ceremonies--California--Whittier
Academic costumes--California--Whittier
Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.)
Mendehall, W. O. (William Orville), 1879-1958
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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