?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> ?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAA-SDT/EAD3/master/ead3.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?> RG8.3 Student Organizations. Challenge Series Records 1962-1968, 1.3 linear feet Processed by John Woodard Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO. Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives PO Box 7777 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109 http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/ 2004 RG8.3 Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives English Ldescriptivenote> Description is in English dacs Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2021-11-08T10:12:14-05:00 ArchivesSpace v3.0.1 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on Monday November 8, 2021 at 10:12 2021 Revised by Immanuel Eggers Student Organizations. Challenge Series Records RG8.3 Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives English 1.3 Linear Feet 1 record carton 1962 1968 The Challenge symposium was a biennial student-run speaker series with the intent of bringing more global issues into Wake Forest dicourse, starting in 1965 and likely concluding in 1979. This collection contains 1965 and 1967 event records. Material types include event planning materials, speaker biographies and correspondence, research materials, newspaper clippings, event programs, and purpose statements. Wake Forest University. Challenge Series Historical Note The Challenge speaker series was pitched in 1964 as student-administered symposium to include more critical, real-world dialogue at WFU. The Challenge ran from 1965 through the 1970s; the event likely concluded with the 1979 series. The 1965 event topic was on the emergence of prominent Black Americans, with speakers Harry Ashmore, Daisy Balsley, Wiley Branton, William D. Campbell, Hodding Carter III, Thomas Dodd, James Farmer, Thomas Pettigrew, and Hobart Taylor Jr., among others. The 1967 topic was the question of promoting student interests given global problems, with speakers James M. Buchanan, Dick Gregory, Herb Kaplow, Frank S. Meyer, L. Richardson Preyer, William Proxmire, Harry Reasoner, Edward K. Smith, Warren Smith, Craig Spence, and Norman Thomas. George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, also spoke. Collection Overview This collection contains records of the 1965 and 1967 Challenge speaker series. Contents include event planning materials, speaker biographies and correspondence, research materials, newspaper clippings, event programs, and purpose statements. Preferred Citation Student Organizations. Challenge Series Records (RG8.3), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Access Restrictions This collection is open for use. 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Processing Information Processed by John Woodard Encoded by Apex, March, 2005 Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO . Challenge '65 Accounts paid and receipts 1 1 Advisory Council records 1964 1965 1 2 Appreciation note card circa 1965 1 3 Budget circa 1965 1 4 Contributor appreciation letter 1965 January 12 1 5 Contributors outreach materials undated 1 6 Correspondence 1964 1965 1 7 Division of Entertainment materials 1964 1965 1 8 Division of Funds materials 1964 1965 1 10-12 Division of Programming materials 1964 1965 1 18 Division of Publicity and Public Relations materials 1964 1965 1 22 Division of Registration materials 1965 February-March 1 25 Event proposal and related materials 1964 1965 1 13 Event publicity newspaper clippings 1965 March 1 23 Foundations support outreach and correspondence 1964 1965 1 9 Invitation cards with envelopes circa 1965 1 14 Lodgings Committee materials 1 15 Magazine and related publications materials 1965 1 16 Magazine advertising materials 1965 1967 1 17 Programs and event schedule 1965 1 20 Progress reports 1965 1 21 Press releases 1965 1 24 Research materials 1 26 Speakers' agencies correspondence and related materials 1964 1965 1 58 Speakers materials 1964 1965 1 27-29 Sperry and Hutchinson County Lectureship Program materials 1964 1967 1 59 Speakers materials: accepted Ashmore, Harry S. 1965 1 30 Balsley, Daisy F. 1964 1965 1 31 Branton, Wiley A. 1962 1965 1 32 Campbell, Will D. 1964 1965 1 33 Carter, Hodding, III 1965 1 34 Carter, Robert Lee 1964 1965 1 35 Cumming, Joseph B., Jr. 1965 1 36 Dodd, Thomas Joseph 1965 1 37 Farmer, James 1965 1 38 Fleishman, Joel L. 1965 1 39 Hayes, Harold T. P. 1964 1965 1 40 Hentoff, Nat 1964 1965 1 41 Jackson, Joseph H. 1965 1 42 Kirk, Russell 1964 1965 1 43 Lomax, Louis E. 1965 1 44 Lyford, Joseph P. 1965 1 45 McKnight, C. A. 1965 1 46 Osborn, George Coleman 1965 1 47 Pettigrew, Thomas F. 1964 1965 1 48 Pfaus, George S. 1965 1 49 Preyer, L. Richardson 1965 1 50 Rusher, William A. 1962 1965 1 51 Smith, McNeill 1963 1965 1 52 Taylor, Hobart, Jr. 1964 1965 1 53 Thompson, Frank, Jr. 1964 1965 1 54 Wendt, Lloyd circa 1965 1 55 Whitehorne, Robert A., 1925- 1965 1 56 Winters, John W. 1965 1 57 Challenge '67 Accounts paid and receipts 1966 1967 1 60 Advisory Board materials 1966 1 61 Advisory Board invite declination letters 1966 1 62 Banquet materials 1967 1 63 Brochures and related planning materials 1966 1967 1 64 Church contributors correspondence 1966 1 67 Contributors outreach materials 1966 1967 circa 1966-1967 1 66 Contributors thank-you correspondence 1967 1 93 Contribution letters 1966 1967 1 68 Correspondence 1966 1967 1 69 Faculty outreach materials 1966 1 70 General proposal circa 1966 1 71 Purpose and topic choice statement 1966 1967 circa 1966-1967 1 94 Press releases and publicity materials 1966 1967 1 75 Program planning materials 1967 1 72 Progress reports 1966 1 74 Proposed budget circa 1967 1 65 School registration materials 1966 1967 circa 1966-1967 1 76 Speaker hospitality materials 1966 1967 circa 1966-1967 1 92 Speakers Committee materials 1966 1968 1 91 Speakers correspondence 1966 1967 1 90 event advertisement correspondence 1966 1 73 Speakers materials: accepted Accepted speaker correspondence and résumés 1967 1 77 Buchanan, James M. 1966 1967 1 78 Gregory, Dick 1964 1967 circa 1964-1967 1 79 Kaplow, Herb 1967 1 80 Meyer, Frank S. 1967 1 81 Preyer, L. Richardson 1967 1 82 Proxmire, William 1966 1967 1 83 Reasoner, Harry 1966 1967 1 84 Rockwell, George L. 1966 1967 circa 1966-1967 1 85 Smith, Edward K. 1965 1967 1 86 Smith, Warren 1967 1 87 Spence, Craig 1967 1 88 Thomas, Norman 1967 1 89