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Transfer to a lay board, 1967
Webster College was the first Catholic college ever to transfer ownership from a Catholic order to a lay board. Below are some of the key documents related to this change.
- Convocation talk, November 21, 1966. full-text
- Announcement to faculty and students of Webster College re transfer, January 11, 1967 full-text
Request for dispensation from juridical vows
At the same time Webster College was transitioning to a secular institution, Jacqueline decided to request that she be released from her vows. Below are her requests:
- Letter to His Eminence, Joseph Cardinal Ritter, January 2, 1967. full-text
- Letter to Sister Mary Luke Tobin (Superior General of the Sisters of Loretto), January 2, 1967. full-text
Letter of resignation
Jacqueline shared the news of her resignation and her upcoming wedding after almost four years as Webster College president:
- News release, March 3, 1969 full-text
Authority
- "The power of authority in an open world", Commencement Address, Colorado College, May 29, 1967. full-text
- "Due process: College and civil jurisdiction", Convocation address, Webster College, September 9, 1968. full-text
- "Problems of permissiveness", Commencement address, Skidmore College, June 4, 1967. full-text
- "Voice and the college community", Convocation address, Webster College, September 13, 1965. full-text
Educational philosophy and higher education
- "Can the academic world seek the living God?", Vassar College, December 4, 1967. full-text
- "The commitment of Webster College", March 29, 1968. full-text
- "Crisis and commitment in the education of a Catholic", address to the Dean's Assembly, Webster College, November 4, 1963. full-text
- "Higher education and the moral revolution", American Council on Education address, October 8, 1965. full-text
- "'Liberal learning' at Webster College", January 8, 1968. full-text
- "On institutionalizing the Hawthorne effect", Conference on Innovation in Higher Education, Albany, NY, June 18-29, 1967. full-text
- "A time for pragmatism, passion, and promise", Washington University, February 12-13, 1969. full-text
- "To be segregated is to be deprived", Magazine Industry Seminar, Harvard Business School, July 2, 1964. full-text
- "Values—Morals or masks?", West Virginia University, March 26, 1967. full-text
Women in society
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler Collection
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler: Selected writings and speeches
- Selected articles about Jacqueline Grennan Wexler
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler Honors, Awards, and Career Highlights
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler (1965-1969)
- Art Department (Webster University Archives)
- Course catalogs for Webster University
- Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Webster University Archives)
- Gallery of Living Catholic Authors (Webster University Archives)
- Loretto Hilton Center
- Yearbooks
- Audrey Marie Effinger Dietrich Scrapbook
- Student Newspapers at Webster University Archive
- Arthur Rosenberg Strike Diary
- Kohl Papers
- Larson Collection