The section includes digitized documents, memorabilia and photographs from the Ford Hall Forum Collection. Browse through season program, newsletters, lecture photographs, and booklets that document the history of the Ford Hall Forum .
For a full list of the collection, including non-digitized items, browse the Ford Hall Forum Collection Finding Aid
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Poster for 1979-1980 Ford Hall Forum Season, 1979
Ford Hall Forum
Program for the 1978-1979 Ford Hall Forum season to be held at the Alumni Auditorium at Northeastern University. Line up includes David Halberstam, Professor John Kenneth Galbraith, Ralph Nader, Samuel Schwartz, Nicholas Johnson, Midge Costanza, William F. Buckley, Jr., Fred Graham, Professor Arthur R. Miller, Joseph M. Jordan, Judge Samuel E. Zoll, Representative Barney Frank, and Vance Packard.
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Ford Hall Forum Poster , 1973
Ford Hall Forum
Poster advertising speakers for the 66th year of the Ford Hall Forum, 1973. Speakers include Tom Wicker, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Sir Bernard Lovell, Ayn Rand, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Gore Vidal, Dr. Thomas A. Harris, Judith Christ, Commissioner Robert J. di Grazia, and Herman Kahn.
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 65th Season, 1972
Ford Hall Forum
Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 65th season, 1972-1973, of the Ford Hall Forum. Season line up includes Ramsay Clark, R. Buckminster Fuller, Dr. Margaret Mead, Dr. Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, John O. Boone, Dr. Jerome G. Miller, Dr. Max Lerner, Dr. Rollo May, Dr. John R. Silber, Elma Lewis, Roy Wilkins, and J. Kenneth Galbraith. Pamphlet also includes membership information.
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Transcript of a 1963 Ford Hall Forum Lecture by Malcolm X, "God’s Solution to America’s Race Problem"
Malcolm X. and Ford Hall Forum
Transcript of audio from address delivered at the Ford Hall Forum by Malcolm X on October 6, 1963. Lecture entitled "God's Solution to America's Race Problem."
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Ford Hall Forum Pamphlet, "Lessons for Democracy", 1940
Ford Hall Forum
Pamphlet advertisement for a Ford Hall Forum lecture on Wednesday, February 21, 1940. Transcription of event description: "The Ford Jall Youth Forum presents five young people, each a native of a country which has recently undergone a radical change of government. They will tell us how, in their opinions, it was possible for such changes to take place. How they believe they might have been averted. And, most important, what program of action they suggest for those American youth who desire to develop and maintain a vital democracy." Speakers include Mr. Chen (Shanghai, China), Mr. Deutsch (Sudetenland), Mrs. Mikkola (Finland), Mr. Sonthoff (Germany), and Mr. Soria (Spain).
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 32nd Season, 1939
Ford Hall Forum
Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 32nd season, 1939-1940, of the Ford Hall Forum. "Advance Announcement" printed on front cover. Season line up includes Vincent Sheean, Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman, William Patrick Hitler, Stephen S. Wise, Ernest Dimnet, Herbert Agar, Professor Mortiz J. Bonn, Max Lerner, Louis Fischer, Hamilton Fish, Norman Thomas, Michael Williams, Louis K. Anspacher, Pierre Van Paassen, Maurice Hindus, Reverend Father E.F. Murphy, Harry Gideonse, T.V. Smith, Professor Harry Overstreet, Lewis Browne, Mortimer J. Adler, John Haynes Holmes. Pamphlet also lists adult education activities including the Ford Hall Forum Players, Dance Group, Course in Music Appreciation, and the Youth Forum.
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 30th Season, 1937
Ford Hall Forum
Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 30th season, 1937-1938, of the Ford Hall Forum. "Advance Announcement" written on front cover. Season line up includes Stuart Chase, Klaus Mann, Emil Ludwig, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Ernest Dimnet, Dr. Louis Berg, Herbert Agar, Max Lerner, Heinz Liepmann, David Seabury, Horace M. Kallen, Scott Nearing, Karin Michaelis, S.K. Ratcliffe, Constantine Oumansky, Robert Gessner, Denis Conan Doyle, Martha Gellhorn, V.F. Calverton, Sir Norman Angell, Professor Harry A. Overstreet, Senator Robert M. La Follette, Dr. Massimo Salvadori, Mary Sandall, Reverend John Haynes Holmes, and Count Herman Keyserling. Pamphlet also lists adult education activities including Our Little Theatre, Dance Group, Discussion Group, Classes in English, German, and Russian, the Youth Forum, and the Ford Hall Forum Town Meetings.
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 29th Season, 1936
Ford Hall Forum
Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 29th season, 1936-1937, of the Ford Hall Forum. "Advance Announcement" written on front cover. Season line up includes Ernst Toller, S. Miles Bouton, John Spivak, Bertrand Russell, Norman Thomas, Herbert Agar, John T. Flynn, Constantine A. Oumansky, Emil Ludwig, Lord Marley, Salvador de Madariaga, Vito Marcantonio, Smedley D. Butler, Arthur Willert, Dorothea Brande, Ernest Dimnet, Gerhart Segar, Jennie Lee, Erskine Caldwell, Alfred Adler, Shidzue Ishimoto, Harry A. Overstreet, Langston Hughes, Raoul de Sales, Helgo W. Culemann, John Hayes Holmes, Harold J. Laski, and Alexander Meiklejohn. Pamphlet also lists adult education activities including Our Little Theatre, Dance Group, Discussion Group, Classes in English, German, and Russian, the Youth Forum, and the Ford Hall Forum Town Meetings.
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Ford Hall Forum program, March, 1936-1937 Season
Ford Hall Forum
Program for the March line up of the 1936-1937 Ford hall Forum season. Speakers include Harry A. Overstreet, Langston Hughes, Jerome Davis, Dr. Helgo W. Culemann, Count Raoul de Roussy de Sales, and Salvador de Madariaga. Inside of program include speaker portraits and biographies. Back cover has lecture list for the entire season.
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Ford Hall Folks Annual Old-Fashioned Party and Frolic Postcard, 1935
Ford Hall Forum
Postcard for the Ford Hall Folks Annual Old-Fashioned Party and Frolic, held at Kingsley Hall, Ford Building, Tuesday, February 26, 1935, 6PM. Postcard notes catering by old friends and famous Swedish caterers Larsen & Ericksen, serving chicken pie dinner with all the fixings. Price of admissions is 75 cents. Back of postcard includes Ford Hall logo, postage paid stamp, and cartoon.
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Ford Hall Forum program, November, 1933-1934 Season
Ford Hall Forum
Program for the November line up of the 1933-1934 Ford hall Forum season. Speakers include Scott Nearing, Sherwood Eddy, Dorothy Thompson, and Professor Friedrich Schoenemann. Schoenemann's lecture, entitled "Why I Believe in the Hitler Government," is of particular note. The lecture drew protest from the Boston community, which resulted in a riot between some 5,000 protesters and police on Beacon Hill. Inside of program include speaker portraits and biographies. Back cover has lecture list for the entire season.
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Ford Hall Forum program, 20th Season, March, 1928
Ford Hall Forum
Program for the March line up of the 20th Ford Hall Forum season, 1928, under the auspices of the Boston Baptist Social Union. Speakers include Princess Alexandra Kropotkin, Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Anna Louise Strong, and Morris Hillquit. Inside of program includes speaker profiles, song lyrics, and Ford Hall advertisement depicting the Statue of Liberty.
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Ford Hall Forum program, February, 1928
Ford Hall Forum
Program for the February 1928 Ford Hall line up. Speakers include Thurgood Marshall, McGeorge Bundy, Mark DeWolfe Howe, Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, and Dr. Oscar Handlin. Originally, February 22nd speaker was Walter P. Reuther. His name has been crossed out and replaced with the stamped name of Oxnam. Inside of program include speaker portraits and biographies. Back cover has lecture list for the entire season.
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Ford Hall Forum program, 19th Season, December/January, 1925-1926
Ford Hall Forum
Program for the December/January line up of the 19th Ford Hall Forum season, 1925-1926, under the auspices of the Boston Baptist Social Union. Speakers include Abraham Myerson, John Hayes Holmes, W. E. B. Du Bois, Edmund Vance Cookie . Inside of program includes further comments on speakers and song lyrics.
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Ford Hall Forum Fifteenth Anniversary Poster, 1923
Ford Hall Forum
Ford Hall Forum 15th Anniversary poster, includes photographs of Alice H. Samson, George W. Coleman, Mary C. Crawford and several lectures.
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Ford Hall Forum program, 17th Season, Mid-Winter, 1923-1924
Ford Hall Forum
Program for the mid-winter line up of the 17th Ford Hall Forum season, 1923-1924, under the auspices of the Boston Baptist Social Union. Speakers include Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Hayes Holmes, Von Schulze-Gavernitz, Louis Wolsey, and Margaret Slattery. Inside of program includes further comments on speakers and song lyrics.
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Ford Hall Forum program, November/December 1922-1923
Ford Hall Forum
Program for November/December of the 16th Ford Hall Forum season, 1922-1923, under the auspices of the Boston Baptist Social Union. Speakers include Margaret Slattery, Roger N. Baldwin, Chief Skiuhushu, James Harvey Robinson, and Henry C. Vedder. Inside of program includes further comments on speakers and song lyrics.
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Ford Hall Forum lecture program, November/December 1920-1921
Ford Hall Forum
Program for November/December of the 14th Ford Hall Meetings season, 1920-1921, conducted by the Boston Baptist Social Union. Speakers include Mrs. Marietta L. Johnson, Bishop Francis J. McConnell, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, John Haynes Holmes, Charles Zueblin, Professor Arthur D. Rees, and Professor Nathaniel Schmidt. Inside of program includes song lyrics.
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Photograph of Attendees of the Tenth Annual Sociological Conference, 1917
Ford Hall Forum
Photograph of the attendees of the 10th Annual Sociological Conference in Sagamore, Massachusetts, held June 27-29, 1917.
