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Morehead State University Special Collections & Archives Archives Accession Form  Department or Office: School of English, Communication, Media and Language  Collection Title: History of the Forensics Program, 1923-1992   Record Group Number: RG052-20-15    Date transferred: No date of transfer registered.  Processed by: Dieter C. Ullrich  Cataloged by: Dieter C. Ullrich   Date Listed: July 29, 2020   Date Span: 1923-1992   Size of Collection: 0.25 linear feet.   Number of Boxes: 1 letter half size document case.   Type of Material: Historical data.   Condition of Material: Fair. Foxing and fading due to acidic ink and paper.     Arrangement: Chronological arrangement.    Historical Information: The Forensics Program at Morehead State University was established as part of the Button Literary Society of Morehead State Normal School in the fall of 1923. The first intercollegiate competition attended by debate team occurred in February of 1930. The Debate Team won all twenty-five of its scheduled meets in 1935 and received national recognition. Morehead State teams also won seventeen forensics tournaments from 1975 to 1994. The debate and speech teams competed for several decades at the intercollegiate level but after 2008 was gradually reduced to a club status.     Scope and Content: The collection consists of a typescript history of the Forensic Program at Morehead State University and the Breckinridge Training School from 1923 to 1992.    Subject Headings / Descriptors: Morehead State University. School of English, Communication, Media and Language. Morehead State University. Debate Team – History.  Morehead State University. Speech Team – History. Morehead State University – Forensic Program – History. Morehead State University – Student societies, etc.  Debates and debating – Kentucky – Morehead.  Notes: The collection was scanned on July 29, 2020 and placed on the digital archives website at - https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/college_histories/290/.  

History of the Forensics Program, 1923-1992

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History of the Forensics Program, 1923-1992

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