University Archives and Records Center
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Commencement Programs
Selections from Commencement Programs from the University of Pennsylvania are available on-line in PDF (Portable Document File) format. View, search and print these PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Included are:
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The covers, opening pages and biographical sketches of honorary degree recipients from programs for June Commencements from 1925 to the present
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A few early commencement programs are available in their entirety
A general history of Commencement at the University of Pennsylvania, by Mark Frazier Lloyd from the 1995 program (2 pages, 860 kb)
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general history of Academic Costume at the University of Pennsylvania, by Mark
Frazier Lloyd from the 1996 program (3 pages, 1007 kb) (See
also: Trustees Resolutions on the Red and Blue Ph.D. Gown)
For information on other programs consult Inventory of the Commencement and Convocation Program Collection (19 pages, 45 kb)
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| The Commencement programs of 1999 through 2005 measured 8.5 by 11 inches. They were perfect bound and of uniform length, each extending to 80 pages. | The Commencement programs of 1993 through 1998 measured 8.5 by 11 inches. They were perfect bound and of uniform length, each extending to 96 pages. | The Commencement programs of 1990 through 1992 measured 8 by 11 inches. They were bound by saddle stitch. The 1992 edition was the largest, extending to 84 pages.
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1925 - 1989
The Commencement programs of 1948 through 1989 measured 8 by 11 inches. They were bound by saddle stitch. These programs varied in length from 40 pages (1948) to 96 pages (1965). | 
The Commencement programs of 1925 through 1947 measured 6 by 9 inches and were bound by saddle stitch. These programs varied in length from 18 pages (1945) to 46 pages (1940). |
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| *Program cover autographed by the Honorary Degree recipients | **Scanned from photocopy of original | |||
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