Lord & Taylor American Design Awards, 1956 May 18
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959
label: Collection Donor
content: Shaver, Elsie
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content: Dorothy Shaver Papers
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content: Dorothy Shaver Papers / Series 5: Audio Recordings / 5.3: Original Audio Cassette Tapes
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content: Box 22, Item 631.1
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Participants: Dorothy Shaver, John Sherman Cooper, Dr. Ralph Bunch, Roger William, Joseph Welsh, David Sarnoff, John de le Guard, Sir Francis Rundel, and Whitney North Seymour. 

 Awards luncheon including a discussion of the 19th Lord and Taylor Awards, which acknowledges creative achievements that bring a new dimension to American lives. The specific focus of the 1956 awards was the spiritual heritage of the country. Shaver spoke about freedom and the spirit of liberty. Awards were presented to Margaret Chase Smith, Senator from Maine; John Sherman Cooper, former United States Senator and Ambassador to India; 

 Dr. Ralph Bunch, former Secretary of the United Nations; Roger William, author of Religious Liberty and Democracy ; Joseph Welsh, television personality and teacher to 12 million citizens in a class on Governmental Law; 

 David Sarnoff, president of RCA (NBC); John de le Guard; Sir Francis Rundel and Whitney North Seymour.