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J. Ollie Edmunds speaks to Alumni Association meeting in Winter Haven.

J. Ollie Edmunds standing in front of Allen Hall amid various oversized homemade yard decorations that celebrate his roles at Stetson, including student, president, trustee, and chancellor. Decorations include several Hatters hats, a scroll with illegible writing, two people sweeping, and signs that read, ""[Edmund]s Makes Clean Sweep From Student to Chancellor."" November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds standing in front of Allen Hall amid various oversized homemade yard decorations that celebrate his roles at Stetson, including student, president, trustee, and chancellor. Decorations include several Hatters hats, a scroll with illegible writing, two people sweeping, and signs that read, ""[Edmund]s Makes Clean Sweep From Student to Chancellor."" November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands at a lectern during an indoor luncheon banquet.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands in the center of four unidentified men in front of a group of onlookers at Edmunds' Chancellor celebration banquet/reception. Edmunds is not wearing the Stetson-colored academic regalia seen in other photos from this event. Surrounding faculty wear their academic regalia. A table sign in the background reads ""Connecticut."" November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands in the center of four unidentified men in front of a group of onlookers at Edmunds' Chancellor celebration banquet/reception. Edmunds is not wearing the Stetson-colored academic regalia seen in other phots from this event. Surrounding faculty wear their academic regalia. A table sign in the background reads ""Connecticut."" November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands next to a red antique car in a partially paved, partially grassy area. Two more antique cars are on either side of him. Each car has the year posted on the bumper with a sign on the windshield that notes a historical event in Edmunds' life from that year. Edmunds stand at 1935 (""OLLIE MAKES TRUSTEE""). 1927 is to his left. The sign on the windshield s not visible. In 1948, ""OLLIE TAKES T..."" A motorboat on a trailer and a Edmunds sign set on the ground that reads "" NO ... A ..."" are also visible. A multi-story brick building and multi-story white building are visible in the background. November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands next to a sailfish hung from a rope. Various vessels, water, and small mountains are in the background. November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands next to a small motorboat loaded on trailer in a grassy area. A sign that reads ""1968"" is attached to the boat's bow. A handmade sign that reads ""NOW A FISHIN' CHANCELLOR"" rests on the ground below the boat. A white building is in the background. November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands next to a small motorboat loaded on trailer in a grassy area. A sign that reads ""1968"" is attached to the boat's bow. A handmade sign that reads ""NOW A FISHIN' CHANCELLOR"" rests on the ground below the boat. A white building is in the background. November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds stands outside the Lambda Chi Alpha building where a Western Union telegram, Mad Hatter cutouts, and other yard decorations announce and celebrate Edmunds' recent appointment as Chancellor. The telegraph reads ""DR. J.O. EDMUNDS CONGRATULATIONS CHANCELLOR stop THANKS FOR NOT LEAVING STETSON DEFENSELESS stop BEST WISHES FOR ANOTHER TWENTY YEARS."" Lambda Alpha Chi and Delta Delta Delta signed the telegram. An oversized Right Guard deodorant can sits on a platform. The can reads, ""Stetson RIGHT GUARD King Size."" November 1967.

J. Ollie Edmunds, student members, and guests of Theta Alpha Phi sitting at the annual banquet.

K .B. Clay, Tampa District Manager for Humble Oil and M. W. Sharpe, Orlando Sales Supervisor for Humble Oil, present a $2,500 check to President J. Ollie Edmunds from the Esso Education Foundation.

Law School alumni, including U.S.Representative Sidney Herlong (second from right) and Florida Attorney General Neil Faircloth (right), attend a law school breakfast at homecoming with President J. Ollie Edmunds (right) and Law School Dean Harold Sebring (fourth from right).

Law School Dean Harold A. Sebring speaks at the Law School Commencement as President J. Ollie Edmunds looks on.

Law School Dean Harold A. Sebring speaks at the Law School Commencement as President J. Ollie Edmunds looks on.

Librarian Charlotte Smith in the new duPont-Ball Library with benefactor Ed Ball and President J. Ollie Edmunds.

Library Director Bob Mowery holds a Gutenberg Bible facsimile donated to the library by Grace Garwood, in honor of her husband, long-time faculty member Harry C. Garwood, as President J. Ollie Edmunds looks on.

Lieutenant Colonel Ike Bonifay and President J. Ollie Edmunds and others review the ROTC units for inspection.

Matted portrait of J. Ollie Edmunds from a studio in Jay, Santa Rosa County, Florida.

Max Cleland chats with Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds at the homecoming luncheon after receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award.

Members of Stetson's Silver Circle (faculty and staff who have served 25 or more years at Stetson) pose in formal attire.

Members of the faculty and the administration gather on stage for the chapel service in Elizabeth Hall.

Members of the Ye Mystic Krewe honorary pose for their yearbook photo.

Methodist Bishop Frederick DeLand Leete speaks at the Founder's Day convocation.

Morocco Temple Shriners dinner to honor J. Ollie Edmunds with an unidentified man, Emily Edmunds, Warren Jones, Pete Baldwin, Pearl Baldwin, and Judge Barrs also in attendance. Handwritten notes on the back of the image state that the dinner occurred just before the Edmunds came to DeLand. The note also states that the photograph was taken before the corsage and table decorations arrived.

Mrs. Spessard Holland, wife of former Florida Governor and United States Congressman Spessard Holland, is honored at the Model Senate banquet by Bill Chappell.

Newly installed Alumni Association president Ed Henderson fields some questions from the audience at the Homecoming Alumni Luncheon.

Newly named Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds celebrates at a banquet/reception, November 1967.

Newly named Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds reads a banner hung outside Emily Hall. The banner reads, ""EMILY HALL SALUTES OLLIE EDMUNDS DEDICATION AND SERVICE,"" and ""THIS BUILDING NAMED IN MEMORY OF EMILY BRYANT EDMUNDS 1907-1959 LATE WIFE OF PRESIDENT EDMUNDS,"" November 1967.

Ollie Edmunds, class of 1925, jokes with little Bette Stover, daughter of Irving Stover.

Outgoing Alumni Association president Deke DeLoach presents Ed Henderson the gavel at the Alumni Luncheon during Homecoming.

Patricia Jane Roberts, one of five seniors to receive the honor of Cum Laude, receives her diploma at the graduation ceremony.

People go through the receiving line at the 1959 graduation.

Pope Duncan leads J. Ollie Edmunds, Earl Joiner, C. Carter Colwell and others in academic regalia at the opening ceremony of the Centennial Celebration in the Forest of Arden.

Portrait of Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds wearing his Bahia Shrine fez.

Portrait of J. Ollie Edmunds wearing academic regalia, including a cap, gown, and hood.

Portrait of J. Ollie Edmunds who served as Alumni Association president in 1927, 1929 and 1930.

Portrait of President (1948-1967) J. Ollie Edmunds.

President Edmunds with unidentified man, both holding hats.

President-elect of the Alumni Association Harry Gaylord (right) with current President of the Alumni Association, Ruth Nemec and Stetson President J. Ollie Edmunds.

President John E. Johns adjusts the hood on Reverend Clyde B. Lipscomb after presenting him with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree at commencement in the Forest of Arden.

President John E. Johns adjust the hood on Arthur N. Morris after presenting him with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at commencement in the Forest of Arden.

President John E. Johns and Board of Trustees member Earl Edington start the convocation ceremonies in the Forest of Arden.

President John E. Johns and former President and Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds, in academic regalia, lead a graduation processional.

President John E. Johns awards the Doctor of Divinity to John Pelham as Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds looks on.

President John E. Johns, his wife Martha, and Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds, greet new students at a Freshman Orientation reception.

President John E. Johns (standing center) and Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds (seated far right) pose for a group shot with a number of others.

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