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President J. Ollie Edmunds speaks into a walkie-talkie during 'Operation Booklift' in which students, faculty, and staff moved all the books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library.

President J. Ollie Edmunds speaks into a walkie-talkie during 'Operation Booklift' in which students, faculty, and staff moved all the books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library.

President J. Ollie Edmunds speaks into a walkie-talkie during 'Operation Booklift' in which students, faculty, and staff moved all the books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library.

President J. Ollie Edmunds speaks with two unidentifed people.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stand at the front gates of Stetson (at the corner of Woodland Boulevard and Minnesota Avenue) with front gate donors Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ferrell.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stand at the front gates of Stetson (at the corner of Woodland Boulevard and Minnesota Avenue) with front gate donors Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ferrell.

President J. Ollie Edmunds (standing below stage) looks on as Irving Stover, at the podium, honors a man, possibly J. Thomas Smith, at an alumni event in Elizabeth Hall Chapel.

President J. Ollie Edmunds (standing right) poses with alumni at the ministerial dinner at homecoming.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands by the Law School wishing well with Mrs. Harold Sebring and Harvey Firestone, Jr.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands in front of Hulley Tower with Harry Garwood, Dean W. Hugh McEniry and an unidentified person.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands in front of the WJBS microphone with United States House of Representative Florida member Claude Pepper and former WDLF radio station manager Lyle Van and an unidentified woman.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands next to the Holler Fountain with Sampson Hall in the background.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands on graduation stage with an honored alumnus.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands with a crowd in bleachers at an unknown event.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands with a fellow book mover as Stetson students, faculty, and staff move books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library in what was dubbed 'Operation Booklift.'

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands with a fellow book mover as Stetson students, faculty, and staff move books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library in what was dubbed 'Operation Booklift.'

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands with alumni Doyle E. Carlton, Sr. and William Y. Mickle at the groundbreaking of the new School of Business Administration building, Davis Hall.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands with alumnus James West and two unidentified men.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands with General Chorpening, Farwell Tuttle, and Dr. Ashcraft.

President J. Ollie Edmunds stands with three recent graduates after the commencement.

President J. Ollie Edmunds talks with students next to a Stetson shuttle bus. The buses, called Stetson Flyers, or Green Beetles, were used to shuttle students back and forth to DeLand Naval Air Station barracks. The law school and some men's dormitories were located there.

President J. Ollie Edmunds talks with two Cuban refugee students.

President J. Ollie Edmunds (third from left) and members of the Episcopal diocese welcome sixteen Cuban refugee students.

President J. Ollie Edmunds (third from left) talks with Dean Hugh and Mrs. McEniry, Vice President James Parrish, and Leroy Collins (second from left).

President J. Ollie Edmunds throwing a ball out to the field during a baseball game.

President J. Ollie Edmunds tries for the prize at a Greenfeather Carnival booth.

President J. Ollie Edmunds unveils the portrait of Charles A. Dana at the dedication of the new law school library. Dana generously donated funds to the College of Law in Gulfport (St. Petersburg), Florida for the Charles A. Dana Law Library.

President J. Ollie Edmunds watches as two unidentified men shake hands as onlookers smile.

President J. Ollie Edmunds with a facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible and leads the line of students, faculty, and staff moving books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library during 'Operation Booklift.'

President J. Ollie Edmunds with Cartha D.DeLoach, who received an honorary degree at the School of Law commencement. Both shown in academic regalia.

President J. Ollie Edmunds with Harry C. Gaylord, President-Elect of the Alumni Association, and former Florida Governor and alumnus Doyle E. Carlton.

President J. Ollie Edmunds with Judge O.K. Reaves, John U. Bird, and Chief Justice E. Harris Drew at Stetson Inn after Commencement, 1955.

President J. Ollie Edmunds with Mrs. Albert Carnett and Dr. Albert Carnett, President of the Florida Baptist Convention, and another unidentified couple.

President J. Ollie Edmunds with two others

President Paul Geren and former president and Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds meet at the door of the president's office on Geren's first day.

President Pope Duncan begins the Founder's Day Convocation during the Centennial.

President Pope Duncan presents Doyle E. Carlton, Jr. the Doyle E. Carlton, Sr. Award at the annual alumni dinner during Homecoming.

President Pope Duncan presents Doyle E. Carlton, Jr. the Doyle E. Carlton, Sr. Award at the annual alumni dinner during Homecoming.

Professor Elmer Prichard leads the graduation processional across the center of campus as students in caps and gowns look on.

Professor Elmer Prichard (left), Earl Edington and President J. Ollie Edmunds (right) with Mrs. Henry Sage and Mrs. Earl Edington at the dedication of Sage Hall, the new science center.

Recently appointed Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds receives a gift from an unidentified man at the celebration banquet/reception while onlookers at the head table clap and smile. November 1967.

Recently named Chancellor J. Ollie Edmunds receives a gift from an unidentified man at the celebration banquet/reception while unidentified onlookers at the head table clap and smile. November 1967.

Retired Stetson president, J. Ollie Edmunds, and his wife Martha, pose for a Christmas card.

Reverend Billy Graham preaching at Spec Martin stadium in DeLand for Stetson's Diamond Jubilee Homecoming as President J. Ollie Edmunds (seated on stage, far left) looks on.

Sander Vanocur, NBC journalist, speaks with students and President J. Ollie Edmunds when he was a special guest during Stetson's Orientation Week.

Several faculty members, including Virginia Giffin, President J. Ollie Edmunds, and Irving Stover pose for a cast shot from a Stetson theater production.

Several Law School alumni pose with President J. Ollie Edmunds after receiving their Fifty Year Diplomas (Half Century Diplomas).

Stetson student Harold K. Parson receives his diploma from President J. Ollie Edmunds. See also: Memorabilia 8729 for the diploma.

Stetson students, faculty, and staff move books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library in what was dubbed 'Operation Booklift.'

Stetson students, faculty, and staff move books from the old Sampson Library to the new duPont-Ball Library in what was dubbed 'Operation Booklift.'

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