The Founders' Day Address was given annually on Founders' Day and was usually of a historical nature.
| Date | Name of Lecturer | Title of Lecture | Held at UNB Archives |
| 17 February 1942 | J. Clarence Webster | "William Francis Ganong; An Appreciation" | Yes |
| 22 January 1943 | D. C. Harvey | "Archives and Historical Research in the Maritime Provinces" | Yes |
| 15 February 1944 | John B. Brebner | "Uses and Abuses of History" | Yes |
| 19 February 1945 | D. G. Creighton | "The Writing of History in Canada" | Yes |
| 19 February 1946 | A. J. M. Smith | "Fredericton School of Poets" | Yes |
| 19 February 1947 | Arthur L. Phelps | "Community and Culture" | Yes |
| 17 February 1948 | John Bassett | "The Function of the University in the Modern World" | Yes |
| 14 February 1949 | Burton S. Keirstead | "Innovations and Maritime Economy" | Yes |
| 13 February 1950 | Robert C. Wallace | "Then and Now" | Yes |
| 19 February 1951 | T. F. Mcilwraith | "On Race and Culture" | Yes |
| 18 February 1952 | Hugh MacLennan | "The Present World as Seen in Its Literature" | Yes |
| 16 February 1953 | Norman A. M. Mackenzie | "The Freedom of the University in a Free Society" | Yes |
| 15 February 1954 | John B. Stirling | "The First Hundred Years" | Yes |
| 14 February 1955 | C. W. Crawley | "Unity and Diversity in the Life of a University" | Yes |
| 23 February 1956 | Blair Fraser | "The Challenge of the Humanities | Yes |
| 28 February 1957 | A. Davidson Dunton | "Freedom for Minds - 1957" | Yes |
| 6 March 1958 | W. Stewart MacNutt | "The Founders and their Times" | Yes |
| 5 March 1959 | David McCord | "On the Frontiers of Understanding" | Yes |
| 3 March 1960 | Grattan O'Leary | [Basic Education in Canada] | No |
| 2 March 1961 | Roy Daniells | "The University and the Impending Crisis" | Yes |
| 8 March 1962 | Frank H. Underhill | "The Image of Canada" | Yes |
| 19 February 1963 | No speaker; Musician-in-Residence Paul Helmer performed a piano recital | ||
| 27 February 1964 | Clifford K. Shipton | "Harvard Loyalists of New Brunswick" | Yes |
| 4 March 1965 | John Francis Leddy | "The Future of the Canadian University" | Yes |
| 3 March 1966 | T. C. (Tommy) Douglas | "The Challenge of the Scientific Revolution" | Yes |
| 2 March 1967 | Gerald S. Graham | "In Defense of the Ivory Tower" | Yes |
| 7 March 1968 | Gordon Fairweather | "New Brunswick--Prelude to the Great Canadian Experiment" | Yes |
| 20 March 1969 | Cancelled due to CAUT censure; planned speaker: Claude Bissell | Planned lecture: "The Authority of the University" | Yes |
| 18 October 1979 | Murray Young | "Lord Beaverbrook: Benefactor, Friend and University Chancellor" | Yes |
| 16 October 1980 | Presented by Stuart Pierson; written by David Alexander (see also: W. Stewart MacNutt Memorial Lectures) | "Literacy and Economic Development in Nineteenth Century Newfoundland" |
Source(s):
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), [1936] - 1943
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), 1944-1945
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - November 1946
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), December 1946 - August 1947
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1947 - May 1948
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), June 1948 - August 1949
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1949 - August 1950
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1950 - August 1951
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1951 - August 1952
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1952 - August 1953
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1953 - February 1954
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1954 - February 1955
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), September 1955 - February 1956
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), February - August 1957
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - June 1958
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - June 1959
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - June 1960
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - June 1961
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - June 1962
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - June 1963
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - March 1964
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - March 1965
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - March 1966
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - March 1967
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - March 1968
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), January - March 1969
- UNB Scrapbook,(UA RG 100), September - October 1979
- UNB Scrapbook, (UA RG 100), October 1980
- Montague, Susan. A Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick, 1992, pp. 159.
- UA Case 71; Section 2.
- UA Case 219.
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