University of Library Guide to the University of Chicago College of Education Records 1900-1926

© 2006 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Descriptive Summary 3 Information on Use 3 Access 3 Citation 3 Historical Note 3 Scope Note 4 Related Resources 5 Subject Headings 5 INVENTORY 6 Series I: Administrative Records 6 Series II Correspondence of the Dean's Office 7 Series III: Phi Delta Kappa Records, 1921-1924 23 Descriptive Summary

Identifier ICU.SPCL.EDUCATIONDEPT

Title University of Chicago. College of Education. Records

Date 1900-1926

Size 17.5 linear ft. (35 boxes)

Repository Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract The College of Education was an undergraduate teachers' college operating within the School of Education from 1901 to 1931. These records contain the minutes of the College and School of Education, an extensive series of administrative and professional correspondence of the Dean of the College, and letters and documents concerning Phi Delta Kappa, a national educational fraternity.

Information on Use Access No restrictions.

Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. College of Education. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Historical Note The study of education at the University of Chicago began in 1895 with the organization of the Department of Pedagogy under head professor John Dewey. The Department offered methodological courses on academic subjects and theoretical seminars on the philosophy, science, and ethics of pedagogical practice. In 1896, a University Elementary School was established within the Department to serve as a workshop for classroom observation and the testing of educational method; known as the Dewey School or the Laboratory School, it attracted national attention and supported Dewey's growing reputation among progressive educators.

In 1901, the University created the School of Education through the acquisition and consolidation of three independent Chicago institutions. Two local secondary schools, the Chicago Manual Training School and the South Side Academy, were merged to form the 3 University High School. The Chicago Institute, a private teachers' college founded by Anita McCormick Blaine in 1899, was incorporated as the College of Education. The Institute's elementary school, after a brief period of autonomy as the University Elementary School on the Blaine Foundation, was amalgamated with the University Elementary School and the University Kindergarten. Colonel Francis W. Parker, a veteran educational reformer and head of the Chicago Institute, was installed as Director of the School of Education, and his prot

Scope Note The records of the College of Education are divided into three series: administrative records of the College from 1901 to 1925; correspondence of the Dean's office from 1900 to 1926; and records of Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity from 1921 to 1924.

Series I: Administrative Records, includes minutes of the College from its inception to dissolution and financial records from 1901 to 1910. The weekly reports to the Dean and student health reports represent a larger body of similar records in the College files discarded when the present collection was organized.

Series II: Correspondence of the Dean's Office represents two periods in the management of the Dean's files. Most surviving letters from 1901-1915 concerned individual students and requests for College publications. Samples of these letters and all correspondence relating to faculty or administrators have been retained. Included are seventeen routine letters of John Dewey; letters of recommendation from Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Graham Taylor, and Sophonisba Breckinridge, among others; and requests from schools for student's with particular racial or religious backgrounds for teaching positions.

Beginning in 1915, all correspondence in the Dean's office was filed alphabetically by school year; reduced by the removal of most student letters, this second group of correspondence is complete through 1926 except for 1924-25 and part of 1923-24. Most of the correspondence was generated by William S. Gray, Assistant Dean and acting head of the College beginning July 1, 1916, and Dean from July 1, 1917 onward. Gray corresponded regularly with administrators Charles H. Judd and Nathaniel Butler, and with faculty members Katherine Blunt, Franklin Bobbitt, Frederick Breed, Guy Buswell, Frank Freeman, Rolla Lyman, Samuel Chester Parker, William Reavis, Walter Sargent, Alice Temple, and Rollo Tryon. Work in Rochester and Toledo supporting Gray's research in reading prompted lengthy exchanges with E. Helen MacLachlan, Joseph P. O'Hearn, and Estaline Wilson. Developments in educational testing were monitored through correspondence with B. R. Buckingham and Walter S. Monroe of the University of Illinois, C. T. Gray of the University of , and L. A. Pechstein of the University of Rochester. Other Gray interests reflected in the letters include the operation of local school systems (George N. Cade); support for religious education (Walter S. Athearn); and the strengthening of educational professionalism (National Education Association).

4 Series III: Phi Delta Kappa Records, 1921-1924.Phi Delta Kappa was founded in 1910 as a national professional fraternity committed to scientific pedagogy. Membership was limited to white male graduate and undergraduate students chosen by secret ballot; graduates of two- year normal schools were barred unless they subsequently matriculated at a school of education associated with a university. These records were accumulated during Gray's term as president of the organization and deal with such matters as affiliation with American Association for the Advancement of Science (34:1) and attempts to control the growth of rival educational fraternities (35:4).

Related Resources The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/

Belfield, Henry Holmes. Letterbooks

Board of Trustees. Correspondence of the Secretary, 1890-

Board of Trustees. Minutes, 1890-

Chicago Institute. Records

Chicago Manual Training School. Records

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Records

Gray, William S. Papers.

Judd, Charles Hubbard. Papers

Morrison, Henry Clinton. Papers

Parker, Francis W. Scrapbooks and Miscellaneous Papers

Presidents' Papers, 1889-1925

Reavis, William C. Papers

South Side Academy. Records

Subject Headings • University of Chicago. College of Education • University of Chicago. School of Education • Phi Delta Kappa • Teachers-Training of 5 INVENTORY Series I: Administrative Records Box 1 Folder 1 School and College of Education minutes, 1901-1913 Box 1 Folder 2 College of Education minutes, 1913-1927 Box 1 Folder 3 College of Education executive board minutes, 1927-1931 Box 2 Folder 1 School of Education budget and expenditures, 1901-1908 Box 2 Folder 2 School of Education payroll, 1901-1910 Box 2 Folder 3 College of Education budget, 1903-1908 Box 2 Folder 4 College petty cash expenditures, 1902-1910 Box 2 Folder 5 Summer quarter expenditures, 1903-1915 Box 2 Folder 6 Student service expenditures, 1904-1907 Box 2 Folder 7 Sample weekly reports to the Dean, 1903-1908 Box 2 Folder 8 Sample weekly reports to the Dean, 1903-1908 1910-1918 Box 2 Folder 9 Sample student health reports, 1907-1925 Box 2 Folder 10 Book listing applicants for faculty positions, undated Box 2 Folder 11 List of materials damaged in Cobb Hall basement, 1902

6 Series II Correspondence of the Dean's Office Box 3 Folder 1 1900-1902 Box 3 Folder 2 1903, A-L Box 3 Folder 3 1903, M-T Box 3 Folder 4 1904 Box 3 Folder 5 1905, A-F Box 3 Folder 6 1905, H-S Box 3 Folder 7 1906, A-D Box 3 Folder 8 1906, F-W Box 3 Folder 9 1907, A-B Box 3 Folder 10 1907, C-M Box 3 Folder 11 1907, N-W Box 4 Folder 1 1908, A-G Box 4 Folder 2 1908, J-P Box 4 Folder 3 1908, S-W Box 4 Folder 4

7 1909 Box 4 Folder 5 1910-1913 Box 4 Folder 6 1914, A-L Box 4 Folder 7 1914, M-Z Box 4 Folder 8 January- • - Box 5 Folder 1 June 1915-May 1916, A Box 5 Folder 2 June 1915-May 1916, B Box 5 Folder 3 June 1915-May 1916, C Box 5 Folder 4 June 1915-May 1916, D-F Box 5 Folder 5 June 1915-May 1916, G Box 5 Folder 6 June 1915-May 1916, H-Jo Box 5 Folder 7 June 1915-May 1916, Ju Box 5 Folder 8 June 1915-May 1916, K-L Box 5 Folder 9 June 1915-May 1916, M-N Box 6 Folder 1 June 1915-May 1916, O-P Box 6 Folder 2 8 June 1915-May 1916, R Box 6 Folder 3 June 1915-May 1916, S Box 6 Folder 4 June 1915-May 1916,T-V Box 6 Folder 5 June 1915-May 1916, W-Y Box 6 Folder 6 -, A Box 6 Folder 7 June 1916-May 1917, Ba-Bo Box 6 Folder 8 June 1916-May 1917, Br-Bu Box 7 Folder 1 June 1916-May 1917, Ca-Cof Box 7 Folder 2 June 1916-May 1917, Col-D Box 7 Folder 3 June 1916-May 1917, E-Fa Box 7 Folder 4 June 1916-May 1917, Fe-Fu Box 7 Folder 5 June 1916-May 1917, Ga-Gra Box 7 Folder 6 June 1916-May 1917, Gre-Han Box 7 Folder 7 June 1916-May 1917, Har-Hi Box 7 Folder 8 June 1916-May 1917, Ho-Hu Box 7 Folder 9 June 1916-May 1917, I-J 9 Box 8 Folder 1 June 1916-May 1917, K-L Box 8 Folder 2 June 1916-May 1917, M Box 8 Folder 3 June 1916-May 1917, N-Po Box 8 Folder 4 June 1916-May 1917, Pr-R Box 8 Folder 5 June 1916-May 1917, Sa-Se Box 8 Folder 6 June 1916-May 1917, Sh-Sm Box 8 Folder 7 June 1916-May 1917, So-Su Box 8 Folder 8 June 1916-May 1917, T Box 9 Folder 1 June 1916-May 1917, U-We Box 9 Folder 2 June 1916-May 1917, Wh-Y Box 9 Folder 3 -, A-Bl Box 9 Folder 4 June 1917-May 1918, Bo-Bu Box 9 Folder 5 June 1917-May 1918, C Box 9 Folder 6 June 1917-May 1918, D-F Box 9 Folder 7 June 1917-May 1918, G Box 9 10 Folder 8 June 1917-May 1918, H-J Box 9 Folder 9 June 1917-May 1918, K-L Box 10 Folder 1 June 1917-May 1918, M-Pa Box 10 Folder 2 June 1917-May 1918, Pe-Pre Box 10 Folder 3 June 1917-May 1918, Pri-Pu Box 10 Folder 4 June 1917-May 1918, R-Se Box 10 Folder 5 June 1917-May 1918, Sh-T Box 10 Folder 6 June 1917-May 1918, U-Z Box 11 Folder 1 -, A Box 11 Folder 2 June 1918-May 1919, Ba-Bi Box 11 Folder 3 June 1918-May 1919, Bl-Bo Box 11 Folder 4 June 1918-May 1919, Br-Bur Box 11 Folder 5 June 1918-May 1919, But-By Box 11 Folder 6 June 1918-May 1919, Ca-Cl Box 11 Folder 7 June 1918-May 1919, Co-Cu Box 12 Folder 1 11 June 1918-May 1919, D-E Box 12 Folder 2 June 1918-May 1919, F Box 12 Folder 3 June 1918-May 1919, G-Ha Box 12 Folder 4 June 1918-May 1919, He-Hu Box 12 Folder 5 June 1918-May 1919, I-Jo Box 12 Folder 6 June 1918-May 1919, Ju Box 12 Folder 7 June 1918-May 1919, K-Lo Box 12 Folder 8 June 1918-May 1919, Ly Box 12 Folder 9 June 1918-May 1919, M Box 12 Folder 10 June 1918-May 1919, N-O Box 13 Folder 1 June 1918-May 1919, Pa-Pre Box 13 Folder 2 June 1918-May 1919, Pri-Pu Box 13 Folder 3 June 1918-May 1919, Ra-Ro Box 13 Folder 4 June 1918-May 1919, Ru-Ry Box 13 Folder 5 June 1918-May 1919, Sa-Se Box 13 Folder 6 June 1918-May 1919, Sh-Sw 12 Box 13 Folder 7 June 1918-May 1919, T Box 13 Folder 8 June 1918-May 1919, U-Y Box 14 Folder 1 -May 1920, Ab-Ap Box 14 Folder 2 June 1919-May 1920, Ar-Ay Box 14 Folder 3 June 1919-May 1920, Ba Box 14 Folder 4 June 1919-May 1920, Be-Bo Box 14 Folder 5 June 1919-May 1920, Br-Buc Box 14 Folder 6 June 1919-May 1920, Bul-Bus Box 14 Folder 7 June 1919-May 1920, But Box 14 Folder 8 June 1919-May 1920, Ca Box 15 Folder 1 June 1919-May 1920, Ch-Co Box 15 Folder 2 June 1919-May 1920, Cr-Di Box 15 Folder 3 June 1919-May 1920, Do-El Box 15 Folder 4 June 1919-May 1920, En-Ev Box 15 Folder 5 June 1919-May 1920, Fa-Fra Box 15 13 Folder 6 June 1919-May 1920, Fre-Gl Box 15 Folder 7 June 1919-May 1920, Go-Gr Box 15 Folder 8 June 1919-May 1920, Gu Box 16 Folder 1 June 1919-May 1920, Ha Box 16 Folder 2 June 1919-May 1920, He-Hu Box 16 Folder 3 June 1919-May 1920, I-J Box 16 Folder 4 June 1919-May 1920, K Box 16 Folder 5 June 1919-May 1920, L Box 16 Folder 6 June 1919-May 1920, Ma Box 16 Folder 7 June 1919-May 1920, Mc-Mi Box 16 Folder 8 June 1919-May 1920, Mon-Mor Box 16 Folder 9 June 1919-May 1920, Mos-My Box 17 Folder 1 June 1919-May 1920, O Box 17 Folder 2 June 1919-May 1920, Pa Box 17 Folder 3 June 1919-May 1920, Pe-Pr Box 17 Folder 4 14 June 1919-May 1920, Pu-Ro Box 17 Folder 5 June 1919-May 1920, Ru-Sc Box 17 Folder 6 June 1919-May 1920, Se Box 17 Folder 7 June 1919-May 1920, Sh-Sp Box 17 Folder 8 June 1919-May 1920, Sta-Sto Box 18 Folder 1 June 1919-May 1920, Stu-Sw Box 18 Folder 2 June 1919-May 1920, Ta-Te Box 18 Folder 3 June 1919-May 1920, Th-Tu Box 18 Folder 4 June 1919-May 1920, Wi Box 18 Folder 5 June 1919-May 1920, Wo-Z Box 18 Folder 6 -, A Box 18 Folder 7 June 1920-May 1921, Bab-Bar Box 18 Folder 8 June 1920-May 1921, Bat-Bl Box 18 Folder 9 June 1920-May 1921, Bo-Bra Box 19 Folder 1 June 1920-May 1921, Bre-Bro Box 19 Folder 2 June 1920-May 1921, Buc-Bus 15 Box 19 Folder 3 June 1920-May 1921, But Box 19 Folder 4 June 1920-May 1921, Ca-Cl Box 19 Folder 5 June 1920-May 1921, Co-Cu Box 19 Folder 6 June 1920-May 1921, Da-Do Box 19 Folder 7 June 1920-May 1921, Du Box 19 Folder 8 June 1920-May 1921, E Box 20 Folder 1 June 1920-May 1921, Fa-Fi Box 20 Folder 2 June 1920-May 1921, Fl-Fra Box 20 Folder 3 June 1920-May 1921, Fre-Fu Box 20 Folder 4 June 1920-May 1921, G Box 20 Folder 5 June 1920-May 1921, Ha-Hi Box 20 Folder 6 June 1920-May 1921, Ho Box 20 Folder 7 June 1920-May 1921, Hu-Jo Box 20 Folder 8 June 1920-May 1921, Ju Box 21 Folder 1 June 1920-May 1921, K Box 21 16 Folder 2 June 1920-May 1921, Le Box 21 Folder 3 June 1920-May 1921, Li-Ly Box 21 Folder 4 June 1920-May 1921, Mac-Mar Box 21 Folder 5 June 1920-May 1921, Mat-Mc Box 21 Folder 6 June 1920-May 1921, Me-Na Box 21 Folder 7 June 1920-May 1921, Ne-of Box 21 Folder 8 June 1920-May 1921, Ot-Pi Box 22 Folder 1 June 1920-May 1921, Pl-Pr Box 22 Folder 2 June 1920-May 1921, Pu Box 22 Folder 3 June 1920-May 1921, Q-Ri Box 22 Folder 4 June 1920-May 1921, Ro-Sc Box 22 Folder 5 June 1920-May 1921, Se-Sn Box 22 Folder 6 June 1920-May 1921, So-Sw Box 23 Folder 1 June 1920-May 1921, Ta-Th Box 23 Folder 2 June 1920-May 1921, Ti-Tu Box 23 Folder 3 17 June 1920-May 1921, U Box 23 Folder 4 June 1920-May 1921, V-Wa Box 23 Folder 5 June 1920-May 1921, We-Wh Box 23 Folder 6 June 1920-May 1921, Wi-Z Box 23 Folder 7 -, A-Bl Box 23 Folder 8 June 1921-May 1922, Bo-Bu Box 23 Folder 9 June 1921-May 1922, C Box 24 Folder 1 June 1921-May 1922, D Box 24 Folder 2 June 1921-May 1922, E-Fa Box 24 Folder 3 June 1921-May 1922, Fi-Fu Box 24 Folder 4 June 1921-May 1922, G Box 24 Folder 5 June 1921-May 1922, H Box 24 Folder 6 June 1921-May 1922, I-J Box 24 Folder 7 June 1921-May 1922, K Box 24 Folder 8 June 1921-May 1922, L Box 25 Folder 1 June 1921-May 1922, Ma-Mc 18 Box 25 Folder 2 June 1921-May 1922, Me-My Box 25 Folder 3 June 1921-May 1922, N-Par Box 25 Folder 4 June 1921-May 1922, Pat-Pay Box 25 Folder 5 June 1921-May 1922, Pe-Pl Box 25 Folder 6 June 1921-May 1922, Pu-Q Box 25 Folder 7 June 1921-May 1922, R Box 26 Folder 1 June 1921-May 1922, Sa-Sl Box 26 Folder 2 June 1921-May 1922, Sm-Sp Box 26 Folder 3 June 1921-May 1922, St-Su Box 26 Folder 4 June 1921-May 1922, T Box 26 Folder 5 June 1921-May 1922, U-We Box 26 Folder 6 June 1921-May 1922, Wh-Will Box 26 Folder 7 June 1921-May 1922, Wils-Z Box 27 Folder 1 -, A Box 27 Folder 2 June 1922-May 1923, Ba-Bi Box 27 19 Folder 3 June 1922-May 1923, Bl-Bo Box 27 Folder 4 June 1922-May 1923, Br-Bur Box 27 Folder 5 June 1922-May 1923, Bus-But Box 27 Folder 6 June 1922-May 1923, Ca-Cof Box 27 Folder 7 June 1922-May 1923, Col-Cu Box 27 Folder 8 June 1922-May 1923, D Box 27 Folder 9 June 1922-May 1923, E Box 28 Folder 1 June 1922-May 1923, F Box 28 Folder 2 June 1922-May 1923, G Box 28 Folder 3 June 1922-May 1923, Ha-Hi Box 28 Folder 4 June 1922-May 1923, Ho-Hu Box 28 Folder 5 June 1922-May 1923, I-J Box 28 Folder 6 June 1922-May 1923, K-L Box 28 Folder 7 June 1922-May 1923, M Box 28 Folder 8 June 1922-May 1923, N-O Box 29 Folder 1 20 June 1922-May 1923, Pa-Pl Box 29 Folder 2 June 1922-May 1923, Po-Ri Box 29 Folder 3 June 1922-May 1923, Ro-Si Box 29 Folder 4 June 1922-May 1923, Sm-Sp Box 29 Folder 5 June 1922-May 1923, St-Sy Box 29 Folder 6 June 1922-May 1923, T Box 29 Folder 7 June 1922-May 1923, U-We Box 29 Folder 8 June 1922-May 1923, Wh-Wr Box 30 Folder 1 -, A Box 30 Folder 2 June 1923-May 1924, Ba-Be Box 30 Folder 3 June 1923-May 1924, Bl-Bo Box 30 Folder 4 June 1923-May 1924, Bra-Bri Box 30 Folder 5 June 1923-May 1924, Bro-Burn Box 30 Folder 6 June 1923-May 1924, Burt-But Box 30 Folder 7 June 1923-May 1924, Ca-Chi Box 30 Folder 8 June 1923-May 1924, Chr-Cl 21 Box 31 Folder 1 -May 1926, A Box 31 Folder 2 June 1925-May 1926, Ba-Bl Box 31 Folder 3 June 1925-May 1926, Bo-Bre Box 31 Folder 4 June 1925-May 1926, Bri-Bro Box 31 Folder 5 June 1925-May 1926, Bru-Bur Box 31 Folder 6 June 1925-May 1926, Bus-But Box 31 Folder 7 June 1925-May 1926, Ca-Cha Box 31 Folder 8 June 1925-May 1926, Chi-Coi Box 31 Folder 9 June 1925-May 1926, Col-Cu Box 31 Folder 10 June 1925-May 1926, D Box 32 Folder 1 June 1925-May 1926, E Box 32 Folder 2 June 1925-May 1926, Fa-Fi Box 32 Folder 3 June 1925-May 1926, Fl-Fu Box 32 Folder 4 June 1925-May 1926, G Box 32 Folder 5 June 1925-May 1926, Ha-Hen Box 32 22 Folder 6 June 1925-May 1926, Her-I Box 32 Folder 7 June 1925-May 1926, J Box 32 Folder 8 June 1925-May 1926, K Box 32 Folder 9 June 1925-May 1926, L Box 33 Folder 1 June 1925-May 1926, Ma Box 33 Folder 2 June 1925-May 1926, Me-Mi Box 33 Folder 3 June 1925-May 1926, Mo-O Box 33 Folder 4 June 1925-May 1926, Pa Box 33 Folder 5 June 1925-May 1926, Pe-Pu Box 33 Folder 6 June 1925-May 1926, Q-R Box 33 Folder 7 June 1925-May 1926, Sa-Se Box 33 Folder 8 June 1925-May 1926, Sh-Sy Box 33 Folder 9 June 1925-May 1926, T-W Series III: Phi Delta Kappa Records, 1921-1924 Box 34 Folder 1 A Box 34 Folder 2 Ba 23 Box 34 Folder 3 Be-Bu Box 34 Folder 4 California chapters Box 34 Folder 5 Cam-Cu Box 34 Folder 6 D Box 34 Folder 7 E Box 34 Folder 8 F Box 34 Folder 9 G Box 34 Folder 10 Ha-Hol Box 34 Folder 11 Hou-Hoy Box 34 Folder 12 National Council meetings Box 35 Folder 1 P Box 35 Folder 2 Petitions for new chapters Box 35 Folder 3 R Box 35 Folder 4 Rival fraternities Box 35 Folder 5 S-U Box 35 24 Folder 6 Vouchers Box 35 Folder 7 Vouchers Box 35 Folder 8 Vouchers Box 35 Folder 9 Vouchers Box 35 Folder 10 W Box 35 Folder 11 Washington luncheon, 1924

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