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For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. 1 B:PRESIDENTS SUBGROUP 1: G. STANLEY HALL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 1844, February 1 Born at Ashfield, MA 1862-1863 Williston Seminary, Easthampton, MA 1863-1867 Williams College (A.B. 1867, A.M. 1870) 1867-1869 Union Theological Seminary, New York City 1869-1870 Germany 1870-1872 New York City 1872-1876 Antioch College 1876-1878 Harvard University (Ph.D. 1878) 1878-1880 Germany 1880-1881 Lecturer at Harvard & Williams 1881 Publication of Aspects of German Culture (Boston: James R. Osgood) 1882-1888 Lecturer & Professor of Psychology & Pedagogy, Johns Hopkins University 1888-1920 President & Professor of Psychology, Clark University 1904 Publication of Adolescence (New York: D. Appleton, 2 volumes) 1911 Publication of Educational Problems (New York: D. Appleton, 2 volumes) 1917 Publication of Jesus the Christ in the Light of Psychology (New York: Doubleday, Page, 2 volumes) 1920-1924 President Emeritus, Clark University 1920 Publication of Morale (New York: D. Appleton) & Recreations of a Psychologist 2 (New York: D. Appleton) 1922 Publication of Senescence: The Last Half of Life (New York: D. Appleton) 1923 Publication of Life and Confessions of a Psychologist (New York: D. Appleton) 1924, April 24 Died at Worcester, MA, Buried at Ashfield 1972 Publication of G. Stanley Hall: The Psychologist as Prophet, by Dorothy Ross (Chicago: University of Chicago Press) 3 SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE The papers described in this Register are amalgamated from two segments of the G. Stanley Hall papers, separated for a half- century. A large quantity of Hall materials, including family and most professional correspondence, became the property of Dr. Robert G. Hall after his father's death, and were shipped to his home in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Hall, for some years, consulted Dr. Henry D. Sheldon, a Clark alumnus and Dean of the School of Education at the University of Oregon, on matters of access and literary rights. Sheldon had made copies of many of Hall's letters while preparing a projected volume for publication, and he sent copies of some of the more important items to the Clark University Library. Attempts by Clark to obtain the originals did not come to fruition, and in the course of the years a large portion of the Oregon deposit was destroyed. Surviving originals and copies of letters to and from Hall and his family, as well as some scattered professional correspondence (including a number of original William James letters) were lent to Dorothy Ross by Dr. Hall in the 1960's. He did this with the understanding that upon completion of her biography of his father, they would be deposited at Clark. These are the papers referred to in the Ross biography as the G. Stanley Hall Papers, or HP. The second segment of Hall papers, remaining at Clark, was largely, though not entirely, official correspondence. These materials too underwent separation and recombination over the years, with some materials being held in the Registrar's Office, with others (largely memorabilia or letters valuable for their signatures) in the Psychology Department, yet others in the President's Office, and still others in the vault of the Library. These, plus the Sheldon transcripts, are referred to in the Ross biography as the Clark University Papers (CUP). After the Robert Hutchings Goddard Library was opened in 1969, these materials were gradually assembled under one roof. They were joined, in the Fall of 1971, by the Oregon segment (HP) as well as by other materials gathered by Ms. Ross in the preparation of her biography. Given the vicissitudes of the manuscripts, it was not possible to determine the original file order for more than a few parts of the collection. The two main segments have been combined into a defensible common classification, largely by subject since most of the surviving Clark University papers were already in subject folders. A few anomalies persist, of which the most important is the fact that at some previous time the correspondence of President Hall (Clark University) and of President Sanford (Clark College) with faculty members was combined into individual faculty folders. The contents of those folders have not been separated, although in a few cases the faculty folder will include only Sanford correspondence. As new discoveries of Hall papers are made, they will be integrated into 4 this classification unless they obviously belong with another collection. The Clark University Archives contains additional Hall manuscripts. This includes two sets of bound volumes of Collected Works (cited in the Ross biography as CW), which include some manuscript articles and addresses, a bound volume of handwritten tributes to Hall on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his doctorate, 1903, and a bound letterbook covering the years 1889-1890. Furthermore, there is correspondence with former Clark students of Hall. These letters were originally filed in student folders, but were separated out and were put into their own series in the Hall papers. A few Hall manuscripts can also be found in other collections held by the University Archives, such as the George Hubbard Blakeslee papers. A manuscripts card catalogue, which includes all of these, has been created. The Archives also holds a large quantity of printed material by and relating to Hall, as well as photographic material. A lengthy series of scrapbooks, both annual and on special topics (referred to in the Ross biography as Clippings,...), provides much additional information on Hall and the University. G. Stanley Hall's library is presently divided between the University Department of Special Collections and the G. Stanley Hall Memorial Room in the Department of Psychology. Literary rights in the unpublished writings of G. Stanley Hall and the Hall family in the Hall papers were transferred in February, 1972, to the Trustees of Clark University through the generosity of Dr. Robert Hall's widow, Edith M. Hall, and his son, Robert M. Hall. Permission to use and to quote from the Hall papers must be secured from the University Archivist. Notes, letters, interviews, materials, etc., in Box 32, gathered for her biography by Ms. Ross, are open without restriction; quotation may be made without permission from Ms. Ross so long as the source is duly cited. 5 DESCRIPTION OF SERIES SERIES NUMBER: DESCRIPTION OF SERIES: 1. Personal & Family Papers (two boxes) Letters pertaining to Hall's family, youth, education, & professional career until the return from his second trip to Germany, as well as family correspondence thereafter. Grouped by stage of Hall's life to 1880; thereafter, by topic or correspondent. 2. Presidential Papers (21 boxes) Correspondence relating to Clark University during Hall's presidency, arranged by subject, & chronologically within folders. Grouped into four subseries: Boxes 3-5 contain Hall's correspondence with Founders & Trustees, as well as other material relating to the early history of the University. Boxes 6-14 contain Hall's & Edmund C. Sanford's correspondence with, & other material relating to, early Clark University & Clark College faculty & staff, as well as material relating to vacancies in & applications for faculty & staff positions. Boxes 15-20 contain material largely relating to the internal administration of Clark University. Boxes 21-23 contain correspondence with organizations outside the University. 3. Professional & General Correspondence (four boxes) Surviving correspondence relating to Hall's professional interests. Grouped largely by individual, & arranged chronologically within one surname; a few folders grouped by subject at the end. 4. Miscellaneous Speeches, Notes, Articles, And Biographical Material (five boxes) Some published & unpublished addresses & notes, grouped by type of material &, to a degree, by subject; also materials relating to Dorothy Ross' biography of Hall. 5. Annual Reports (three boxes) 6. Graduate Student Correspondence (13 boxes) 7. Topical Syllabi (two boxes) 6 8. Circulars (one box) 9. Photographs (two boxes) 10. Miscellaneous Material (one box) 7 SERIES 1: PERSONAL & FAMILY PAPERS (HP) B1-1-1 Childhood & Youth, 1844-1875 Genealogy, Letters & Materials, 1898 & undated Letters & Childhood Materials, 1850-1861 Letters 1850-1861 Williston Seminary & Williams College, 1863- 1865 Williams College, 1866-1875 (2 folders) B1-1-2 Personal & Family Correspondence, 1867-1924 New York City, 1867-1883 Germany, 1869-1870 Antioch College, 1873-1876 Harvard University, 1876-1878 Germany, 1879-1880 Family Letters, 1880-1886 Correspondence Relating to Death of Cornelia Fisher Hall, 1890 Letters to Robert G. Hall, 1912-1924 Family Letters, 1914-1924 Letters Concerning Hall, 1915-1924 SERIES 2: PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS (CUP) B1-2-1 Correspondence with Jonas G. & Susan Wright Clark and George Frisbie Hoar Hall to Jonas G. Clark, 1888-1894 Jonas G. Clark to Hall, 1888-1895 Jonas G. Clark, Contributions to the University, 1887-1897 Susan W. Clark to Cornelia Fisher & G. Stanley Hall, 1888-1901 George Frisbie Hoar, 1888-1892 George Frisbie Hoar, 1894-1901 George Frisbie Hoar, 1902 George Frisbie Hoar, 1903-1904 B1-2-2 Correspondence with Trustees Alfred L. Aiken, 1919 Augustus George Bullock, 1902-1908 Augustus George Bullock, 1909 Augustus George Bullock, 1910-1919 Charles H.