Alexander Meiklejohn Papers, 1894-1924 (bulk 1912-1923)
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Meiklejohn Papers
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Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964
Biographical History for: Meiklejohn Papers
Biographical Note Alexander Meiklejohn was born in England in 1872, and brought to the United States in 1880 at the age of eight. He was educated in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University in 1893. He took his M.A. at Brown and in 1897, received his doctorate in philosophy from Cornell University. He taught philosophy and metaphysics at Brown and was dean from 1901 to 1912. He became president of Amherst College in 1912 and served until 1924. After Amherst he went to the University of Wisconsin to teach philosophy and while there, established an experimental college. He retired in 1938. Meiklejohn died in 1964 at the age of 92.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Meiklejohn Papers consist mainly of correspondence between Meiklejohn and other educators during his term as President of Amherst College, as well as records created during his presidency. The material is organized into the following nine sections, including General Correspondence, Faculty Affairs, Speeches and Writings, Student Activities, Administration Materials, Curriculum, Letters of Congratulation on Acceptance of Amherst Presidency, Miscellaneous, and Letters Concerning Meiklejohn's Resignation.
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College presidents -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence
Freedom of Speech
Social Ethics
Education, Higher -- United States
Educational Innovations -- United States
Educators -- United States -- Correspondence
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Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931
Agard, Walter Raymond, 1894-
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917
Faunce, William Herbert Perry, 1859-1930
King, Stanley, 1883-1951
Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936
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Section 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Abbott, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth 1913 Apr 3
Adams, J.D. 1917 Apr 16
Alexander, W.H. 1917 Sep 14
Allinson, Anne C.E. (2 letters) [?] Apr 15, [?] Apr 17
Allis, F.S. (AC 1893) (5 letters) 1922-23, n.d.
Anderson, Thomas D. 1923 May 18
Andrews, I. Benjamin 1914 Jan 22
Angell, James R. (President, Carnegie Corporation) 1921 Apr 26
Appleton, John Howard 1913 Dec 23
Arter, Charles K. (AC 1898) to George D. Olds regarding Meiklejohn speech 1913 Oct 25
Atkinson, Geoffrey (AC 1913) 1920 May 28
Abbott, Alexander H. 1913-22
Agard, Walter C. (AC 1915) 1916-22
Ames, Charles B. (AC 1916) 1916-18
Andrews, Charles A. 1922
Andrews, E. Benjamin and Mrs. Andrews 1914-19
Avirett, William G. 1916-23
Ayres, Clarence E. 1919-20
B - Miscellaneous
Babbott, Frank L. (AC 1913) 1912-23
Becker, Carl 1919-20
Bennett, Albert A. 1913-19
Bell, Bernard I. 1921-22
Bigelow, William P. (AC 1889) 1919-20
Bixler, Julius Seelye (AC 1916) 1914-23
Blodgett, Frank D. (AC 1893) 1915-19
Buchanan, Scott M. (AC 1916) 1916-22
Bumpus, H.C. 1912-19
Burton, M.L. 1913-18
Butterfield, K.L. 1915-23
C - Miscellaneous 1912-23
Churchill, George B. (AC 1889) 1913-19
Clark, Henry Hunt 1919
Clark, J. Maurice (AC 1905) 1915-23
Copeland, Morris A. (AC 1917) 1917-22
Cory, Herbert E. 1915-16
Creighton, J.E. 1912-22
Cronkhite, Leonard W. 1912-19
D - Miscellaneous 1916-23
Delabarre, E.B. 1914-1920
Damon, L.T. 1914-19
Douglas, Lewis Williams (AC 1916) 1918-23
E - Miscellaneous 1913-23
Eames, Edward W. (AC 1922) 1921-23, n.d.
Eastman, Lucius R. (AC 1895) 1922
Elliott, Huger 1916-17
Erskine, John 1915-23
Ewer, Bernard C. 1913-14
Faunce, W.H.P. 1914-23
Ferry, Frederick C. 1913-23
Field, Henry P. 1920-22
Fitch, Albert Parker 1914-23, n.d.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson 1913-22, n.d.
French, John S. 1921-22
G - Miscellaneous 1913-23
Gaus, John (AC 1915) 1918-23
Garfield, H.A. 1913-22
Gettell, Raymond G. 1916-21
Gilbert, Katherine Everett 1913-19, n.d.
Gillett, Arthur L. 1913-22
Goodrich, Carter (AC 1918) 1918-23, n.d.
Gordon, George A. 1914-23
Greene, Theodore A. (AC 1913) 1915-23
Greene, Theodore M. (AC 1918) 1921
Grose, Laurence R. 1916-20
Grosvenor, Gilbert H. (AC 1897) 1913-14
H - Miscellaneous 1914-22
Hamilton, Walton H. 1914-22
Harris, George (AC 1866) 1912
Hinners, Howard E. 1919-1920
Hoernle, R.F.A. 1919-20
Hollister, Carroll M. (AC 1922) 1919-1923
Hunneman, William C. (AC 1915) 1913-1919
J - Miscellaneous 1915-23, n.d.
Jackson, Gardner (AC 1918) 1922
James, Arthur Curtiss (AC 1889) 1914-1919
Joad, Cyril E.M. n.d.
Johnson, Allen 1915-22
Johnson, Alvin S. 1914-17
Johnson, Clarence R. 1914-21
Jusserand, Jules 1921
K - Miscellaneous 1913-22, n.d.
Kane, John Francis (AC 1904) 1913-17, n.d.
Keezer, Dexter M. (AC 1918) 1917
Kelsey, Charles Edward (AC 1884) 1913-20
Kendall, Henry P. (AC 1924) 1912-20
King, Stanley (AC 1903) 1918-23, n.d.
Kirkpatrick, J.E. 1920-22, n.d.
L - Miscellaneous 1915-21
Ladd, Henry L.A. (AC 1918) 1920-23
Laski, Harold J. 1918-19, n.d.
Long, John Cuthbert (AC 1914) 1913-22
Loomis, Frederic B. (AC 1896) 1912-19
Lowell, A. Lawrence 1917-23
Lowry, Edward G. 1922, n.d.
M - Miscellaneous 1913-21, n.d.
Marshall, Charles E. 1921-23
Miller, Spencer 1921-23, n.d.
Morehouse, Andrew R. 1921
Morrow, Dwight W. (AC 1895) 1916-23
Morse, Anson D. (AC 1871) 1913-16, n.d.
Morse,(Anson D., AC 1871) Family 1913-19, n.d.
N - Miscellaneous 1913-19
Newlin, William J. (AC 1899) 1912-22
Neilson, William A. 1917
Norton, Charles D. (AC 1893) 1918, n.d.
O - Miscellaneous 1916-23
Ogilby, R.B. 1922-23
Olds, George D. (AC 1913) 1911-22, n.d.
Olds, Leland (AC 1912) 1916-18, n.d.
P - Miscellaneous 1912-19, n.d.
Parker, Lawrence 1915-21, n.d.
Patton, Cornelius H. (AC 1919) 1913-18
Payne, Philip W. (AC 1914) 1914-18, n.d.
Pierce, Jason Noble (AC 1902) 1913-22
Plimpton, George A. (AC 1876) 1912-23
Plough, Harold H. (AC 1913) 1917-22
Pope, Arthur Upham 1919, n.d.
Pound, Roscoe 1922-23
Powell, Chilton L. (AC 1907) 1914-22
Powell, Lyman 1917
Prall, David W. 1918-19
Pratt, Charles M. (AC 1879) 1913-20
Pratt, Herbert L. (AC 1895) 1922
Price, Lucien 1914-22, n.d.
R - Miscellaneous 1912-22
Rhees, Rush (AC 1883) 1914-22
Robbins, Wilford L. 1913-16, n.d.
Root, E. Merrill (AC 1917) 1917-20
Rounds, Arthur C. (AC 1887) 1920-23
Rowland, William Tingle 1922
Rugg, Arthur Prentice (AC 1883) 1917-22
S - Miscellaneous 1912-23
Saunders, Laurence J. 1916-23
Scales, Laura W.L. 1922-23
Sedgwick, Ellery 1915-23
Selden, Charles A. 1915-19, n.d.
Seth, James 1914-19, n.d.
Sharp, Frank Chapman (AC 1887) 1917-20, n.d.
Sharp, Malcolm P. (AC 1918)
Simpson, John W. (AC 1913) 1912-20, n.d.
Slocum, William F. 1914-19
Smart, E. Hodgson 1917-21, n.d.
Smith, Luther Ely (AC 1894) 1913
Smith, Payson 1919-22
Stearns, Foster W. (AC 1903) 1912-19
Stewart, Walter W. 1922-23
Stone, Harlan Fiske (AC 1894) 1920-23
Stone, John Timothy (AC 1891) 1916-22
Sullivan, Cornelius J. (AC 1887) 1917-23
T - Miscellaneous 1913-23
Tead, Ordway (AC 1912) 1918-19
Thompson, Daniel V. (AC 1889) 1915
Thompson, Frederic L. (AC 1892) 1912-19, n.d.
Toll, Charles H. 1915-21
Tolman, Richard C. 1917
Truesdale, Leon Edgar 1912-15, n.d.
Tyler, John M. (AC 1873) 1913-1919
Tufts, James H. (AC 1884) 1918-19
Van Doren, Carl 1921-22
Vernon, A.W. 1917-19
Villard, Oswald Garrison 1913-17
W - Miscellaneous 1912-20, n.d.
Walker, Williston (AC 1883) 1914-20
Warbeke, John 1915-23
Wessel, Morris J. 1913-15
Whicher, George F. (AC 1910) 1913-22
Whitcomb, Ernest M. (AC 1904) 1913-22
Willcox, Walter F. (AC 1884) 1914-16
Wild, Henry D. 1917-19
Williams, Talcott (AC 1873) 1912-23
Woodbridge, Frederick J.E. (AC 1889) 1915-23
Yeats, William Butler 1914
Zook, George F. 1921-23
Section 2: AMHERST COLLEGE FACULTY AFFAIRS
Statement of college policy in regard to War Department; Walton Hamilton on group function; tribute to Professor Kimball; railroad strike; list of 1912 Inauguration guests; correspondence from Professors Hinners and Fitch 1912-24
Miscellaneous letters 1911-24
Miscellaneous letters 1923 Jun-Jul
Correspondence re: Meiklejohn's trip to the mid-west 1923
Correspondence re: missed speaking engagement for the Associated Academic Principals on December 27, 1912 1913
Requests for letters of recommendation 1916-17
Requests for letters of recommendation 1917-19
Centennial gift and miscellaneous records 1919
Academic freedom 1916-20
Faculty search 1914-15
Faculty search 1914
Incoming and outgoing correspondence with Stark Young and R.M. Weaver 1916-22, n.d.
Faculty problems, miscellaneous 1916-23, n.d.
Letters from Professors Doughty and Loomis concerning Meiklejohn's hiring policies 1919
Recommendations for positions 1913-26
Faculty Dramatics 1902-17, n.d.
Committee reports - requested by Trustees 1922-23
Notes on Library and Philosophy courses [1921]
Latin - entrance requirements 1915, n.d.
Mount Holyoke College, Meiklejohn as Trustee 1914-23
Honorary degree citations 1913-22
Faculty appointments: 1917-21
Westhafer, Utter, and Parker, L.H.
English Department 1912-18
The National Student Forum Spring Symposium 1923, n.d.
The Modern School 1918
Miscellaneous causes 1918-23, n.d.
The "University of Democracy" Movement 1919, n.d.
Corespondence re: National Student Forum speaking engagement 1922-23
Woodrow Wilson Foundation 1921-22, n.d.
Minutes of Instruction Committee 1922-23, n.d.
Section 3: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
Miscellaneous letters about speeches and College affairs 1914-23, n.d.
Invitations 1912-23, n.d.
Engagements fulfilled and refused 1922-23, n.d.
Requests for speaking engagements 1912-23, n.d.
Inaugural address - comments on and requests to reprint excerpts; printed copies of other addresses 1913-22, n.d.
Inaugural address - requests for reprints and other correspondence 1914-19
Comments on speeches and writings 1916-23, n.d.
Comments on and requests for speeches and articles 1914-23, n.d.
Section 4: STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Alumni letters regarding military training 1917
Letters from soldiers 1917-1919, n.d.
Drinking situation 1921-22, n.d.
Junior-Senior College discussion [1919]
Theta Delta Chi 1914-22, n.d.
Summer baseball 1922
Section 5: ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS
Budgets and salaries 1916-22, n.d.
Entrance statistics, Registrar's reports, science requirements in other colleges 1913, n.d.
Executive Committee and faculty conference n.d.
Faculty Instruction Committee 1922-23, n.d.
Faculty notes and recommendations 1917-23, n.d.
Faculty organizations 1917-20
Faculty teaching burden 1920-22
Instruction Committee records n.d.
Notes on student records 1918, n.d.
Statistical material - departmental allowance 1911-17, n.d.
Scattered notes and college records 1913-15, n.d.
Statistics re: curriculum 1914-n.d.
Section 6: CURRICULUM
Amherst College and other institutions 1916-19, n.d.
New majors 1920-21
Alumni Council letters 1912-13
Alumni Council - H.T. Noyes 1912-13
Organization of Alumni Council 1912, n.d.
see also: General Files: Alumni Council
Teachers' Reports - Humanities 1922, n.d.
Teachers' Reports - Language 1922, n.d.
Teachers' Reports - Science 1922, n.d.
Trustee minutes - excerpts re: curriculum (typewritten transcription) 1873-1922
Trustee minutes - excerpts re: miscellaneous rules of the College (typewritten transcription) 1824-98
Section 7: LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS
Replies from Meiklejohn 1912
Letters from unidentified writers 1912
Letters to individuals other than Meiklejohn concerning Presidency 1912
Correspondence with Frank W. Stearns concerning Presidency 1912-13
Section 8: MISCELLANEOUS
Letters of sympathy on loss of Meiklejohn's father 1915
Miscellaneous materials including student papers in philosophy and math and a reprint of Harlan Fiske Stone (AC 1894) 1918 "Chapel Talk" n.d.
Clippings on war declaration, humorous poems 1917
Comments on Meiklejohn article entitled, "What are College Games for?" which appeared in Atlantic Monthly 1922
Newspaper men 1914-15
Section 9: LETTERS CONCERNING MEIKLEJOHN'S RESIGNATION
Letters from unidentified writers 1923
Letters to and from individuals other than Meiklejohn 1923
Letters from Meiklejohn 1923