Alexander Meiklejohn Papers, 1894-1924 (bulk 1912-1923)

Meiklejohn Papers, 1894-1924 (Bulk: 1912-1923)

11 archives boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

Abstract:

Philosopher and former president of Amherst College. Papers contain correspondence with other educators and records created during his presidency.

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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.

This collection is organized into nine series:

1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
2: FACULTY AFFAIRS
3: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
4: STUDENT ACTIVITIES
5: ADMINISTRATION MATERIALS
6: CURRICULUM
7: LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF AMHERST COLLEGE PRESIDENCY
8: MISCELLANEOUS
9: LETTERS CONCERNING MEIKLEJOHN'S RESIGNATION

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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

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Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
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Language

English.

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Contents List

Section 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

Abbott, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth	1913 Apr 3	Box 1: folder 1

Adams, J.D.	1917 Apr 16	Box 1: folder 1

Alexander, W.H.	1917 Sep 14	Box 1: folder 1

Allinson, Anne C.E. (2 letters)	[?] Apr 15, [?] Apr 17	Box 1: folder 1

Allis, F.S. (AC 1893) (5 letters)	1922-23, n.d.	Box 1: folder 1

Anderson, Thomas D.	1923 May 18	Box 1: folder 1

Andrews, I. Benjamin	1914 Jan 22	Box 1: folder 1

Angell, James R. (President, Carnegie Corporation)	1921 Apr 26	Box 1: folder 1

Appleton, John Howard	1913 Dec 23	Box 1: folder 1

Arter, Charles K. (AC 1898) to George D. Olds regarding Meiklejohn speech	1913 Oct 25	Box 1: folder 1

Atkinson, Geoffrey (AC 1913)	1920 May 28	Box 1: folder 1

Abbott, Alexander H.	1913-22	Box 1: folder 2

Agard, Walter C. (AC 1915)	1916-22	Box 1: folder 3

Ames, Charles B. (AC 1916)	1916-18	Box 1: folder 4

Andrews, Charles A.	1922	Box 1: folder 5

Andrews, E. Benjamin and Mrs. Andrews	1914-19	Box 1: folder 6

Avirett, William G.	1916-23	Box 1: folder 7

Ayres, Clarence E.	1919-20	Box 1: folder 8

B - Miscellaneous		Box 1: folder 9

Babbott, Frank L. (AC 1913)	1912-23	Box 1: folder 10

Becker, Carl	1919-20	Box 1: folder 11

Bennett, Albert A.	1913-19	Box 1: folder 12

Bell, Bernard I.	1921-22	Box 1: folder 13

Bigelow, William P. (AC 1889)	1919-20	Box 1: folder 14

Bixler, Julius Seelye (AC 1916)	1914-23	Box 1: folder 15

Blodgett, Frank D. (AC 1893)	1915-19	Box 1: folder 16

Buchanan, Scott M. (AC 1916)	1916-22	Box 1: folder 17

Bumpus, H.C.	1912-19	Box 1: folder 18

Burton, M.L.	1913-18	Box 1: folder 19

Butterfield, K.L.	1915-23	Box 1: folder 20

C - Miscellaneous	1912-23	Box 1: folder 21

Churchill, George B. (AC 1889)	1913-19	Box 1: folder 22

Clark, Henry Hunt	1919	Box 1: folder 23

Clark, J. Maurice (AC 1905)	1915-23	Box 1: folder 24

Copeland, Morris A. (AC 1917)	1917-22	Box 1: folder 25

Cory, Herbert E.	1915-16	Box 1: folder 26

Creighton, J.E.	1912-22	Box 1: folder 27

Cronkhite, Leonard W.	1912-19	Box 1: folder 28

D - Miscellaneous	1916-23	Box 2: folder 1

Delabarre, E.B.	1914-1920	Box 2: folder 2

Damon, L.T.	1914-19	Box 2: folder 3

Douglas, Lewis Williams (AC 1916)	1918-23	Box 2: folder 4

E - Miscellaneous	1913-23	Box 2: folder 5

Eames, Edward W. (AC 1922)	1921-23, n.d.	Box 2: folder 6

Eastman, Lucius R. (AC 1895)	1922	Box 2: folder 7

Elliott, Huger	1916-17	Box 2: folder 8

Erskine, John	1915-23	Box 2: folder 9

Ewer, Bernard C.	1913-14	Box 2: folder 10

Faunce, W.H.P.	1914-23	Box 2: folder 11

Ferry, Frederick C.	1913-23	Box 2: folder 12

Field, Henry P.	1920-22	Box 2: folder 13

Fitch, Albert Parker	1914-23, n.d.	Box 2: folder 14

Fosdick, Harry Emerson	1913-22, n.d.	Box 2: folder 15

French, John S.	1921-22	Box 2: folder 16

G - Miscellaneous	1913-23	Box 2: folder 17

Gaus, John (AC 1915)	1918-23	Box 2: folder 18

Garfield, H.A.	1913-22	Box 2: folder 19

Gettell, Raymond G.	1916-21	Box 2: folder 20

Gilbert, Katherine Everett	1913-19, n.d.	Box 2: folder 21

Gillett, Arthur L.	1913-22	Box 2: folder 22

Goodrich, Carter (AC 1918)	1918-23, n.d.	Box 2: folder 23

Gordon, George A.	1914-23	Box 2: folder 24

Greene, Theodore A. (AC 1913)	1915-23	Box 2: folder 25

Greene, Theodore M. (AC 1918)	1921	Box 2: folder 26

Grose, Laurence R.	1916-20	Box 2: folder 27

Grosvenor, Gilbert H. (AC 1897)	1913-14	Box 2: folder 28

H - Miscellaneous	1914-22	Box 3: folder 1

Hamilton, Walton H.	1914-22	Box 3: folder 2

Harris, George (AC 1866)	1912	Box 3: folder 3

Hinners, Howard E.	1919-1920	Box 3: folder 4

Hoernle, R.F.A.	1919-20	Box 3: folder 5

Hollister, Carroll M. (AC 1922)	1919-1923	Box 3: folder 6

Hunneman, William C. (AC 1915)	1913-1919	Box 3: folder 7

J - Miscellaneous	1915-23, n.d.	Box 3: folder 8

Jackson, Gardner (AC 1918)	1922	Box 3: folder 9

James, Arthur Curtiss (AC 1889)	1914-1919	Box 3: folder 10

Joad, Cyril E.M.	n.d.	Box 3: folder 11

Johnson, Allen	1915-22	Box 3: folder 12

Johnson, Alvin S.	1914-17	Box 3: folder 13

Johnson, Clarence R.	1914-21	Box 3: folder 14

Jusserand, Jules	1921	Box 3: folder 15

K - Miscellaneous	1913-22, n.d.	Box 3: folder 16

Kane, John Francis (AC 1904)	1913-17, n.d.	Box 3: folder 17

Keezer, Dexter M. (AC 1918)	1917	Box 3: folder 18

Kelsey, Charles Edward (AC 1884)	1913-20	Box 3: folder 19

Kendall, Henry P. (AC 1924)	1912-20	Box 3: folder 20

King, Stanley (AC 1903)	1918-23, n.d.	Box 3: folder 21

Kirkpatrick, J.E.	1920-22, n.d.	Box 3: folder 22

L - Miscellaneous	1915-21	Box 3: folder 23

Ladd, Henry L.A. (AC 1918)	1920-23	Box 3: folder 24

Laski, Harold J.	1918-19, n.d.	Box 3: folder 25

Long, John Cuthbert (AC 1914)	1913-22	Box 3: folder 26

Loomis, Frederic B. (AC 1896)	1912-19	Box 3: folder 27

Lowell, A. Lawrence	1917-23	Box 3: folder 28

Lowry, Edward G.	1922, n.d.	Box 3: folder 29

M - Miscellaneous	1913-21, n.d.	Box 4: folder 1

Marshall, Charles E.	1921-23	Box 4: folder 2

Miller, Spencer	1921-23, n.d.	Box 4: folder 3

Morehouse, Andrew R.	1921	Box 4: folder 4

Morrow, Dwight W. (AC 1895)	1916-23	Box 4: folder 5

Morse, Anson D. (AC 1871)	1913-16, n.d.	Box 4: folder 6

Morse,(Anson D., AC 1871) Family	1913-19, n.d.	Box 4: folder 7

N - Miscellaneous	1913-19	Box 4: folder 8

Newlin, William J. (AC 1899)	1912-22	Box 4: folder 9

Neilson, William A.	1917	Box 4: folder 10

Norton, Charles D. (AC 1893)	1918, n.d.	Box 4: folder 11

O - Miscellaneous	1916-23	Box 4: folder 12

Ogilby, R.B.	1922-23	Box 4: folder 13

Olds, George D. (AC 1913)	1911-22, n.d.	Box 4: folder 14

Olds, Leland (AC 1912)	1916-18, n.d.	Box 4: folder 15

P - Miscellaneous	1912-19, n.d.	Box 4: folder 16

Parker, Lawrence	1915-21, n.d.	Box 4: folder 17

Patton, Cornelius H. (AC 1919)	1913-18	Box 4: folder 18

Payne, Philip W. (AC 1914)	1914-18, n.d.	Box 4: folder 19

Pierce, Jason Noble (AC 1902)	1913-22	Box 4: folder 20

Plimpton, George A. (AC 1876)	1912-23	Box 4: folder 21

Plough, Harold H. (AC 1913)	1917-22	Box 4: folder 22

Pope, Arthur Upham	1919, n.d.	Box 4: folder 23

Pound, Roscoe	1922-23	Box 4: folder 24

Powell, Chilton L. (AC 1907)	1914-22	Box 4: folder 25

Powell, Lyman	1917	Box 4: folder 26

Prall, David W.	1918-19	Box 4: folder 27

Pratt, Charles M. (AC 1879)	1913-20	Box 4: folder 28

Pratt, Herbert L. (AC 1895)	1922	Box 4: folder 29

Price, Lucien	1914-22, n.d.	Box 4: folder 30

R - Miscellaneous	1912-22	Box 4: folder 31

Rhees, Rush (AC 1883)	1914-22	Box 4: folder 32

Robbins, Wilford L.	1913-16, n.d.	Box 4: folder 33

Root, E. Merrill (AC 1917)	1917-20	Box 4: folder 34

Rounds, Arthur C. (AC 1887)	1920-23	Box 4: folder 35

Rowland, William Tingle	1922	Box 4: folder 36

Rugg, Arthur Prentice (AC 1883)	1917-22	Box 4: folder 37

S - Miscellaneous	1912-23	Box 5: folder 1

Saunders, Laurence J.	1916-23	Box 5: folder 2

Scales, Laura W.L.	1922-23	Box 5: folder 3

Sedgwick, Ellery	1915-23	Box 5: folder 4

Selden, Charles A.	1915-19, n.d.	Box 5: folder 5

Seth, James	1914-19, n.d.	Box 5: folder 6

Sharp, Frank Chapman (AC 1887)	1917-20, n.d.	Box 5: folder 7

Sharp, Malcolm P. (AC 1918)		Box 5: folder 7

Simpson, John W. (AC 1913)	1912-20, n.d.	Box 5: folder 8

Slocum, William F.	1914-19	Box 5: folder 9

Smart, E. Hodgson	1917-21, n.d.	Box 5: folder 10

Smith, Luther Ely (AC 1894)	1913	Box 5: folder 11

Smith, Payson	1919-22	Box 5: folder 12

Stearns, Foster W. (AC 1903)	1912-19	Box 5: folder 13

Stewart, Walter W.	1922-23	Box 5: folder 14

Stone, Harlan Fiske (AC 1894)	1920-23	Box 5: folder 15

Stone, John Timothy (AC 1891)	1916-22	Box 5: folder 16

Sullivan, Cornelius J. (AC 1887)	1917-23	Box 5: folder 17

T - Miscellaneous	1913-23	Box 5: folder 18

Tead, Ordway (AC 1912)	1918-19	Box 5: folder 19

Thompson, Daniel V. (AC 1889)	1915	Box 5: folder 20

Thompson, Frederic L. (AC 1892)	1912-19, n.d.	Box 5: folder 20A

Toll, Charles H.	1915-21	Box 5: folder 21

Tolman, Richard C.	1917	Box 5: folder 22

Truesdale, Leon Edgar	1912-15, n.d.	Box 5: folder 23

Tyler, John M. (AC 1873)	1913-1919	Box 5: folder 24

Tufts, James H. (AC 1884)	1918-19	Box 5: folder 25

Van Doren, Carl	1921-22	Box 5: folder 26

Vernon, A.W.	1917-19	Box 5: folder 27

Villard, Oswald Garrison	1913-17	Box 5: folder 28

W - Miscellaneous	1912-20, n.d.	Box 5: folder 29

Walker, Williston (AC 1883)	1914-20	Box 5: folder 30

Warbeke, John	1915-23	Box 5: folder 31

Wessel, Morris J.	1913-15	Box 5: folder 32

Whicher, George F. (AC 1910)	1913-22	Box 5: folder 33

Whitcomb, Ernest M. (AC 1904)	1913-22	Box 5: folder 34

Willcox, Walter F. (AC 1884)	1914-16	Box 5: folder 35

Wild, Henry D.	1917-19	Box 5: folder 36

Williams, Talcott (AC 1873)	1912-23	Box 5: folder 37

Woodbridge, Frederick J.E. (AC 1889)	1915-23	Box 5: folder 38

Yeats, William Butler	1914	Box 5: folder 39

Zook, George F.	1921-23	Box 5: folder 40

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	Box 6: folder 1

Miscellaneous letters	1911-24	Box 6: folder 2

Miscellaneous letters	1923 Jun-Jul	Box 6: folder 3

Correspondence re: Meiklejohn's trip to the mid-west	1923	Box 6: folder 4

Correspondence re: missed speaking engagement for the Associated Academic Principals on December 27, 1912	1913	Box 6: folder 5

Requests for letters of recommendation	1916-17	Box 6: folder 6

Requests for letters of recommendation	1917-19	Box 6: folder 7

Centennial gift and miscellaneous records	1919	Box 6: folder 8

Academic freedom	1916-20	Box 6: folder 9

Faculty search	1914-15	Box 6: folder 10

Faculty search	1914	Box 6: folder 11

Incoming and outgoing correspondence with Stark Young and R.M. Weaver	1916-22, n.d.	Box 6: folder 12

Faculty problems, miscellaneous	1916-23, n.d.	Box 6: folder 13

Letters from Professors Doughty and Loomis concerning Meiklejohn's hiring policies	1919	Box 6: folder 14

Recommendations for positions	1913-26	Box 7: folder 1

Faculty Dramatics	1902-17, n.d.	Box 7: folder 2

Committee reports - requested by Trustees	1922-23	Box 7: folder 3

Notes on Library and Philosophy courses	[1921]	Box 7: folder 4

Latin - entrance requirements	1915, n.d.	Box 7: folder 5

Mount Holyoke College, Meiklejohn as Trustee	1914-23	Box 7: folder 6

Honorary degree citations	1913-22	Box 7: folder 7

Faculty appointments:	1917-21	Box 7: folder 8

Westhafer, Utter, and Parker, L.H.		Box 7: folder 8

English Department	1912-18	Box 7: folder 9

The National Student Forum Spring Symposium	1923, n.d.	Box 7: folder 10

The Modern School	1918	Box 7: folder 11

Miscellaneous causes	1918-23, n.d.	Box 7: folder 12

The "University of Democracy" Movement	1919, n.d.	Box 7: folder 13

Corespondence re: National Student Forum speaking engagement	1922-23	Box 7: folder 14

Woodrow Wilson Foundation	1921-22, n.d.	Box 7: folder 15

Minutes of Instruction Committee	1922-23, n.d.	Box 7: folder 16

Section 3: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

Miscellaneous letters about speeches and College affairs	1914-23, n.d.	Box 7: folder 17

Invitations	1912-23, n.d.	Box 7: folder 18

Engagements fulfilled and refused	1922-23, n.d.	Box 7: folder 19

Requests for speaking engagements	1912-23, n.d.	Box 7: folder 20

Inaugural address - comments on and requests to reprint excerpts; printed copies of other addresses	1913-22, n.d.	Box 8: folder 1

Inaugural address - requests for reprints and other correspondence	1914-19	Box 8: folder 2

Comments on speeches and writings	1916-23, n.d.	Box 8: folder 3

Comments on and requests for speeches and articles	1914-23, n.d.	Box 8: folder 4

Section 4: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Alumni letters regarding military training	1917	Box 8: folder 5

Letters from soldiers	1917-1919, n.d.	Box 8: folder 6

Drinking situation	1921-22, n.d.	Box 8: folder 7

Junior-Senior College discussion	[1919]	Box 8: folder 8

Theta Delta Chi	1914-22, n.d.	Box 8: folder 9

Summer baseball	1922	Box 8: folder 10

Section 5: ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS

Budgets and salaries	1916-22, n.d.	Box 8: folder 11

Entrance statistics, Registrar's reports, science requirements in other colleges	1913, n.d.	Box 8: folder 12

Executive Committee and faculty conference	n.d.	Box 8: folder 13

Faculty Instruction Committee	1922-23, n.d.	Box 8: folder 14

Faculty notes and recommendations	1917-23, n.d.	Box 8: folder 15

Faculty organizations	1917-20	Box 8: folder 16

Faculty teaching burden	1920-22	Box 8: folder 17

Instruction Committee records	n.d.	Box 8: folder 18

Notes on student records	1918, n.d.	Box 9: folder 1

Statistical material - departmental allowance	1911-17, n.d.	Box 9: folder 2

Scattered notes and college records	1913-15, n.d.	Box 9: folder 3

Statistics re: curriculum	1914-n.d.	Box 9: folder 4

Section 6: CURRICULUM

Amherst College and other institutions	1916-19, n.d.	Box 9: folder 5

New majors	1920-21	Box 9: folder 6

Alumni Council letters	1912-13	Box 9: folder 7

Alumni Council - H.T. Noyes	1912-13	Box 9: folder 8

Organization of Alumni Council	1912, n.d.	Box 9: folder 9
Note: see also: General Files: Alumni Council
Teachers' Reports - Humanities	1922, n.d.	Box 9: folder 10

Teachers' Reports - Language	1922, n.d.	Box 9: folder 11

Teachers' Reports - Science	1922, n.d.	Box 9: folder 12

Trustee minutes - excerpts re: curriculum (typewritten transcription)	1873-1922	Box 9: folder 13

Trustee minutes - excerpts re: miscellaneous rules of the College (typewritten transcription)	1824-98	Box 9: folder 14

Section 7: LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS

Replies from Meiklejohn	1912	Box 10: folder 1

Letters from unidentified writers	1912	Box 10: folder 2

Letters to individuals other than Meiklejohn concerning Presidency	1912	Box 10: folder 3

A-C	1912	Box 10: folder 4

D-K	1912	Box 10: folder 5

L-Q	1912	Box 10: folder 6

R-S	1912	Box 10: folder 7

T-Z	1912	Box 10: folder 8

Correspondence with Frank W. Stearns concerning Presidency	1912-13	Box 10: folder 9

Section 8: MISCELLANEOUS

Letters of sympathy on loss of Meiklejohn's father	1915	Box 10: folder 10

Miscellaneous materials including student papers in philosophy and math and a reprint of Harlan Fiske Stone (AC 1894) 1918 "Chapel Talk"	n.d.	Box 10: folder 11

Clippings on war declaration, humorous poems	1917	Box 10: folder 12

Comments on Meiklejohn article entitled, "What are College Games for?" which appeared in Atlantic Monthly	1922	Box 10: folder 13

Newspaper men	1914-15	Box 10: folder 14

Section 9: LETTERS CONCERNING MEIKLEJOHN'S RESIGNATION

Letters from unidentified writers	1923	Box 11: folder 1

Letters to and from individuals other than Meiklejohn	1923	Box 11: folder 2

Letters from Meiklejohn	1923	Box 11: folder 3

A-C	1923	Box 11: folder 4

D-F	1923	Box 11: folder 5

G-I	1923	Box 11: folder 6

J-N	1923	Box 11: folder 7

O-S	1923	Box 11: folder 8

T-Z	1923	Box 11: folder 9

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Subjects

Agard, Walter Raymond, 1894-
Amherst College -- Presidents
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917
College presidents -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence
Education, Higher -- United States
Educational Innovations -- United States
Educators -- United States -- Correspondence
Faunce, William Herbert Perry, 1859-1930
Freedom of Speech
King, Stanley, 1883-1951
Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964
Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931
Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936
Social Ethics

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