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Title: Paul Robert Hanna Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0145
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.75 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1949-1970
Summary: Includes correspondence and notes concerning Stanford and the School of Education, Stanford Research Institute, the Jacks
family fund, and other related issues.
creator:
Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-1988.
creator:
Hanna, Paul Robert,, 1902-
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Paul R. Hanna, 1975.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Paul Robert Hanna Papers (SC0145). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Education at Stanford (1936-74; emeritus 1974-1988), Director of Stanford University Services (1942-44), Director
of the Stanford International Development Education Center (SIDEC) (1963-68) and Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution
(1974-1988).
Paul Robert Hanna was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on June 21, 1902, to George Archibald and Regula Figi Hanna. Hanna spent most
of his youth in Minnesota. He graduated high school in 1920 and married Jean Shuman in 1926. Paul and Jean Hanna had two sons
and a daughter, John (born 1930), Emily (born 1932), and Robert (born 1934) and lived in the Hanna-Honeycomb House designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Throughout his school and college years, Hanna belonged to many organizations such as the Kappa Delta Rho, Student Council,
and the Extemporaneous Team. He attended college from 1924 to 1929 to earn his Ph.D. degree which led him to become a teacher
in Washington State University and in 1935 became an associate professor at Stanford University (Nelson). He had studied and
taught elementary education, social studies, and he had improved the education of spelling as well as had his say in the international
development of education. Additionally he consulted public schools and revised their curriculum. Paul R. Hanna had also a
strong community relationship with his students and kept in contact with them long after they had graduated.
As an associate professor Hanna taught and developed a wide variety of courses. He advised on doctoral dissertations, founded
the Stanford International Development Education Center (SIDEC), served on the Board of Trustees of Castilleja from 1957–1981,
and worked as a senior researcher in the Hoover Institution in his last years to generate the Hanna Collection. Hanna wrote
over eighty educational essays, sixteen books and several yearbooks before he died at age 85, on April 8, 1988.
Includes correspondence and notes concerning Stanford and the School of Education, Stanford Research Institute, the Jacks
family fund, and other related issues.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Carnoy, Martin.
Carnoy, Martin.
Coladarci, Arthur.
Coladarci, Arthur.
Glover, Frederic O.
Glover, Frederic O.
Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-1988.
Jacks, David, 1822-1909
Jacks, David,, 1822-1909.
Jacks, Margaret.
Jacks, Margaret
Moore, Frank.
Moore, Frank.
Quillen, Isaac James, 1909-
Quillen, Isaac James,, 1909-
Schram, Wilbur.
Schramm, Wilbur, 1907-1987.
Shoup, Jack.
Shoup, Jack.
Sowards, G. Wesley.
Sowards, G. Wesley.
Stanford Research Institute.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. School of Education.
Stanford University. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982
Terman, Frederick Emmons,, 1900-1982.