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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Isaac James Quillen papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0488
Physical Description:
25.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1931-1967
Summary: The papers document
Quillen's graduate work at Yale, his teaching career at Stanford University, his writings
and publications, and his research interests. Included are his papers while at Yale;
syllabi, exams, and other course materials; drafts of his books; correspondence files with
his publisher Scott, Foresman; files from his work with UNESCO; speeches, lectures, and
articles; and research and lecture notecards. The papers also contain personal
correspondence, including some of his wife Viola Quillen; financial records, including some
for the Gazos Creek Tree Farm, a joint project with Prof. Paul Hanna; and photographs,
including several of the Quillens' home designed by Ernest Born.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Language of Material:
English .
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of the estate of Mrs. I. James Quillen, 1995.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
I. James Quillen joined the Stanford faculty of the School of Education in 1936. He was
appointed full professor of education in 1946 and served as Dean of the School of Education
from 1953 to 1966, when he was appointed Professor Emeritus. Before joining the Stanford
faculty, he taught in the public schools of Delaware and at Colorado State College of
Education. In 1944, he was president of the National Council for the Social Studies. He was
an official of the UNESCO secretariat in Paris in 1948-49, serving as acting head of the
UNESCO Department of Education during part of that time. He died in 1967.
Isaac James Quillen Papers (SC0488). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The papers document Quillen's graduate work at Yale, his teaching career at Stanford
University, his writings and publications, and his research interests. Included are his
papers while at Yale; syllabi, exams, and other course materials; drafts of his books;
correspondence files with his publisher Scott, Foresman; files from his work with UNESCO;
speeches, lectures, and articles; and research and lecture notecards. The papers also
contain personal correspondence, including some of his wife Viola Quillen; financial
records, including some for the Gazos Creek Tree Farm, a joint project with Prof. Paul
Hanna; and photographs, including several of the Quillens' home designed by Ernest Born.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education, Secondary -- Study and teaching.
Education, Secondary -- Curricula.
Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary).
Syllabi.
Examinations.
Photoprints.