Guide to the Henry Thomas James Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0089
Creator:
James, Henry Thomas, 1915-
Title: Henry Thomas James papers
Dates: 1958-1993
Physical Description:
20 Linear feet
Summary: Professional correspondence, administrative records, materials
relating to educational conferences held at Stanford, and some research materials for
James' comparative study of educational systems in various states.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of H. Thomas James, 1970, 1997.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
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intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
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Cite As
Henry Thomas James Papers (SC0089). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of education at Stanford (1958-1970) and dean of School of Education from June
1966 to August 1970 when he resigned to become president of the Spencer Foundation in
Chicago.
Description of the Collection
Professional correspondence, administrative records, materials relating to educational
conferences held at Stanford, and some research materials for James' comparative study
of educational systems in various states.
Access Terms
James, Henry Thomas, 1915-
Stanford University. School of
Education--Faculty
Education--Study and teaching.
Collection Contents
Papers Accession ARCH-1997-027
Publications by H. Thomas James:
Box 1
The New Cult of Efficiency and
Education
. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968 (Horace Mann
Lecture)
Box 1
The Nation's Report Card; Improving the
Assessment of Student Achievement
. National Academy of Education,
1987
Box 1
Excellence in Administration: the Dynamics of
Leadership
. School of Education, Stanford University
[1962]
Box 1
W. C. McKern,
The Clam River Focus.
Milwaukee Public Museum Publications in Anthropology, 1963 (Inscribed to
James by author)
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1959-1961
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1962-1965, 1969
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1988-1993
Box 1, Folder 5
Draft (found in
The Nation's Report
Card
)
