Guide to the W.H. Cowley Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0196
Creator:
Cowley, W.H. (William Harold),
1899-1978.
Title: W.H. Cowley papers
Dates: 1913-1978
Bulk Dates: 1930-1970
Physical Description:
200 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes extensive correspondence with leaders in the
pioneer field of higher education, administrative papers from Cowley's various positions
in college administrations, materials on the history, administration and taxonomy of
higher education, outlines from lectures given at Stanford, and a series of research
notebooks kept by Cowley on the subject of higher education. The collection also
includes published and unpublished articles, papers, speeches, and reports.
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 Mrs. W.H. Cowley and Ellen Cowley, 1978.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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Cite As
W.H. Cowley Papers (SC0196). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
William Harold (Hal) Cowley was born in Petersburg, Virginia, May 28, 1899; received
degrees from Dartmouth College (1924) and University of Chicago (Ph.D. in 1930). He held
various administrative positions in the field of higher education (Assistant to the
President and Head of Placement Services at the University of Chicago (1927-1929),
professor of psychology at Ohio State (1931-1937); President of Hamilton College
(1938-1944); professor of higher education at Stanford (1945-1978). In 1954 he was named
David Jacks Professor of Higher Education at Stanford. He died in Palo Alto, California
in 1978.
Description of the Collection
Collection includes extensive correspondence with leaders in the pioneer field of higher
education, administrative papers from Cowley's various positions in college
administrations, materials on the history, administration and taxonomy of higher
education, outlines from lectures given at Stanford, and a series of research notebooks
kept by Cowley on the subject of higher education. The collection also includes
published and unpublished articles, papers, speeches, and reports.
Arrangement
Eight series; I-A Biographical material (1899-1978); I-B Correspondence, writings and
speeches (1922-1978); I-C Miscellaneous correspondence (1922-1978); I-D Papers
(1928-1971); I-E Lecture series (1945-1968); II-A Professional notes (1900-1978); II-B
'PT' files (pamphlets) (1813-1975); II-C Workbooks (1938-1978).
Access Terms
Cowley, W.H. (William Harold), 1899-1978.
Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.)
Ohio State University.
Stanford University
University of Chicago.
College teachers.
Education, Higher.
Educators.
Additional Note
Note
Cowley's collection of pamphlets was also reboxed, maintaining the numerical sequence
of the numbers he assigned them. No box listing was compiled for the pamphlets.
Collection Contents
Binders -- file number or binder title
Box 4
Faculty Evaluation - Hamilton College, Vol. 1, 2, and 3
Box 4
Trustees Minutes – Hamilton College 1941-1944
Box 5
Academic Government Vol. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Box 6
Social Science and Professions (3)
Box 7
Structures 2 – Junior college
Box 7
Structures 1 – University
Box 8
Polity, Theology, Liturgy (4)
Box 9
Higher Education History No. 1-6
Box 10
Higher Education History No. 7-8
Box 10
Person. Secq 3 (Ecclesiastical Personia workbook)
Box 10
1944 Version + 1957 Outline
Box 11
Intellectual Power and Intelligence
Box 11
Humanism and the Humanities
Box 11
Freedom and Academic Freedom
Box 11
Knowledge and Skills, Kinds of
Box 12
Philosophy and Ethics (Morality)
Box 12
Religion – general topics
Box 13
Religious Denominations: Structures and their Functions
Box 15
Short History of American Higher Education 1961
Box 15
1945 – First and Second Versions
Box 15
TSS of chapter (accordion file)
Box 15
First version duplicates (accordion file)
Box 15
Carnegie Book: 1973 analysis (accordion file)
Box 1
Books cited in text [WHC 1.3]
Box 2
Books inscribed by author or gift of author [WHC 1.4]
Box 3
Books inscribed by author or gift of author [WHC 1.4]
Box 3
Books inscribed by donors [WHC 1.5]
Box 4
Books inscribed by donors [WHC 1.5]
Box 5
Books inscribed by donors [WHC 1.5]
Box 6
Books reviewed by WHC [WHC 1.6]
Box 7
Books written by former students [WHC 1.7]
Box 7
WHC Republished [WHC 1.8]
Box 8
WHC Republished [WHC 1.8]
Box 8
Books cited in acknowledgements [WHC 1.9]
Box 9
Harvard University President's Reports, 1825-1876
Box 10
Harvard University President's Reports, 1877-1896/1897
Box 11
Harvard University President's Reports,
1897/1898-1911/1912
Box 12
Harvard University President's Reports,
1912/1913-1924/1925
Box 13
Harvard University President's Reports, 1925/1926-1942
Box 14
Harvard University President's Reports, 1941-1955/1956
Box 15
Harvard University President's Reports,
1956/1957-1965/66
Box 15
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Bulletin No. 1
(1907) – No. 6 (1912)
Box 16
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Bulletin No. 7
(1914) – No. 31 (1940)
Box 17
Association of American Universities. Annual Conference Proceedings
1900-1935
Box 18
Association of American Universities. Annual Conference Proceedings
1936-1961
Box 18
Harvard University President's Reports 1966/67-1971/72
Box 19
AGB Reports [Association of Governing Boards of Universities and
Colleges] 1964-1973
Box 19
Corson dissertation supplementary materials
Papers Accession ARCH-2002-048
Box 1
An Overview of American Colleges and
Universities
(1960) and
Random Writings
(1960) - both photocopies of typescripts
